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Bird Flu Spreads Across Europe Photos


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An officer of NAS (Food Safety Division of Carabinieri, Italian Paramilitary Police) looks at a hen during an inspection in a Nettuno's egg farm, some 30 miles south-west of Rome, Feb. 23, 2006. Italy's poultry industry, reeling from plunging sales after a deadly bird flu strain was found recently in wild birds, can receive millions of euros (dollars) in aid under a measure which won preliminary approval in Parliament.

(Photo: AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)