Fresh in the minds of the British will be the situation of Mad Cow Disease as it came to be known leading to connections being made with CJD.

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Now there is the arrival of this awful 'Bird Flu'...

BBC NEWS | England | Suffolk | Tests show bird flu is H5N1 virus

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Quick guide: Bird flu

Further in-depth reading:

H5N1: Information from Answers.com