One of two birds found infected with bird flu in Kuwait had the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus that has devastated poultry stocks and killed more than 60 people in Asia, an agricultural official said Friday. It was the first known outbreak in the Middle East. Mohammed al-Mihana, of the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fisheries, told The Associated Press further tests on samples from the birds showed that the migrating flamingo found on a Kuwait beach had the H5N1 strain, while a second, imported bird had the milder H5N2 variant. He said the imported bird, quarantined at the airport, was a falcon, not a peacock as reported Thursday.
