Fall 2007 Avian Bird Flu Outbreak on English Isles - Specifically the Suffolk Area of England
A farm in England has had a deadly strain of bird flu emerge. This strain of bird flu again is of the H5N1 variety. The H5N1 can be spread to humans, however this is relatively rare.
Usually the spread is to other birds and poultry.
The strain of the bird flu found in the Suffolk England area is similar to that seen in last summer's ( 2007) outbreaks that occurred in both the German and Czech farming hinterland.
As a result the Suffolk farm area has been locked down and up to 5,000 birds are to be culled. This is a small cull and loss in relation to previous culls to control the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus - which in the last case of the Suffolk area resulted in the killing of approximately 5,000 poultry in farms in the affected areas. Not only that but all free range birds for meat and eggs in the direct Suffolk and nearby Norfolk areas must be kept inside and locked down. On top of that other hobbyists with either poultry and pigeons , including gaming carrier pigeons are being urged to keep their birds inside and not let them roam.
The German case , which resulted in extensive culling was thought to have stopped the spared of this serious stain of bird flu. Nipped in the bid to have resulted in the culling of approximately 300,00 ducks.
Although the H5N1 bird flu virus has been known to spread to humans- it seems that the main and only groups of spread who are at risk are those directly involved in the poultry industry with affected birds. The questions arise of interaction of the affected birds with wild migratory birds. It is known that the H5N1 bird flu virus can spread across bird species lines. Perhaps this is how the virus spread from the European continental flocks. However if migrating bird flocks had been the main vector of the spread of the virus , it would have been expected that dead bird corpses would of been found and located along the flyway path. This has not been the case , there have been no reports of dead wild birds in the Suffolk area or along the birds flyway paths.
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