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ZAGREB, Oct 25 (Hina) - The European Commission has decided to banimports of live birds, including poultry, wild fowl meat and feathersfrom Croatia, EC sources reported in Brussels on Tuesday. Agriculture Minister Petar Cobankovic
said onTuesday Croatia was the first country in which bird flu appeared yetfrom which the European Commission (EC) had not banned the export ofpoultry meat. Avian influenza affects only birds and humanscan contract it only in extreme cases, Croatian Health Minister NevenLjubicic said at a news conference called by the Croatian DemocraticUnion (HDZ) on Tuesday. Croatian veterinarians on Tuesday killed a swanat the Grudnjak fish farm in Zdenci, some 200 kilometres east ofZagreb, because the bird was exhibiting visible symptoms of diseaseand was in agony, the spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Water Management said. The European Union and SoutheastEuropean countries in Athens on Tuesday s