Bird Flu > Bird Flu News > (AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-10 16:07 UPDATE 1-Germany confirms first bird flu case this year (Interactive Investor)

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-10 16:07 UPDATE 1-Germany confirms first bird flu case this year (Interactive Investor)
HAMBURG, Oct 10 (Reuters) - German authorities said on Friday that the lethal strain of bird flu has been confirmed on a farm in the east of the country. Germany's eastern state government of Saxony said the H5N1 bird flu strain had been confirmed in a duck at a poultry farm near Dresden.