AvianBirdsFlu.com: key facts about Avian Influenza commonly called Bird Flu that created world health crises rivaled only by Plague and HIV.
Home Page News Virus Pandemic Vaccine Sympotms Links H5N1 Strain Forum	The first documented mention The first documented mention of flu in birds, initially referred to as exudative chicken typhus, the Braunschweig disease, and later—as European Fowl Pest (EFP), was registered in Italy at the end of the 18th century. In 1900, viral nature of the disease was stated, and in 1956 it was proved that the causative agent belonged to flu virus.