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Avian flu - Defra must resist hysteria-led bird massacre
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from Bill Hewitt contains these words: Is there an indication of which species of birds can catch/spread bird flu ? I assume that the attention to poultry/fowl is that they are more likely to enter the food chain. Should I be worried if I come into contact with faeces of any kind of bird or just poultry/fowl ? For example on trips to the Farne Islands I've been well and truly contaminated with Tern poo. Sitting in a boat under Bass Rock, it's difficult not to be contaminated with Gannet poo. What about seaguls ? I reallise that at the moment, infection levels in the UK are probably pretty low, but as someone who seeks out wild brds, what should my concerns be ? Don`t inhale and you`ll be fine. A little bit like cannabis really. And for the suggestion that poultry farming caused it to spread is laughable. Its waterfowl really that give the largest problems as they are in some cases fairly immune to the full impact of the disease wheras poultry kark it in no time. Sad but true. Hopefully they wont get panicy and slaughter everything in sight. We are just going to have to live with it. |
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