Comments on: H5N1 in the UK http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-3#comment-637002 David Bradley Tue, 18 May 2010 11:57:37 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-637002 H5N1 is back - The first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) for more than a year has been reported in Laos capital, Vientiane. The veterinary authorities sent an Immediate Notification dated 14 May to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). http://www.agra-net.com/portal2/home.jsp?template=newsarticle&artid=20017776885&pubid=ag002 H5N1 is back – The first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) for more than a year has been reported in Laos capital, Vientiane. The veterinary authorities sent an Immediate Notification dated 14 May to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-2#comment-66206 David Bradley Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:53:24 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-66206 I have to agree, we avoid battery farmed fowl and always try to source our meat from known, local, non-factory sources. Not everyone has that option though, especially in the inner cities, but you're right, the fact that the Holton site houses hundreds of thousands of birds and important tons of turkey meat for processing is horrendous. It's not the rural livestock market in an eastern country or the farm where people exist in close proximity to birds and their faeces that will light the fuse, but sites such as this of which there are hundreds scattered across the Western world. I have to agree, we avoid battery farmed fowl and always try to source our meat from known, local, non-factory sources. Not everyone has that option though, especially in the inner cities, but you’re right, the fact that the Holton site houses hundreds of thousands of birds and important tons of turkey meat for processing is horrendous. It’s not the rural livestock market in an eastern country or the farm where people exist in close proximity to birds and their faeces that will light the fuse, but sites such as this of which there are hundreds scattered across the Western world.

]]> By: DV82XL http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-2#comment-66202 DV82XL Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:44:53 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-66202 Dave said: "Investigators have now reported that there were problems of hygiene associated with this site ...." The big hygiene issue with these massive poultry operations is that they exist. I live near one situated at an agricultural school where the birds were packed in so tight that a power failure one night in the WINTER caused the death of thousands from over heating. Personally, I think these operations are biological powder-kegs just waiting for some pathogen to set them off. DV8 Dave said: “Investigators have now reported that there were problems of hygiene associated with this site ….”

The big hygiene issue with these massive poultry operations is that they exist. I live near one situated at an agricultural school where the birds were packed in so tight that a power failure one night in the WINTER caused the death of thousands from over heating.

Personally, I think these operations are biological powder-kegs just waiting for some pathogen to set them off.

DV8

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-2#comment-66195 David Bradley Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:16:04 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-66195 Investigators have now reported that there were problems of hygiene associated with this site and gaps big enough for small birds or rats to enter into the supposedly sealed turkey sheds, so it seems the Hungarian connection may have been a red herring. Red herrings, of course, can't catch bird flu... Investigators have now reported that there were problems of hygiene associated with this site and gaps big enough for small birds or rats to enter into the supposedly sealed turkey sheds, so it seems the Hungarian connection may have been a red herring. Red herrings, of course, can’t catch bird flu…

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-2#comment-61787 David Bradley Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:57:09 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-61787 The Holton bird flu strain could have entered the UK from Hungary, as it turns out to be the same strain, the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6344335.stm" rel="nofollow">BBC</a> reports. The Holton bird flu strain could have entered the UK from Hungary, as it turns out to be the same strain, the BBC reports.

]]> By: Andrew Sun http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-2#comment-61739 Andrew Sun Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:33:46 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-61739 Cantonese (Guangzhou or Hong Kong residents for instance) like to cook chicken or fish to just done. Sometimes the chef controls the cooking time so that only the flesh part of the chicken is done, while the bone part is still bleeding, because overcooked meat is tough and dry. Cantonese (Guangzhou or Hong Kong residents for instance) like to cook chicken or fish to just done. Sometimes the chef controls the cooking time so that only the flesh part of the chicken is done, while the bone part is still bleeding, because overcooked meat is tough and dry.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-1#comment-61741 David Bradley Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:42:32 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-61741 Is that right? Bird flu aside, there's always salmonella from inadequately cooked poultry to consider. Is that right? Bird flu aside, there’s always salmonella from inadequately cooked poultry to consider.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-1#comment-61226 David Bradley Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:48:25 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-61226 A second Holton worker is being tested for H5N1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6339759.stm A second Holton worker is being tested for H5N1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6339759.stm

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-1#comment-60824 David Bradley Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:00:24 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-60824 A vet who attended the Holton turkey farm where the H5N1 outbreak occurred fell ill with respiratory problem was taken to hospital for tests does not have H5N1 A vet who attended the Holton turkey farm where the H5N1 outbreak occurred fell ill with respiratory problem was taken to hospital for tests does not have H5N1

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html/comment-page-1#comment-60266 David Bradley Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:40:34 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/h5n1-in-the-uk.html#comment-60266 The UK government hopes to "stamp out" the outbreak of bird flu and return the country to its "disease free" status, David Miliband, Environment Secretary, says. The UK government hopes to “stamp out” the outbreak of bird flu and return the country to its “disease free” status, David Miliband, Environment Secretary, says.

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