Bird Flu Monitor > H5N1 Swan Surveillence in England

NightBlogger[NightBlogger] Locals alerted harbour master Richard Jones on Wednesday, and his team recovered three dead swans in the morning, followed by four more in the afternoon. Yesterday the team were back at the riverbank after residents reported another swan appeared to be ill.

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Halimas Bloghttp://nycitywatch.org/mu/halimasblog4619/2008/05/31/united-states-versus-bird-flu/ [Halimas Blog] United States Versus Bird Flu: With these worries in mind, the United States have closely followed the situation and with general fears that the disease could spread to their territory as well, federal and local authorities have been handed over a plan to prevent and be ready to deal with a possible avian influenza outbreak in the country. It is not clear if and when this will happen, but one can look to previous experiences and other events for clues as to how serious the threat really is for the American country.

Tigeans Blog[Tigeans Blog] United States Versus Bird Flu: The same reassurances were given by U.S. officials and although some people see this as a preview for possible bird flu outbreaks, health experts say mild and low pathogenic strains of avian influenza such as this one are common in the United States, as well as other countries. Since 1975, the low pathogenic strain of the H5N1 virus (the highly pathogenic form of which is causing high mortality in Asia) has been found on six other occasions on U.S. soil.

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