http://goldbamboo.com/ Quarantine News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a222655.html Kabul - Afghan government officials supported by the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) have quarantined poultry after two cases of the H5N1 avian virus were detected in eastern Afghanistan, a UN spokesman said on Monday. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:41 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a211937.html On a quiet floor of the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., the most advanced containment system available forms a bulwark against the release of deadly infectious diseases such as the feared bird flu. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:18 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a210962.html An outbreak of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed at a quail farm in Kimje, South Korea, say officials from the Ministry of Agriculture.The farm has 270,000 quail. Authorities are currently removing the quail from the farm and have set up a quarantine zone around the area to stem the spread of the disease. All poultry within 500 meters of the farm will be destroyed, say officials. [click link for full article] Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a208476.html After an H5N1 bird flu outbreak was confirmed by South Korean authorities, 236,000 poultry will be slaughtered in Iksan, about 145 miles south of the capital, Seoul. A strict quarantine has been established around the immediate vicinity of the affected area. Alarm bells rang earlier on this week when 6,000 poultry suddenly died at a farm in Iksan. [click link for full article] Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a208662.html South Korea plans to kill cats and dogs to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus at a chicken farm last week, officials said. Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:22 EST