April 07, 2007	Saturday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 18, 1428

MOSCOW, April 6: Russia banned all poultry imports from the US state of West Virginia after an outbreak of H5N2 bird flu virus, the agriculture inspection department said.

The ban, which goes into force on Friday, will include live birds, eggs, poultry, all kinds of products that did not undergo thermal treatment, as well as bird feed, Interfax news agency cited Rosselkhoznadzor officials as saying.

The agency also called on the US for full information regarding the situation with bird flu in the country and bird vaccination.

The United States is a major exporter of poultry to Russia.--AFP