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Thursday, April 13th, 2006

Bird flu swan was from outside UK

A dead swan found in Fife which tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was a whooper swan, DNA tests by government scientists have found.

The breed originates from outside the UK but it was unclear whether the dead bird picked up the disease abroad.

A number of migratory whooper swans have recently been checked in the UK and all results have been negative.

Some experts have suggested the swan could have died in another country and been washed up on the coast.

No other birds have tested positive for H5N1 since the discovery in Cellardyke on 29 March.

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