BIRD FLU IN NEW JERSEY

New Jersey’s agriculture department’s says authorities have discovered a mild form of avian influenza at a live bird market in the state, but it is not the deadly H5N1 strain governments around the world are trying to contain.
New Jersey's Agriculture Secretary Charles Kuperus says, "The strain was found in a live bird market in Camden County. None of the birds in the market died from this virus, which is an indicator that the virus was low pathogenic and not harmful to humans."
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza not only kills chickens quickly, but can now infect people, and governments around the world are scrambling to contain its spread. The H5N1 avian flu strain has already infected 205 people and killed 113 since 2003.
According to the report, Kuperus says preliminary tests from the National Veterinary Services laboratory were negative for type N1 of the virus, adding that more tests are pending at laboratories of the U.S. Agriculture Department in Ames, Iowa, to confirm the strain of the virus.