AVIAN FLU

[johnny11]

This is from RPRA.org

 

IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL!!!! - WEDNESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2006

 

I have sent out the following press release after receiving details of a report attributed to Ken Livingstone, the London mayor.  Thank you to all the fanciers out there that are keeping me informed of all the rubbish that is being published in the media.  I will endeavour to correct all the misleading articles that I can.

 

PRESS RELEASE          RACING PIGEONS AND AVIAN INFLUENZA

 

Concerns raised by London Mayor Ken Livingstone about the risk of pigeons spreading avian influenza (AI) are totally exaggerated.  Pigeons carry no more threat than any other variety of bird and are certainly less likely to be carriers of AI than the waterfowl in the London parks.

 

Considerable veterinary research has been conducted on the effects of AI on racing pigeons and vets have concluded that racing pigeons are resistant or minimally susceptible to infection of High Pathogenic AI or Low Pathogenic AI. (source: Perkins LE, Swayne DE and www.avian-influenza.com ).

 

The Royal Pigeon Racing Association has been working closely with DEFRA to ensure that its members follow general licence conditions imposed by DEFRA on 21 December 2005.  This will ensure that racing, showing and sales of racing pigeons can go ahead. Contrary to reports in the Daily Star on 21 February 2006 racing is not banned for 2006.  Contingencies are in hand should an outbreak of AI be confirmed in Britain and Britain’s fanciers will act accordingly and appropriately.

 

Residents living near pigeon fanciers are asked to consider the scientific facts and not to listen to the scaremongering of public servants who clearly have an ulterior motive for their words.  Racing pigeons carry little risk of transmitting or catching AI.

 

Peter Bryant, General Manager

 

 

WELL DONE MR BRYANT

 

 

[fredspears44]

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FOR INFORMATION LADS AND LASSIES

http://www.fcipigeons.com/OverviewAIsituationinEurope.htm

[jimmy white]

out of the lot, brittain seems to be the best off,, so i suppose we would be better looking on the bright side, THERE ARE NO CASES OF AVIAN FLU IN BRITTAIN, AT LEAST UP TO THE PRESENT,AND RACING IS ALLOWED INLAND , UP TO THE PRESENT.

[fredspears44]

AT LEAST IT LETS KNOW WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING, ROSE.

[jimmy white]

YES ITS A GOOD POST FRED , PUTS US IN THE PICTURE,

[westy]

YES ITS A GOOD POST FRED , PUTS US IN THE PICTURE,

yes jimmy i agree

 

 

[Guest]

Announced (quietly) yesterday, EU have done a U-turn on their avian flu vaccination strategy: -

 

Brussels, 22 February 2006

 

Avian Influenza: Vaccination of certain poultry in France and Netherlands approved

 

Commission proposals to allow France and the Netherlands to carry out targeted preventive vaccination campaigns on poultry, as a precautionary measure against highly pathogenic avian influenza, have been backed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today. The vaccination programmes are authorised only for specific birds in specified regions, and will be subject to rigorous surveillance and control requirements. These include movement restrictions, strict monitoring of vaccinated flocks to ensure that there is no undetected outbreak of avian influenza and careful record-keeping. Vaccinated poultry must also be able to be differentiated from poultry and birds with the avian influenza virus. This can be achieved through the DIVA (Differentiating between Infected and Vaccinated Animals) strategy (see MEMO/06/92). The Commission proposals to authorise the vaccination plans also lay out conditions and limits for the trade of the vaccinated birds and their products.

 

Full article at:-

 

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/210&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

 

[square_peg]

I DO REALISE THIS H5N1 VIRUS IS A TERRIBLE THING AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO WHAT IS NEEDED TO STOP ,OR TRY TO STOP ,IT REACHING OUR SHORES,BUT MRSA IS KILLING 60 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK .THATS TWICE WHATS BEING KILLED ON BRITIANS ROADS. THINK ABOUT IT H5N1 IS A HIGH PROFILE THING AT THE MOMENT,MRSA ISNT.

THE THING IS WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE TV FOOTAGE OF H5N1 THERE IS ONE THING IN COMMON,A LACK OF HYGIENE.................ISNT THAT THE SAME THING THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT MRSA

[Guest]

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT SQUARE_PEG WITH YOUR OPP :-/. MRSA IS BAD AT NINEWELLS HOSPITAL.BUT I'LL WASH MY HANDS WHEN I VISIT YOU

[THE FIFER]

YES I WAS AT NINEWELLS ON WEDNESDAY VISITING MY YOUNGER BROTHER, AND HAD TO WASH MY HANDS GOING IN AND COMING OUT, SOME HOSPITAL, LIKE A TOWN THE SIZE OF IT AND ITS SHOPS ETC, U NEED A TAXI TO GET AROUND THE HOSPITAL NEVER MIND GETTING THERE.  

[Guest]

I DO REALISE THIS H5N1 VIRUS IS A TERRIBLE THING AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO WHAT IS NEEDED TO STOP ,OR TRY TO STOP ,IT REACHING OUR SHORES,BUT MRSA IS KILLING 60 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK .THATS TWICE WHATS BEING KILLED ON BRITIANS ROADS. THINK ABOUT IT H5N1 IS A HIGH PROFILE THING AT THE MOMENT,MRSA ISNT.

THE THING IS WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE TV FOOTAGE OF H5N1 THERE IS ONE THING IN COMMON,A LACK OF HYGIENE.................ISNT THAT THE SAME THING THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT MRSA

 

Sorry, you may be way off beam there, Square_peg. Agree very much that good hygiene stops spread of anything. My point is MRSA is a man-made thing born out of the careless use of antibiotics. MRSA simply means  a strain of the staphylococcus bacteria which through carelessness on our part has acquired resistance to penicillin-type antibiotics.

 

The careless use of antibiotics in pigeons was another thread which made much the same impact on some as the avian flu thread ... a shrug of the shoulders.

[Guest]

BBC News 24 today, ten second strap : outbreak of avian flu in commercial poultry on a farm near Lyon, France. No further details. No details DEFRA  (international surveillance & risk assessement) website.

 

[Guest]

that aprat fromt he turkey farm yesterday?

[Guest]

From OIE Website, report from ROMANIA dated 23rd February, includes yet another pigeon found dead with H5N1:-

 

 

 

17 Feb. 2006: Outbreak in Mereni: a wild pigeon found dead near an irrigation canal, at a distance of 2 km from Mereni village.

 

[Guest]

that aprat fromt he turkey farm yesterday?

 

 

Can't tell, Gez. Don't usually post newsflashes because of the lack of detail and confusion they can cause.

 

There is nothing new from France on OIE Website, nor on DEFRA's international page... no doubt when I or others get it, will be posted here .

 

[Guest]

its the same turkeys from yesterday

[andrew]

Deadly H5N1 virus confirmed in a pigeon in southeastern Romania

 

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed in a pigeon found in an isolated part of Constanta province in southeastern Romania.

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"This pigeon was found dead in a field, a few kilometres from Topraisar where bird flu was detected on February 14," the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

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The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus, which can be transmitted to humans, was first confirmed in Romania in mid-October 2005.

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In recent weeks, it has re-emerged in five villages in the important tourist region of Constanta on the Black Sea coast, bringing to 33 the number of Romanian villages affected by the virus since October 2005. — AFP The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed in a pigeon found in an isolated part of Constanta province in southeastern Romania.

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"This pigeon was found dead in a field, a few kilometres from Topraisar where bird flu was detected on February 14," the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

.

The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus, which can be transmitted to humans, was first confirmed in Romania in mid-October 2005.

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In recent weeks, it has re-emerged in five villages in the important tourist region of Constanta on the Black Sea coast, bringing to 33 the number of Romanian villages affected by the virus since October 2005. — AFP

 

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/102602.asp

[Guest beautyhomer]

Deadly H5N1 virus confirmed in a pigeon in southeastern Romania

 

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed in a pigeon found in an isolated part of Constanta province in southeastern Romania.

.

"This pigeon was found dead in a field, a few kilometres from Topraisar where bird flu was detected on February 14," the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

.

The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus, which can be transmitted to humans, was first confirmed in Romania in mid-October 2005.

.

In recent weeks, it has re-emerged in five villages in the important tourist region of Constanta on the Black Sea coast, bringing to 33 the number of Romanian villages affected by the virus since October 2005. — AFP The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus was confirmed in a pigeon found in an isolated part of Constanta province in southeastern Romania.

.

"This pigeon was found dead in a field, a few kilometres from Topraisar where bird flu was detected on February 14," the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

.

The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus, which can be transmitted to humans, was first confirmed in Romania in mid-October 2005.

.

In recent weeks, it has re-emerged in five villages in the important tourist region of Constanta on the Black Sea coast, bringing to 33 the number of Romanian villages affected by the virus since October 2005. — AFP

 

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/102602.asp

 

This report was posted on the 24th February by Mike under the thread title

bird flu confirmed in pigeons

 

It amazes me how much repetition there is on this forum-does nobody read other peoples posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest]

 

This report was posted on the 24th February by Mike under the thread title

bird flu confirmed in pigeons

 

It amazes me how much repetition there is on this forum-does nobody read other peoples posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Bit of chicken and egg syndrome there, beautyhomer. We have main threads on many subjects; then along comes someone and opens up a second and sometimes a third  ... can't really fault Andrew, at least he posted the info in the same place as others usually post on this subject ... the general idea being to let others know the latest information.

[Guest]

as long as the information gets posted personally i dont really mind where it is.

[Guest]

as long as the information gets posted personally i dont really mind where it is.

 

Suspect webmaster might have something to say on that.

[Guest]

lmao

[Guest]

Birds of prey susceptible to H5N1, deaths recorded and confirmed by OIE:

 

Buzzard, Italy, 22nd Feb;

 

Peregrine, Slovak Republic, 20th Feb;

 

plus Goshawk (previously posted) Germany 8th Feb;

 

and carrion : Crow.

 

 

[dandydoo]

For every black cloud there is always a very small consolation shame eh

[Guest]

For every black cloud there is always a very small consolation shame eh

 

Just backing up my earlier statements with the facts as they are unfolding on the ground. Prefer 'light at the end of the tunnel', dandydoo, but 'silver lining' might be just as good.