Bird flu detected at German poultry farm

Several cases of bird flu have been detected at a poultry farm in southern Germany, and tests are under way to determine if it is the lethal H5N1 strain, authorities said today.

Routine initial testing of ducklings at the farm near Erlangen, which has some 44,000 birds, showed "several cases of the H5N1 virus," the local government said in a statement.