Bird flu found in Europe

Here it comes:

Asian bird flu appeared to continue its westward spread this weekend with reports of two outbreaks in birds in Europe. Romania reported its first cases of avian influenza on Saturday, and urkey today, both presumed to involve birds that migrate from Asia in autumn.
There was no confirmation that the birds had succumbed to the deadly Asian H5N1 strain that has so worried scientists and politicians in recent month. There are a number of different bird flus that occur sporadically, and typing will probably not be completed before Monday, international health authorities said.
If the birds are infected with H5N1, it will be the first time that the virus has been seen in Europe. This summer, veterinary experts had predicted that H5N1 might expand its territory into Europe, after the virus -- previously limited to southeast Asia -- turned up among migratory birds first in Western China, then in Mongolia, and finally, just over the Ural Mountains, in Russian and Ukraine, a chain that divides Asia from Europe.

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