Re: Bird flu report on French outbreak


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In article <44253568$0$9258$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jill
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Hygiene controls needed to combat bird flu -France
24 Mar 2006 17:07:44 GMT

Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24227325.htm
PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) - Wild birds can be ruled out as the cause of
the
bird flu virus outbreak at a French turkey farm last month, with an
inquiry
into the case underlining the need for strict hygiene controls, food
agency
AFSSA said on Friday.
"In view of the way the animals were confined in this farm, the entrance
of
wild birds into the building as a source of contamination seems very
unlikely," AFSSA said in a summary of its inquiry released on its website.
"The animals' contamination very likely had an indirect origin," it added.
An AFSSA spokeswoman added that the virus could have been carried into the
building by a domestic pet, via farm equipment or by humans.
This showed that strict hygiene controls were needed.

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Which, of course, begs the question of how the Pochard found dead of AI a
short distance from the turkey farm caught it. Perhaps it was downwind of
a sneeze!

flew in for a mid afternoon snack?

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Jill Bowis

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