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Health ministers, WHO experts, convene to prepare for bird flu pandemic.

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| October 25, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From AP Worldstream)

Byline: BETH DUFF-BROWN

Health ministers from around the world who have gathered in the Canadian capital to prepare for a potential influenza pandemic say the first line of defense is at the poultry farms of Southeast Asia.

Health ministers from 30 countries and the heads of the World Health Organization and U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday at the opening of a two-day conference that containing the avian flu that has hit hardest in Vietnam and Thailand was the top priority.

"Our first line of defense should be attacking the problem at the poultry level," Dr. Alejandro Thiermann, adviser to the director general of the World Organization for Animal Health, said at the opening session.

"So far, it is our opinion, that the international…

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