Special report: Worldwide fight against bird flu

    MOSCOW, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia has found the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus in the southern state of Volgograd, the second case in two weeks, state veterinary authorities said on Thursday.

    Test results indicated that the blood of 25 hens, which died on Tuesday in a village in Volgograd, was carrying the H5N1 virus.

    H5N1 was found among dozens of dead birds in Volgograd late last month.

    In addition to Volgograd, the H5N1 virus lingers in three other regions in Russia, including Krasnodar, Stavropol and Dagestan.

    Bird flu infections have been confirmed in 11 regions in southern Russia since the beginning of the year, and around 1.4 million head of poultry have been culled or have died. Enditem