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[World Prout Assembly] Global Poultry Industry is the Root of the Bird... : BARCELONA, Spain, February 27, 2006 (ENS) - Small-scale poultry farming and wild birds are being unfairly blamed for the bird flu crisis now affecting large parts of the world, according to a new report from an international nongovernmental organization based in Barcelona. The report says initiatives are multiplying to ban outdoor poultry, squeeze out small producers and restock farms with genetically modified chickens.

 [Roman Wilderness] Bird Flu Survival: H5N1 Found In German Cat.: Scientists said they did not believe the case of the German cat increased the risks to human health from a virus which is known to have killed at least 93 people since late 2003. However, one expert advised cat owners to keep their pets indoors in affected regions.

 [對著宇宙微笑的Mona Lisa Smiling at the Universe] Love in All Directions: Simply by sharing food and shelter with dogs, humans have turned a former enemy into a guide, protector and “best friend.” How much easier it would be to make friends with such placid animals as cows, pigs and chickens! Killing these animals for food is a primitive, uncivilized practice that endangers the health of all people on Earth.

[Birdflumonitor.com] Bird Flu Monitor: [(parenthetical remarks) - blogging between the lines] It's no secret that she's deeply immersed in Kabbalah, the once-obscure form of Jewish mysticism that, thanks in large part to the Material Girl (or Esther, to call her by her "Kabbalah name"), has taken over Hollywood like the next incarnation of Transcendental Meditation. Everywhere you look, anorexic wrists are sporting red Kabbalah strings and doe-eyed starlets are sipping "completely positive, healing energy" from their bottles of Kabbalah water (only $1.75 per half-liter!)

 [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: "Our main findings are that influenza H5N1 seems to be characterised by high virus levels in the respiratory tract, evidence suggesting disseminated infection [virus detection in blood and rectum] and [likely as a result of this] an intense inflammatory response," de Jong says.

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