Bird flu discovered in scotland

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A swan found dead in Scotland has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The Scottish Executive has extended surveillance zones in Scotland to include 175 properties with 3.1 million birds, as well as free-range poultry.
The dead mute swan was found in Cellardyke, Fife, eight days ago. Other birds are being tested.


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Well, it was going to happen sooner or later... Still, just one swan.
 
Yep, its on British soil. This is a migratory path for Canada Geese and many Saharan wild species. Its basically unstoppable.

Hopefully a vaccine will be found soon but the strain has a tendancy to mutate at unprecedented levels. The leading microbioligist says that unless it is kept in check, there is a good chance it will mutate so that human to human infection will be possible.

looks like chicken is off the menu..

Jon.
A swan found dead in Scotland has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The Scottish Executive has extended surveillance zones in Scotland to include 175 properties with 3.1 million birds, as well as free-range poultry.
The dead mute swan was found in Cellardyke, Fife, eight days ago. Other birds are being tested.


Affected area:


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More info




Well, it was going to happen sooner or later... Still, just one swan.
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The news reporter last night who broke the story was Jackie Bird. Rather apt.

I'm not too bothered about this, there's no point getting your feathers ruffled if there's nothing you can do about it.
 
amp88
The news reporter last night who broke the story was Jackie Bird. Rather apt.

I'm not too bothered about this, there's no point getting your feathers ruffled if there's nothing you can do about it.
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Yes, it was all plover the news, with such cygnetaries as Kite Adie and Abi Titmuss flamingoing on (even including an archive clip of Robin Cookerel), grousing and cooing asking what the government pelican do(do) about it.

Still, everyone only wanted to see Abi's boobies. Bunch of pheasants.


Has that exhausted all the appalling bird puns we can use now? Or rather, are we finiched...
 
been up all night thinking those up Famine?

Hugh Pennington said that we take medical science for granted. If we cannot find a vaccine, and there is no guarentee that we will as a cure for the common cold still eludes us, then we could be in for the the most deadly epidemic the world has ever known.

i am not a birdy kind of person, i dont keep chickens, geese, pidgeon or budgies...the only time i come across a dead bird is when it is the main constituent of my vindaloo. And as luck would have it, vindaloo kills 99% of germs - dead!

Dave Lister has nothing on me...

Famine
Yes, it was all plover the news, with such cygnetaries as Kite Adie and Abi Titmuss flamingoing on (even including an archive clip of Robin Cookerel), grousing and cooing asking what the government pelican do(do) about it.

Still, everyone only wanted to see Abi's boobies. Bunch of pheasants.


Has that exhausted all the appalling bird puns we can use now? Or rather, are we finiched...
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My word, that was a whole flock of puns!... :eek:

Let's just hope Scotland is not too badly hit - there are not enough decent birds there as it is...
 
Famine
Yes, it was all plover the news, with such cygnetaries as Kite Adie and Abi Titmuss flamingoing on (even including an archive clip of Robin Cookerel), grousing and cooing asking what the government pelican do(do) about it.

Still, everyone only wanted to see Abi's boobies. Bunch of pheasants.


Has that exhausted all the appalling bird puns we can use now? Or rather, are we finiched...
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Groan

At least I was trying to be subtle.
 
Touring Mars
My word, that was a whole flock of puns!... :eek:

Let's just hope Scotland is not too badly hit - there are not enough decent birds there as it is...
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lol!

Everyone knew bird flew was comming but i didnt expect it to get here that quick! but then again, its only one Swan....
 
Touring Mars
Let's just hope Scotland is not too badly hit - there are not enough decent birds there as it is...
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I admit, that was pretty good.

So I hear it's pretty hard to transfer this 'flu from human to human?
 
its not hard to transfer but it is hard for the strain to mutate so it infects humans.

rough time for the scots. God bless all of you UK'ers and hope that the Canadian Geese stay healthy here in the US
 
okay, its only been one bird so far....

the stringent measures put in place to contain the virus so far appears to have worked.

scientists now believe that the bird caught it either from a migratory bird just passing through or picked it up itself from mainland Europe....basically a one off.

lets hope they are right.
 
That doesn't mean that tomorrow another migrating bird won't appear in Scotland that also happens to have bird flu.

I hope bird flu never reaches the UK, but it's almost inevitable that it will.
 
no country has the ability to stop migrating birds entering thier country and hence infecting the birds therein...it is inevitable that all countries will be infected sooner or later.


live4speed
That doesn't mean that tomorrow another migrating bird won't appear in Scotland that also happens to have bird flu.

I hope bird flu never reaches the UK, but it's almost inevitable that it will.
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They say that if it turns to a human strain it will kill the healthiest first with the strongest immune systems which ie is basically the average GTP user age group. They say it will be out own antibodies that will go into overdrive and attack our own organs turning out insides to mush.
 
Poverty
They say that if it turns to a human strain it will kill the healthiest first with the strongest immune systems which ie is basically the average GTP user age group.
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That was the case with the Spanish Flu also. I've read that no quarantine worked, there would always be somebody who gets away to spread the flu. Instead, people stopped gathering(church, bar,etc.) and just stayed home, which stopped it.
 
Not a single bird has been discovered in the UK since this once...

restriced zones have been lifted, people are using the beaches again...

scientists are saying the swan died at sea and was washed up randomly on the Fife coast..

panic over, i hope.
 
I found (saw) a dead duck this morning :( :nervous:, never seen one before in my 4 years in London (I walk along Regent's Canal every morning) .... but the DEFRA website says it is only really interested in single dead swans, or 3 or more other birds (of the same species)... maybe I should report it anyway? Their phoneline opens in 30 minutes...
 
i would report it, cant do any harm.

Touring Mars
I found (saw) a dead duck this morning :( :nervous:, never seen one before in my 4 years in London (I walk along Regent's Canal every morning) .... but the DEFRA website says it is only really interested in single dead swans, or 3 or more other birds (of the same species)... maybe I should report it anyway? Their phoneline opens in 30 minutes...
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But you can't expect to never see any dead ducks or swans or geese etc. The main reason they're interested in only certain birds is because of migratory habits.
 
TurboSmoke
The leading microbioligist says that unless it is kept in check, there is a good chance it will mutate so that human to human infection will be possible.
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And they have been saying it since the early '90s. I think they called it Hong Kong flu back then and it was going to kill us all. Apparently the Hong Kong Flu has now become a seasonal flu, as has the Spanish Flu. This could be the final result of Bird Flu

All in all I am ignoring Bird Flu until it does become transmissable between humans because then it will be a concern. Until then any preparations will be a waste of time, especially since a major concern is that the H3N2 virus (Swine Flu) will exchange genetic material with the H5N1 virus (Bird Flu) and then will be a nice new form of virus that our Bird Flu vaccines may or may not work against. The only sure way to protect yourself with a vaccine is to get a vaccine for the mutated virus.

This is not to say that I am being oblivious to the possible threat. I am fully aware that the Spanish Flu came from an avian flu. However, I am also aware that at that time teh country was in a depression, there was no wheer near the medical technology we have today, and people were being treated in outdoor tents.

See the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1

TM
I found (saw) a dead duck this morning , never seen one before in my 4 years in London (I walk along Regent's Canal every morning) .... but the DEFRA website says it is only really interested in single dead swans, or 3 or more other birds (of the same species)... maybe I should report it anyway? Their phoneline opens in 30 minutes...
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If I did that every time I saw a dead bird I would be calling every day. The road my office is on has two ponds beside it, across from each other. We even have duck crossing signs, but inevitably a goose or a duck decides to cross at the wrong moment. I know I have had to slam on my brakes to avoid hitting a line of ducklings following their mom more than once. They just walk out in the middle of rush hour like there aren't any one ton cars driving along.
 
no, true, but we found the deadly strain in a dead swan because some one reported it.

if no one had had the diligence to suspect something was wrong we could have an epidemic on our hands.

i know it is irrelevant, days after the fact but if i saw a dead bird that i suspected was migratory, i would be on the phone...just in case.

live4speed
But you can't expect to never see any dead ducks or swans or geese etc. The main reason they're interested in only certain birds is because of migratory habits.
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TurboSmoke
if no one had had the diligence to suspect something was wrong we could have an epidemic on our hands.
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I'm assuming you mean among birds and not humans.
 

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