Special report: Global fight against bird flu

    PRAGUE, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic detected the bird flu virus in a dead swan in South Moravia area, local media reported Thursday.

    Czech veterinarians said the form of the bird flu virus was still unknown.

    The highly dangerous H5N1 bird flu was discovered at a broiler farm in Norin, east Bohemia area of the country on Wednesday, as some 60 chickens out of 27,800 broilers were affected.

    Norin is located 4 km from Tisova where the first Czech case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu among bred poultry was revealed at turkey farm last week. Both farms, Tisova and Norin, are owned by the same agriculture company.

    The first case of bird flu in the Czech Republic was found in March 2006 after which 13 cases of the disease have been registered. In all cases birds have been infected by the H5N1 virus, which also poses danger to human beings.