Bird flu detected in eastern Romania
Domestic fowl have tested positive for an H5 subtype of bird flu in three villages in eastern Romania.
Samples from the dead hen, turkeys and geese from the villages were sent to the capital Bucharest for further tests to determine whether they had the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, said Danut Culetu, the top government official for Constanta county where the dead birds were discovered.
