Friday, October 21, 2005
Regular H5 kills parrot in UK
A parrot in quarantine in the UK has died of regular avian flu (H5, NOT H5N1). There seems to be a bit of concedn about this, but in reality, although rare in the UK (first case since 1992), it is not the strain that is feared for pandemic, and the bird concerned was in quarantine, so has had limited affect on any other animals or people.