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[New to Farm Management] Snowdon Lecture: Avian Influenza, where do we stand in 2007 (Video): On 11 July, Dr Bernard Vallat, Director General of the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health - Office Internationale des Epizooties (OIE) delivered the 2007 Snowdon Lecture in Geelong, Victoria. Watch his presentation in the video below (56:59) or download the PowerPoint slides.

[The PhilSouth Angle] Zambo remains avian-flu free | The PhilSouth Angle: The samples were collected by the Avian Influenza Surveillance Team of the Office of the City Veterinarian headed by Dr. Roie-Lee Cataluna, the officer-in-charge of the Animal Health Division in barangays Manicahan, Victoria and Mercedes and submitted to the DA for serological testing.

[Journal of Biology - Latest Articles] Journal of Biology | Full text | Q&A: What do we know about ...: There is ample evidence that the H1N1 and H3N2 viruses have gone back and forth between humans and pigs, with the current 'swine' H1N1 being, perhaps, a descendant of the 1918 'human' virus. Some 12 cases of human infection with H1N1 viruses that have 'human', 'swine' and 'avian' genetic elements have been recognized in the USA since 1998, with 5,123 US cases identified to May 19 in the present outbreak (the world total of confirmed cases in 40 countries to that date being 9,830) [2].

[New to Farm Management] 2007 Snowdon Lecture video transcript (Publication - General): The 2007 Snowdon Lecture was presented by Dr Bernard Vallat, Director General of the Office Internationale des Epizooties (OIE) on 11 July at Geelong, Victoria. Read the full transcript of Dr Vallat’s presentation on the current avian influenza situation.

[Official Documents] Animal Health Annual Report 2007-08 HC 765: Taunton Animal Health Divisional Office. In January 2008, the H5N1 avian influenza virus was found in dead mute swans in the.

[GreenMuze : Get Your Green On!] Animals Suffer In Pandemics: Trevor Williams is a University of Victoria Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate specialising in renewable energy, power grid modelling and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. He has a bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering, a Masters in Management Science and over 23 years international experience in the space industry, having worked on Earth observation and telecommunications satellites. 

[Farooha35's Blog] Swine influenza: Experts agree that hand-washing can help prevent viral infections, including ordinary influenza and the swine flu virus. Influenza can spread in coughs or sneezes, but an increasing body of evidence shows small droplets containing the virus can linger on tabletops, telephones and other surfaces and be transferred via the fingers to the mouth, nose or eyes.

[Stories From A Country Girl] Raising Chickens in the City? « Stories From A Country Girl: I don’t know if I would ever have the patience to grow chickens in my own back yard- I get enough local supply of eggs from our neighbour back at home- but good job to those people who do this everyday within the city. I mean, if you have the space, the patience to look over a few chickens, don’t mind the noise and the stench (just a little of each I might add) and your neighbours are totally fine with your chickens, then this would be a feasible idea!

[Jin and Juice Investments] HEB = STRONG BUY for Monday June 8, 2009 « Jin and Juice Investments: “The highest level of the Japanese government and public medical community is now focused exclusively on our product,” says Carter. “They stopped working on all other adjuvants (boosters) and are only working with this one because they’ve found that it enhances the vaccines by 100 fold.”

[sasthamcotta.com] Swine Flu | Guide to Swine Flu Prevention and Facts « sasthamcotta.com: If a swine virus establishes efficient human-to human transmission, it can cause an influenza pandemic. The impact of a pandemic caused by such a virus is difficult to predict: it depends on virulence of the virus, existing immunity among people, cross protection by antibodies acquired from seasonal influenza infection and host factors.

[SANS Technology Institute - Leadership Laboratory] SANS Technology Institute: Pandemic Watch June 2009: The virus contains genetic pieces from four different flu viruses -- North American swine influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza viruses and swine influenza viruses found in Asia and Europe, she said.

[Anderson Cooper 360] Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Live Blog from the Anchor Desk ...: Having worked contagion hospital units and licensed as a pubilic health nurse, I question the judgment of the supposed professionals who assert that we have cases of swine flu in this country there is no purpose in implementing border interventions such as thermal scanning to complete travel prohibitions. If this is a serious illness there is always good sense in limiting the number of active cases that can spread disease.

[Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)] Birds in the News 170 : Living the Scientific Life (Scientist ...: The fact that Mexico did not halt all incoming and outgoing flights is irresponsible. For the CDC and the WHO to think it is okay for international flights and border crossings to continue as usual during a pandemic regardless if it is "just the flu" or something else is irresponsible and not very bright.

[Loving Hut - Vegan News] Loving Hut - Singapore confirms first local case of H1N1 influenza: Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said out of the 14 new cases, 11 were Malaysians while the other three were foreigners - an Australian, a New .

[Untitled] Urban Chickens addendum «: All outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in western countries have been in commercial flocks of highly inbred strains of poultry with relatively weak immune systems.  All birds are susceptible to the avian influenza virus, but in small flocks there is an extremely small opportunity for the virus to mutate into a pathogenic form (pathogenicity refers to the ability of the virus to produce disease).  Backyard flocks have much stronger natural immune systems which tend to fight off any infections naturally.

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