Possible Bird Flu in Canada

I saw on the news just an hour or so ago that there has been a bird flu discovered in Canada. It is an H5 variant, and they are working on what the N type is, but last I heard it is unlikely (but possible) to be N1.

Seen this also,

heres a link

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Asala, you beat me to it

On a relatead note, CBC reports that Canada is setting up avian surveillance:


www.cbc.ca...

This, like other developments is something to watch closely. Hits a bit closer to home though, being nestled between Quebec and Manitoba.

Where is the virus coming from?

From the thawing ice?

I just wonder...


Big Thaw Could Unleash Ancient Plague

Ah Im just too late ! I was going to post this, but ill just contribute my links.

www.cbc.ca...
breakingnews.iol.ie...
www.canada.com...

This is getting closer and closer to me

Just think about all those birds migrating out of the north ahead of the winter, flying south throughout Canada, the U.S.A. and down into Mexico like they do every year.

bird migratory pathways

Don't pay attention to the red dots -- that is the outbreaks from Jan 2005 thru Aug 2005 so that information is old but just notice how the paths of bird migration overlap in so many places - is there any doubt that the birds will be effected worldwide soon.

hahaha...the birds, they avoid Ontario because they can't stand the air.

Joking aside, this is scary. Quebec has a fairly hefty chunk of the Canadian population in it, and a few cases moving into Ontario could start a pandemic.

DE

Could be a milder form or it could be the lethal version. Just because the birds were asymptomatic doesn't mean they aren't carriers of the lethal H5N1.
Read below:

A total of 33 birds in Canada were found to be carrying the H5 version of the virus.


The highly pathogenic sequence in the healthy great crested grebe demonstrates that highly pathogenic H5N1 is present in asymptomatic wild waterfowl. This is similar to the asymptomatic waterfowl in Vietnam, which harbor high concentrations of highly pathogenic virus that is lethal to humans and chickens, yet produces mild or no ill effects in the waterfowl.

www.recombinomics.com...


Something to keep an eye on. Hopefully they report the results accurately. To say that any H5 has reached Canada is newsworthy and suspicious.

[edit on 31-10-2005 by DDay]