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What makes you so sure it was matrix that produced wet dropping there could be 1001 reasons so to blame a product could be seen as a bit misleading imo

CERTAINLY NOTHING SUGESTS THAT PIGEONS ARE A THREAT FROM ALL THREADS FOUND Pigeons Don't Pose Bird Flu Threat Published April 24, 2006 A major survey and testing regime was undertaken among wild and free-flying domestic ducks and geese, wild or free-flying domestic birds closely associated with poultry farms, poultry manure or poultry carcasses, mice and rats found inside and around houses containing infected poultry and wild birds of any species reported sick or dead in the quarantine zone. Included in this survey were 473 pigeons, 92.6 percent obtained from known infected farms, 81 pigeon feet (all from flu-affected premises) and seven mourning doves. None of the 4132 samples was positive for the bird flu virus, nor were others taken from a further 433 pigeons in the quarantine zone. Experimental attempts to infect pigeons with this strain did not result in any growth of the virus in the birds, or result in the production of any antibodies. Another study published in 1996 into the susceptibility of pigeons to avian flu found that groups of pigeons innoculated with two strains of deadly virus or two strains of a non-fatal virus remained healthy for the entire three-week trial period, nor did the birds shed the virus, or develop antibodies to the disease – further evidence that pigeons are not a factor in the spread of this disease. An additional 50 pigeons, collected from within the quarantine zone, were also negative for the influenza virus. Experimental attempts made to infect pigeons with the highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian influenza did not result in either multiplication of the virus or any evidence of antibodies in the blood. The results of all of these studies indicated that pigeons were not infected with avian influenza and did not spread it. Another study published in 1996 on the susceptibility of pigeons to avian influenza found that groups of pigeons inoculated with two strains of highly pathogenic influenza virus, or two strains of non-pathogenic virus, remained healthy during the 21-day trial period. The sample did not shed virus and did not develop antibodies to this disease - further evidence that pigeons are not a factor in the spread of avian influenza. More recent scientific evidence, from experimental work in 2001/2002, has shown that pigeons infected with the highly pathogenic form of the virus (designated H5N1 of Hong Kong origin) did not develop signs of this disease and did not have detectable changes to the disease in their tissues. Neither was the virus found in their tissues and nor was it re-isolated from swabs of tissues. These findings indicated once again that pigeons (along with starlings, rats and rabbits used in these studies) are largely resistant to infection with this highly pathogenic strain of the virus. Do pigeons carry and spread avian influenza viruses in nature? The H5N1 avian influenza virus was isolated from one dead pigeon in Hong Kong in 2001, while all other birds sampled around the quarantine area, including 57 other pigeons, tested negative for the virus. In 2002, comparative studies involving pigeons and other bird species determined that pigeons were resistant or minimally susceptible to infection with avian influenza viruses. In 2003, various avian influenza viruses were isolated from 0.5% of the pigeons sampled in south central China. In 2006, a total of six individual pigeons were found infected with H5N1 avian influenza virus in Romania, Turkey and the Ukraine. These findings suggest that pigeons have played a minimal role in the spread of the virus. However, the latest studies conducted with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which emerged in Asia in 2004, demonstrated an increased susceptibility of pigeons to this virus compared to the 1997 Hong Kong virus. Thus, the general public should try to avoid unnecessary close contact with feral pigeons, especially in places where pigeons congregate in large numbers. In one experiment, researchers squirted into pigeons' mouths liquid drops that contained the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus from a Hong Kong sample. The birds got about 100 to 1,000 times the concentration that wild birds would encounter in nature. "We couldn't infect the pigeons," Swayne said. "So that's good news." In 2004, the lab did two more experiments. Using a pigeon and a crow that had both died in Thailand, researchers gave 12 pigeons similarly high doses of the bird flu virus. Seven became infected and one died. Five others did not become infected. "What that tells us is that pigeons can be susceptible. But they're not uniformly susceptible," Swayne said. "Not like chickens or ducks — they all become infected." Infected pigeons carried the virus about 10 days. But they were infectious for only about two days and then at levels below what it would normally take to infect a chicken. "The experimental data is not very strong that pigeons are going to be spreading this virus around," Swayne said. "At this point they have not been implicated in spreading it to humans and to farms.

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haha no looking to buy just incase it cold no want to go wandering lol

anyone know which hotels the pigeon sales are in this year at blackpool cheers oh and with entertainment

merry xmas

myself and 4

wORKS DAY/NIGHT OUT FREE BAR HITTING SHOWER THEN OFF NO HOLDING BACK many a sore head tomoro PS If i post anything drivel late tonight im sorry

when were the 1st cases of ybs reported does anyone know

COMON WULLIE THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR TO WIN YOU CERTAINLY GOT THE RIGHT DOOS

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the scrappies lol at least for the fife side

AWE DA BEST WULLY

silly me i thought i was putting my telephone number on racers so if the bird did make a mistake the person finding it would phone me not TAKE RINGS OFF --- KEEP IT ----OR TOSS IT BEWILDERED

thanks to the good guy from edinburgh whom phone shu and got my details contacted me with details of one of my yb i lost last season chq cock looking outstanding well looked after and been missing for over 3 months guy tells me he just got it in with another 3 doos going by there age stock doos no thanks to the asssssss hole who has kept the bird in his loft for the three month took of its phone clip ring ets ring fancied the doo and obviously thought he would break it tuff mate its obviously out smarted you escaped and tried working home thanks again to the guy from edinburgh just because a bird makes a mistake enters your loft doesnt give the loft owner the the right to keep it or even worse dispose of it and the honourable fanciers wonders why his lost doo nevr showed up and all the time its a prisoners to the asssssshole makes my blood boil

class looking birds

cracking cock mate

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started new pipe line up in st andrews today at the old mill gaurd bridge dead pigeon life ring number MALTA 2014 04 1562 UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH RACING PIGEONS ARE ON THE ROOFS OF THE OLD MILL AND DISTILLERY ITS LIKE A LIBERATION WHEN THEY TAKE OFF

ybs is very easy to control and clear up within 2=3 days the biggest problem is if not caught in time then the gate is open so to speak for a fill range of secondary ilnesses to take hold while the immune system is down this is when losses begin imo not from ybs initially I M O lot of problems are caused by over feeding especially when birds arent 100%

HAD 2 LOFTS ECCO LOFTS both build to my requitents easy clean 6 sections in total plus store room small avery on each section raised floor wooden grills 12inchs ubove gl full sized drawer floors which pull right outside for cleaning ventilation excellent roof tough clear perspex for as much light as possible two section with sliding intrnal roof for darkness system and the guys are profesioals i am in scotland hence my price was quite expensive but the guys travelled up stayed and haulled all material to scotland had lofts few years now and still like new defo use them again

unikon wont give you a penny off sorted my base station as dampness got to it charged 20 pounds less than buying another one then hard neck to charge me 25.00 to send back to me lol been 5.oo better off with a new one they simply arent intrested in doing any deals as they know they got you once using there sysyem bit like the cscs card for site work once eberyone needed it ha they got you paying every bloody 2 year andit used to be 39.00 now its over 80,00 and you also have to sit a 230.00 test with it