Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Birds culled in Saudi as new bird flu case found
RIYADH, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Saudi authorities have culled nearly 160,000 birds after a new case of the deadly strain of bird flu was found on a farm outside Riyadh, state media said on Tuesday.
The Saudi Press Agency said 158,000 birds were exterminated at al-Kharj, 150 km (94 miles) south of the capital, after the H5N1 strain of bird flu was found there.
The Saudi government says it has large stocks of Tamiflu anti-flu
avian flu story source: Reuters