Bird Flu !!! We ready man? – 2
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Nearby on the same highway, the Hokarsa wetland reserve plays host to innumerable variety of winged visitors. New studies have indicated that migratory birds may play a huge role in dissemination of the influenza virus.
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BIRD FLUE
Thousands of birds in Asia died due to a virus that has been dubbed the “bird flu.” The highly contagious illness is responsible for wiping out large numbers of poultry in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The particular strain of influenza which has been reported as causing the deaths is called H5N1. Humans can contract the disease through close contact with infected birds, or with the feces of infected birds. It is not known to spread through human-to-human contact. There has been no indication that humans would get the disease through eating eggs or meat of sick birds.
The only known way to eradicate the disease is by culling infected flocks. Thus far millions of chickens, ducks and other kinds of poultry have been culled in an effort to eliminate the virus. There have been several deaths due to the flu and the World Health Organization has expressed concern that the virus could latch on to a human influenza virus, potentially causing a serious epidemic. The bird flu’s symptoms in humans include fever and coughing and eventual pneumonia.
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Aaren
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why are you capturing wild birds? they dont belong in cages or confined,this causes me to question your logic skills.very inhumane.cruel intent.