"A Texas chicken flock was diagnosed with an "extremely infectious and fatal" form of bird flu on Monday, and federal health officials began monitoring area farmworkers as a precaution against the first U.S. outbreak of a severe form of the disease in 20 years. "
Looks like it`s killed a couple of cats in asia as well, hum, a nasty species jumping virus this...
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=4418903
