Posted on 09/17/2007 7:17:59 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in an outlying district of the southern metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, the Agriculture Ministry said.
The ministry said on its Web site (www.agri.gov.cn) late on Monday that 36,130 ducks had been culled following the outbreak in Guangzhou's Panyu District.
"At present, the epidemic has been bought under effective control," it said.
The strain was confirmed as a subtype of the H5N1 strain by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, the ministry added.
There have been no other reports of outbreaks in nearby areas, it said.
On Monday, Hong Kong suspended chilled and frozen duck and geese imports from Guangdong following China's announcement that that poultry there was suspected to be infected with H5N1.
China's last case of the virus in poultry was in May, in the central province of Hunan.
With the world's biggest poultry population and millions of backyard birds roaming free, China is at the centre of the fight against bird flu.
Scientists fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a form that could pass easily from person to person, sparking a global pandemic.
There have been 25 human cases, including 16 deaths, from the virus in China and dozens of outbreaks in birds that have led to the culling of millions of fowl.
A Chinese health worker kills a chicken in Chaoan, Guangdong province, in this February 1, 2004 file photo after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in the area. China has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in an outlying district of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, the Agriculture Ministry said. (REUTERS/China Photo)
Probably they were eating food from China.
That mask is sure doing him a lot of good.
All foreign adoptions have to go through Guangzhou before leaving China.
Just perfect...
So, this is a subtype which means it’s mutating.
Inquiring minds want to know.
I think so Brain...but, where are we going to get that many tiny electric chairs?
Knarf!Poit!Zort!
don't worry he is gonna wash his hands after he cooks it.
The bird flu is the biggest non-crisis in the media. Even bigger than global warming.
Ever since it first popped up as the Virus To Kill Us All, in 1997, it’s estimated to have caused 100 deaths. 100. Total world wide deaths - 10 per year.
Put that in perspective, the Center for Disease Control estimates that 36,000 die annually in America from the flu. Or 3600 times MORE than the world-wide total from the bird flu.
Seriously, I think the media keeps the bird flu around simply as a way to scare the masses when there’s nothing else rumbling in the immediate vacinity...
ping
Or after he packages if for sale in the US?
Thanks for the info!
I think we only have to worry if our ears turn blue. lol
Thanks for the ping JACK.
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