European poultry farmers watch for flu
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_he_me/europe_bird_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070205/capt.lon80102051205.britain_bird_flu_lon801.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=NlTE5evKAIDh4ght.uip0Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A general view of John Pointon and Sons animal processing plant in Cheddleton, England, Monday Feb. 5, 2007, where some of the culled poultry will be incinerated after being culled at a turkey farm infected with H5N1 strain of bird flu. Health officials have announced restrictions on movement near a commercial farm where the deadly bird flu was found in turkeys, while authorities culled some thousands of birds to contain the outbreak. (AP Photo / Peter Byrne, PA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain, fearing the disease could be carried by wild birds. The Netherlands was the first country over the weekend to order restrictions on commercial poultry since the outbreak last week on a turkey farm in eastern England of the H5N1 strain of the virus, which can be deadly for humans.</p><br clear="all"/>