"Given the presence of bird flu on the premises, all 1.8 million birds need to be culled, aka "depopulated." This is being carried out using mobile carts with carbon dioxide gas chambers, a common ...

Scientists are wary that millions of people will fall ill and mass deaths would occur if this virus mutates and causes ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Badger culling is not an effective way to curb the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle -- and some culling methods might actually aid the spread of the disease, scientists said ...

(Adds comments by WHO in Geneva) By Alistair Scrutton ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan is urging provincial authorities to obey health guidelines to stop any bird flu outbreaks after fears ...