The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has quarantined a turkey breeding operation in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood after
birds on the farm tested positive for an H5 strain of
avian influenza.
Dr. Sandra Stephens, Foreign Animal Disease Specialist with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, ...says it appears this particular type of H5 is not
related to the Asian H5N1 influenza. They hope to have the N type results back by early Thursday.
Reports emphasize that this outbreak likely is not the Asian H5N1 strain deadly to humans - which of course it won't be, given that flu viruses mutate
on a dime.
A confirmed case of the avian flu, also known as bird flu, has been
discovered on a Manitoba turkey farm.
Provincial health officials said Wednesday the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has not yet determined if the strain is the deadly H5N1.
Officials said Wednesday it is unlikely that it is.
"It's highly unlikely it will be considered the Asian strain," H5N1, said
Dr. Wayne Lees, chief veterinary officer for the western province. That strain of the virus has never been detected in North America.
"The situation is well in hand," he said.
There is no evidence of human illness related to the virus, said Dr. Joel Kettner, Manitoba's chief public health officer.
Hong Kong: Update on H5N1 case
A spokesman for DH said a special edition of Communicable Disease Watch featuring the H5N1 case, among others, has been published at the Centre of
Health Protection website. The link is: www.chp.gov.hk... .
H5N1 Bird Flu is deadly - but doesn't spread easily in humans.
H1N1 Swine Flu - the 2009 pandemic strain - spreads like wildfire in humans, but doesn't do much immediate damage.
The real danger looms virtually inevitable: H5N1 and H1N1 will get together, probably in pigs, producing an easily transmissible deadly strain.
In summary, we found that influenza A (H5N1) viruses have been transmitted multiple times to
pig populations in Indonesia and that 1 virus has acquired the ability to recognize human-type receptors. Of particular concern is that pigs
infected with influenza A (H5N1) viruses showed no significant influenza-like signs and were likely transported to and from different provinces in
Indonesia. On the basis of our findings, we encourage the Indonesian government to control the transport of pigs within Indonesia. Otherwise,
opportunities for this avian virus to adapt to mammals will increase, as will the risk for emergence of a new pandemic influenza virus.
CDC
A bit of background:
Pigs have long been considered potential intermediate hosts in which avian influenza viruses can adapt to humans. …the viruses had been introduced
into the pig population in Indonesia on at least 3 occasions. One isolate had acquired the ability to recognize a human-type receptor. No infected pig
had influenza-like symptoms, indicating that influenza A (H5N1) viruses can replicate undetected for prolonged periods, facilitating avian virus
adaptation to mammalian hosts. Our data suggest that pigs are at risk for infection during outbreaks of influenza virus A (H5N1) and can serve as
intermediate hosts in which this avian virus can adapt to mammals.
CDC
* H5N1 Bird Flu has been found in pigs in Indonesia - infection in pigs was previously reported in Vietnam and China.
* One of these "had acquired the ability to recognize a human-type receptor" - meaning it could be easily transmissible to humans.
* H5N1 can be infectious for a long time without being detected, in pigs as in birds - meaning there's a huge window of opportunity for mutation,
adaptation and jumping to other animals or humans.
….NOTE: We'll never know if H5N1 infected North American or European pigs.
Corporations are MUCH better censors than Communists:
they just call it "Confidentiality Agreements."
The REAL problem faced by authorities is economic: Bird and Swine Flu's hurt trade - and even when pandemic strains don't kill, they tend to cause
long term disabilities in victims, aka another "economic burden."
Bird flu causes
Alzheimer's-like brain damage, study says:
Survivors of bird flu, and perhaps other influenza viruses, may not be out of the woods once the fever and cough are gone: Animal studies suggest the
virus may damage the brain and cause Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
...“Our results suggest that a pandemic H5N1 pathogen, or other neurotropic influenza virus, could initiate central nervous system disorders of
protein aggregation including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases,” Richard Smeyne of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and
colleagues wrote.
ALSO SEE:
globeandmail
torontosun
CIDRAP: Satellite tracking suggests wild birds may spread H5N1
in Asia
On ATS:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Bird Flu and Beyond: Chronic Disease to Kill 400 Million
H1N1 Flu: A Tale of Evolution, Economics, Power Politics and International Law.
Beyond Bird Flu: The Perfect Microbial Storm
Two New H5N1 Bird Flu Mutations Could Cause Faster Human Spread
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