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Avian Influenza - Bird Flu
To determine duck hunters’ risk for highly pathogenic avian influenza, we surveyed duck hunters in Georgia, USA, during 2007–2008, about their knowledge, attitudes, and practices. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/8/PDF/10-0032.pdf Reuters - Songbirds such as sparrows and thrushes carry various forms of bird flu and could potentially spread the viruses to pigs and poultry, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. MedicalNewsToday.com - USAID-funded initiative to prevent the spread of bird flu in Bangladesh. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/194091.php Results are first to track avian influenza virus in passerines. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117236&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click IT.tmcnet.com - Scientists have identified a new, highly conserved molecular target on the influenza A virus and demonstrated that human antibodies against this target are protective in animal models of seasonal and highly-pathogenic avian influenza. http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2010/06/28/4874316.htm MedicalNewsToday.com - Washington State University and the Gates Foundation broke ground on a 62,000-square-foot, three-story flagship research building for a new School for Global Animal Health. The first of its kind research facility will house a state-of-the-art infectious disease research center for investigating emerging disease. From Avian influenza, to West Nile virus... http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/193284.php MedIndia - A new way of avian influenza circulation and transmission has been discovered by American researchers. http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Discover-New-Mechanism-of-Bird-Flu-Virus-Transmission-70569-1.htm 85 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 19,861. http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/ CIDRAP News – The World Health Organization (WHO) replied at greater length today to recent criticism of the way it used science advisers in pandemic planning, defending its response to the H1N1 flu pandemic but allowing that its policies concerning transparency and relations with the pharmaceutical industry need strengthening. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/jun1010who.html SmallHolder.co.uk - NFU Scotland is calling on those members of the general public excited by the prospect of producing their own eggs and poultrymeat to make sure they put the best interests of the hens as their first priority. http://www.smallholder.co.uk/news/8195564.Put_best_interests_of_hens_first_say_NFUS/
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