Posted on 10/24/2005 5:22:45 PM PDT by JRios1968
THE bird flu that killed a parrot in British quarantine was the most deadly H5N1 form of the virus, officials confirmed last night. The parrot is believed to have caught the disease from Taiwanese birds being held in the same quarantine compound, Britain's chief vet said.
On Friday, the infected bird was said to have died from the H5 virus, but tests yesterday confirmed that it was carrying the highly virulent H5N1 strain, which has killed more than 60 people in Asia. Dr Debby Reynolds said the H5N1 in the parrot was of a type not seen before, but most closely matched that found in ducks in China this year.
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Debby Reynolds is a doctor now, kewl, I thought she was dead.
I'll bet those in the neighborhood where parrot was kept, are real happy about this.
"I don't have any more parrots. I go't a slug"
"Does he talk?"
Beat me to the Monty Python joke.
The plumage don't enter into it.
Well have you heard about the bird?
Bird
Bird
Bird
Bird's the word!
Well have you heard about the bird?
Bird
Bird
Bird
Bird's the word!
"Polly want a coffin."
Well I'm sure the Scotsman knows where the quarantine compound is, right? Get the editor of the Scotsman, get the location's coordinates, and nuke it from orbit. "It's the only way to be sure."
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