Report: Don't just blame the chickens for bird flu outbreaks (Waxahachie Daily Light)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Intensive rice farming and large duck populations not the number of chickens raised may be the best predictors of where bird flu might develop in Southeast Asia, according to researchers reviewing outbreaks in Vietnam and Thailand.

Bird flu grips another West Bengal district (New Kerala)
Kolkata, March 27: A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in West Bengal's northern district of Jalpaiguri Thursday, a day after culling operations ended in Malda area in eastern India.

West Bengal culls poultry to contain bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Thousands of chickens have been culled in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal which has struggled to control the virus since January.

Russia proposes bird flu vaccine cooperation with Southeast Asia (Budapest Business Journal)
Russia is ready to cooperate with Southeast Asia in producing bird flu vaccines, officials from the country s leading vaccine company said at an international bird flu summit that opened on Bali Thursday.