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Avian Flu

An outbreak of avian flu, perhaps the deadly and highly contagious H5N1 strain that has killed poultry in Southeast Asia, Turkey, Romania, Greece and Russia, strikes a North American poultry farm. A threat to the population? No, says Cornell University veterinarian Benjamin Lucio, who keeps a careful watch on poultry in New York state. He is, he says, not overly worried about the virus spreading to humans. That's because the situation in North America is very different from that in Asia, and Lucio believes that numerous and effective controls are in place to wipe out the virus from poultry populations as soon as it is detected.

The complete Cornell news release and additional information about avian influenza efforts in New York and nationally may be found at:

• www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/features/avian_flu/avian_flu.shtml
  Cornell University - A five-part Cornell Chronicle series detailing Cornell researchers' roles in the global battle against avian flu.
• www.usda.gov/birdflu
  USDA avian influenza efforts.
• www.pandemicflu.gov
  The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza.