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Austrian Cats, Polish Swans Have Bird Flu
newsday ^ | March 6th, 2006 | Melissa Eddy

Posted on 03/06/2006 9:35:10 AM PST by laney

VIENNA, Austria -- Several cats have tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu in Austria's first reported case of the disease spreading to an animal other than a bird, state authorities said Monday.

The World Health Organization called bird flu a greater global challenge than any previous infectious disease, costing global agriculture more than $10 billion and affecting the livelihoods of 300 million farmers.

Poland reported its first outbreak of the disease, saying Monday that laboratory tests confirmed that two wild swans had died of the lethal strain.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birdflu; cats; poland; polecats
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To: Orlando
The H5N1 contains evidence of mammalian polymorphisms in particular feline signatures exist, tigers became infected in Vietnam for instance. It is most likely that predation of migrating fowl by local feline populations has caused the feline infection clusters (they occur within proximity of avian clusters)
21 posted on 03/06/2006 10:08:45 AM PST by Kelly_2000 ( Because they stand on a wall and say nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch)
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To: Kelly_2000

Maybe from the pouch I wear..LOL... Actually I have been doing research in the health benefits and have forund that a Quantum life is very health and tranquil IMHO..

Is a exciting technology...


22 posted on 03/06/2006 10:10:30 AM PST by laney ((For GOD so loved the world..John 3:16))
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To: Kelly_2000
My concern is the propensity for mammalian transfer. Is this is ticking bomb in your view?
23 posted on 03/06/2006 10:11:53 AM PST by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: laney
hmm I am seeing my field rapidly converging with engineering, computer and mathematics.

Molecular biology as a life science probably has the most synergy with quantum physics. Some research into molecular processors and quantum computers is evidence of this.

24 posted on 03/06/2006 10:13:19 AM PST by Kelly_2000 ( Because they stand on a wall and say nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch)
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To: Wiseghy
"My concern is the propensity for mammalian transfer. Is this is ticking bomb in your view?"

It is inevitable, this season next? who knows, we can only make probability estimates based on epidemiological analysis and field studies of the various isolates recovered.

Every year there is the risk of influenza pandemic do not let the media fool you into thinking this is a recent of sudden issue. We face this throw of the dice every year more or less. Concerned? Yes because this subtype is not looking like it will recombine with a porcine or human strain, it is more likely it will acquire mammalian and thereby human specificity, you understand this? not as a result of antigenic shift or drift yes? it is acquiring the polymorphisms. This means the likelihood of a highly pathogenic human to human subtype such as that seen in the 1918 pandemic is more possible. We have more to fear form this type of pandemic that anything seen in the avian flu pandemics of the 60's for instance.

25 posted on 03/06/2006 10:19:20 AM PST by Kelly_2000 ( Because they stand on a wall and say nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch)
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To: Kelly_2000

DO you have an opinion on Quantum nature by aligning the multidimensional layers of subtle energy.


26 posted on 03/06/2006 10:21:08 AM PST by laney ((For GOD so loved the world..John 3:16))
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To: laney

wowo maybe a good idea to make a thread in it's own right on this topic as I suspect we could talk all day on this one :-) How about it?


27 posted on 03/06/2006 10:22:21 AM PST by Kelly_2000 ( Because they stand on a wall and say nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch)
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To: Kelly_2000

Thanks for that info.
here's another question and it might sound very stupid,because I don't know about this H5N1 virus.

Q-----> Can it live in water ?


28 posted on 03/06/2006 10:23:06 AM PST by Orlando (Do away with 42/666 (Bradley Amendment))
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To: Kelly_2000

Oh I would love it! Please do!


29 posted on 03/06/2006 10:27:35 AM PST by laney ((For GOD so loved the world..John 3:16))
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To: Orlando

The virus can even live in ice for extended periods of time.


30 posted on 03/06/2006 11:18:09 AM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Orlando

If you were asking about the flu virus living in a large body of water like a lake or a city water system, no, that is not a vector.


31 posted on 03/06/2006 12:18:19 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: BearWash; All

3-7-06

"Germany reports TWO more cats killed by bird flu"

Brelin(AFX)- "Two more cats have died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agricultural ministry announced."

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/03/07/afx2577739.html

FYI


32 posted on 03/08/2006 5:04:04 AM PST by Orlando (Do away with 42/666 (Bradley Amendment))
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