Wildlife, wild places, photography - plus Wild Scenes Hong Kong store
Wildlife, wild places, photography - plus Wild Scenes Hong Kong store
Articles on bird flu including H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza and wild birds. For more info, see the forums.
Email I’ve just sent Birdlife International, in response to a rather bland email from them to supporters about avian flu, and a follow up after I sent brief email enquiry in response [added headings to help make this an online article]: Wild birds too readily scapegoated for causing…
Wild birds can be readily blamed for spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, while investigations of poultry trade sparse by comparison.
Highly pathogenic bird flu variants evolve from regular, low pathogenic, bird flus, within intensive poultry farming.
Notions that migratory birds are responsible for spreading the New n Nasty H5N1 Bird Flu Variant around Asia are quackers (chiefly looking at 2003/2004 outbreaks)
Info and links re bird flu, especially the nasty H5N1 variant in Asia
Catfish at fish farm in Java fed dead chickens - helping show integrated fish farming may play role in spreading H5N1 bird flu.