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USDA confident in bird flu preparations; poultry industry says sales are normal: USDA said last week it is equipped to handle a potential bird-flu outbreak, stressing that milder forms of the virus periodically hit the United States. "There is no reason for an overreaction" if a less virulent form of bird flu emerges during the coming bird-flu season, said Ron DeHaven, administrator...; Tags: bird flu, sales, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2005-11-14
USDA Official Reassures Maryland Group that Agency Aims to Contain Bird Flu.: By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Tags: agency, bird flu, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2004-03-11
USDA's Johanns: bird flu will be here.: The U.S. will see the deadly H5N1 bird flu arrive, USDA Secretary Mike Johanns predicted late last week, saying it would be "almost biblical to think we would be protected." Eradication, however, would keep the food supply safe, Johanns s The U.S. will see...; Tags: bird flu, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2006-03-04

Spring migration heightens pandemic threat; wildlifers launch detection plan.: The spring migration of waterfowl and shore birds is usually a welcome harbinger in the United States of warm weather and outdoor living. This spring, however, U.S. wildlife professionals will be tracking bird migrations for a more ominous sign--that the highly pathogenic avian flu strain H5N1...; Tags: Alaska, migration, Strategy, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2006-04-04