Bird Flu Precautions
06/12/2008
Late last week, Defra confirmed that the Avian Influenza present in laying hens on a premises near Banbury in Oxfordshire is the highly pathogenic H7N7 strain. Investigations are ongoing. Protection and Surveillance Zones are in place and bird gatherings and movement restrictions apply in the Zones. The Moreton Morrell campus is just outside the 10 km protection zone, but only just. As a precaution, the animal welfare units at Moreton and Pershore have moved to stage 2 risk assessment and has stopped all student and non-essential contact with birds.
It is vital that all bird keepers, at home and on campus, continue to practice the highest levels of biosecurity and be vigilant for any signs of disease. Defra has an informative and authoritative website containing everything you need to know about Avian Influenza and can be accessed by following this link.
posted by Brooke
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phantomforever9 | 06/15/2008 at 1:40 am
Thanks for the information on Bird Flu.
We recently wrote an article on a possible vaccine for Bird Flu at Brain Blogger. A published clinical trial of a whole-virus H5N1 vaccine derived from a cell culture raises new hopes for a vaccine against the deadly virus. Though there are only 383 cases in humans, the virus is mutating, which means an epidemic might be in the near future.
We would like to read your comments on our article. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kelly