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US study fails to find virulent bird flu in wild birds (1 Viewer)

martintbird

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Tried posting to earlier thread about bird flu coming to the UK [carried by migratory birds ... ... ... ... waited so long that the thread can no longer be posted to ... .... ...]

'"Despite the industry pointing its finger at the wild birds, it's just not there," said Michael Osterholm, who directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "It was not the source of widespread transmission to many operations throughout the Upper Midwest.”'

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/03/01/bird-flu-outbreak-mystery

Also maybe of interest, if you haven’t seen:
Die „Wildvogelthese“ zum Au reten hoch pathogener Vogelgrippeviren – aktueller Stand und kritische Prüfung der Position des Friedrich-Loe er-Instituts

In German, but English summary includes:
"Wild birds are dead ends for HPAI viruses. If they die, the virus vanishes as well.”
- ie Dead Ducks Don’t Fly.
 
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