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Author:  pikeylass [ 06 Apr 06, 9:33 ]
Post subject:  Bird flu hits UK
Bird flu H5 virus found in dead swan in Scotland........

Free range chickens...your days are numbered
()^
Author:  Christine [ 06 Apr 06, 14:41 ]
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I can't find anything at that link pikey, but I think THIS is the story you are referring to.
Author:  Northern Monkey [ 06 Apr 06, 15:00 ]
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I think you'll find it's Bird Flu hits Scotland
Author:  pikeylass [ 06 Apr 06, 15:10 ]
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Wanadoo


Anyone for KFC?
Author:  JimD [ 06 Apr 06, 15:34 ]
Post subject:  Fife bird flu confirmed as deadly H5N1 strain
Thu 6 Apr 2006
Scotsman

TESTS have confirmed that the swan found dead in Fife died from the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus which can be fatal to humans, an official for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said this afternoon.

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The discovery makes Britain the 14th country in Europe to have the disease in its territory. The H5N1 virus has caused the death of 108 people worldwide, most of them in Asia.

The infected swan has been confirmed as a native non-migratory Mute swan, which means it will have been infected in the country, rather than bringing the virus from abroad.

A 1.8 mile (3km) protection zone has been set up around the area where the swan was found, with a 10-km surveillance zone also in force.

Checkpoints remained in place this morning on roads leading out of the village, with officers ensuring any vehicle containing poultry or poultry products did not leave the area.

The decomposed and partially eaten body of the swan was first reported last Wednesday, but it is not known how long the creature had been lying there.

Scotland’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Charles Milne, defended the time it took to confirm bird flu infection in the bird. Mr Milne said: "The procedures were followed fully and the timeline could not have been tighter."

The government's crisis management committee was meeting today to review the UK's contingency plans. Scottish ministers are also meeting to discuss the problem; First Minister Jack McConnell, who is in America for New York's Tartan Week, is being kept informed.

A spokesman for the Scottish Executive said: "We have been preparing for this for months and the key thing is to update everyone and ensure the plan is being implemented."

"Ministers on the civil contingencies group will be on standby for further meetings to discuss and review how our plans will be taken forward here in Scotland."

Tony Blair stressed the need for calm and for the public not to panic: "The Scottish Executive and ourselves will take the measures that are appropriate as indeed has been done cordoning off of the area and we will act accordingly to the advice that we get."

"I do just emphasise one thing. It is very important that people understand this. This is not a human-to-human virus, it is something that is transmitted to poultry. It is only if humans are in direct and very intensive contact with poultry that there is any risk involved."

The president of Scotland's National Farmers' Union, John Kinnaird, said "The evidence across Europe suggests that it is unlikely to get into the farm population and if it does then it becomes a different ball game.

"There are nine poultry premises within 10km of here and all the farmers are extremely worried. But they’ve been prepared for this for a long time, they are keeping their chickens indoors and the rest of the country is getting ready to do the same."

• Anyone who finds a dead swan, duck or goose, or three or more dead wild or garden birds together, should contact Defra on 08459 335577.

However, a single dead small garden or wild bird should be left alone and Defra need not be contacted, a spokeswoman said.
Author:  Mari A [ 06 Apr 06, 18:15 ]
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Welcome to the 'Bird Flu Club' - I heard it from the news on the way at work this morning from the radio. :-?
Author:  JimD [ 06 Apr 06, 18:19 ]
Post subject:  Deadly bird flu prompts "wild bird risk area"
Thu Apr 6, 2006 4:54 PM BST

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The government said on Thursday it would set up a 2,500 square kilometre "wild bird risk area" in Scotland in response to the discovery of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in a swan.

It said it had ordered poultry farmers within this area to keep their flocks indoors. There are 175 poultry centres in the zone and some 3.1 million birds, of which 260,000 are free range, it said.
Author:  Liisi [ 07 Apr 06, 11:39 ]
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Mari A wrote:
Welcome to the 'Bird Flu Club' - I heard it from the news on the way at work this morning from the radio. :-?


I have to ask, what do you mean by welcome? We don't have it yet, do we?

Disturbing news. It just goes to show that it'll spread everywhere. All the precausions taken are worth it for sure.
Author:  Westy [ 07 Apr 06, 14:25 ]
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Think finland had it early in the winter Liisi

Sod bird flu, ordinary flu is bad enough :D
Author:  JimD [ 07 Apr 06, 14:28 ]
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Liisi

There were reports last year of the bird flu strain in Finland but, luckily enough it was the wrong strain.

Reuters on the 29th March stated:

"Neighbouring Sweden has confirmed cases of the deadly of H5N1 bird flu in some wild birds, but Finland has so far not found any cases."

Helsinki clamps down on fruit-stealing seagulls is the latest headline :D
Author:  tastyfish [ 07 Apr 06, 14:49 ]
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Does anyone else think the media has totally hyped up the bird flu 'epidemic' which has killed about 100 people over the last 10 years. I'm sure alcohol is responsible for more deaths - hey, lets ban beer and wine! I'm sure ROSPA have got statistics that show more people have been killed by paper-clips or something. And then you always get the ill-educated mother-of-six who won't let her kids into KFC anymore. I think you have more to worry about if you let your kids eat junk food in the first place, luv.

Same with the benzine fruit juice contamination the other day - people are exposed to more benzine in their average High Street. Lets close the High Street then. World's gone mad, perception of risk is now laughable. Don't even get me started on the risk of global terrorism!

When H5N1 mutates into a human-transferable virus then we should worry. The same as worrying about millions of other things that could mutate and kill. Cold virus anyone...?
Author:  cc100 [ 07 Apr 06, 22:10 ]
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I see that vetirnary expert Jose Mourinho says he is more worried about Bird Flu than Man Utd catching Chelsea......
Author:  Westy [ 07 Apr 06, 22:34 ]
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::lol:: Trouble is Man U are catching Chelsea atm :evil:
Author:  JimD [ 07 Apr 06, 22:43 ]
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Does this mean we may have a few cases of "Chelsea Bird Flu" which will be like normal "Sick as a Parrot" flu but more up-market :roll:
Author:  Mari A [ 08 Apr 06, 9:30 ]
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Liisi wrote:
I have to ask, what do you mean by welcome? We don't have it yet, do we?


:D I wrote in a Scandinavian point of view. It's already found in Sweden. And Finns are getting instructions every day from the news how to react with it when it arrives. ::lol::
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