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Sanofi Aventis SA and Chiron Corp.

have contracts to make bird flu vaccines and have tested shots in humans for one strain.

Flu viruses mutate constantly, allowing them to find new ways to infect animals and humans.

The second vaccine may give drugmakers a head start if a virus similar to the Indonesian strain begins spreading in people, said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland.

Hospital Alert China has reported 15 human cases of bird flu, nine of which have been fatal, according to the WHO Web site.

Hong Kong is the first place where the H5N1 avian influenza virus is known to have jumped to people from birds, in 1997.

Hong Kong's public hospitals will today start a three-week enhanced surveillance program, reporting full travel histories of people developing pneumonia and providing rapid avian flu tests, the Hospital Authority said in a statement e-mailed yesterday.

Hong Kong's statement of its intention to cut chicken numbers came a day after China halted the supply of live poultry, day-old chicks and pet birds to Hong Kong, and the city pledged to step up enforcement efforts against poultry smuggling.

The ban on the export of day-old chicks to Hong Kong from China ...

Each web page contains the standard information for such advertisements, like the buck’s Boone and Crockett score, his age, the number of straws available, and the price per straw.

Each page can also contain multiple pictures of the buck, his sires, and sons.

The owner’s full contact information is also provided.

Select Deer Sires is the latest inspiration of Steve Purcell and Rodney Parrish, whose company provides web services to hunting ranches, deer breeding operations, and other outdoors businesses.

This web site will bring deer breeders and ranch owners together in an online environment that allows breeders to advertise their semen straws, and ranch owners to see the tremendous quantity and variety of semen that is actually for sale in the market.

The advertiser will also receive traffic reporting statistics on a monthly basis.

This means that the owner will get a report of the number of visitors who viewed his consignments on our web site each month.

Both Rodney and Steve believe that the advertiser should be able to see what they are getting for their money.

Speaking of prices, Select Deer Sires charges $150 per year per consignment.

For that price, the advertiser gets a full web page with whatever information on it they want.

This normally includes basic facts about the deer, such as B&C score, age, rack characteristics; i.e., wide beams, drop tines, et...