Terry MabbettDr. Terry Mabbett, Potters Bar, UKFrom the Author - Page 7HomeWeb Exclusive: H5N1 smashes Kuwait’s egg industryKuwait is adopting a proactive approach to H5N1 control but has already paid a high price for its bravery by losing three quarters of the country’s entire egg laying capacity.HomeWeb Exclusive: Free-range’s environmental problemA new report on carbon emissions is re-igniting environmental arguments surrounding organic, free-range and other farming methods.HomeWeb Exclusive: Birth and evolution of the H5N1 virusThe H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has developed into its present deadly form over the last decade.HomeWeb Exclusive: Afghanistan battles with H5N1New cases of H5N1 continue to appear in Afghanistan following outbreaks that began in February 2007 in two eastern provinces.HomeWeb Exclusive: Wake up call on H5N1 in MyanmarThe population of Myanmar is now facing a resurgence of the H5N1 avian influenza (AI). This time, they are being kept informed by their normally secretive government.HomeWeb Exclusive: H5N1 hot spots not reporting outbreaksH5N1 infection of poultry and captive or wild birds has now been detected in 60 countries.HomeWeb Exclusive: India surrounded by H5N1India is on high alert for the re-introduction of bird flu.HomeWeb Exclusive: Egypt hit hard and hits back hardH5N1 hit a number of other countries during east west travel to Europe and West Africa and none more so than Egypt.HomeWeb Exclusive: Canada plays safe for security on bird fluAnticipating the possible arrival of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza on migratory birds, the Canadian authorities have scaled up wild bird testing.HomeWeb Exclusive: Medication resistance a concernThe leading influenza medication is not always effective as a treatment for H5N1 avian flu in humans.HomeWeb Exclusive: H5N1 avian-human ratios tell a storyOfficial figures for the human death toll from H5N1 avian influenza indicate that the infection is poultry could already have become endemic in eastern Asia.HomeWeb Exclusive: Flying eagles and grounded turkeysThe outbreak on H5N1 avian influenza in the UK earlier in February demonstrated the risk of disease transfer if biosecurity is lax.Previous PagePage 7 of 10Next Page