pigeons test positive to bird flu exposure
Pigeons test positive to bird flu exposure By Samantha Selinger-Morris October 21, 2005
One hundred and two pigeons exposed to the bird flu virus have been seized by Australian quarantine inspectors.
Inspectors said three of the birds, which were imported from Canada, had tested positive to bird flu antibodies and would be put down.
A spokesman for the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, David Finlayson, said the birds posed "no risk to human health, no risk to bird life because quarantine facilities are a high- security, purpose-built facility designed for this very purpose
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