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Parrot had deadly bird flu strain (in England)
cnn.com ^
| 10/24/05
| cnn.com
Posted on 10/24/2005 9:34:14 AM PDT by add925
LONDON, England -- Britain has confirmed that the bird flu virus that killed a parrot in quarantine was the same deadly strain that has devastated poultry stocks and killed more than 60 people in Asia.
It is the first confirmed case of bird flu in Britain since 1992, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said.
The parrot, from Suriname in South America, was almost certainly infected with the deadly H5N1 avian flu by a bird from Taiwan, Britain's chief veterinary officer, Dr. Debby Reynolds, said.
The two separate bird consignments were kept in the same quarantine compound in Essex, sharing the same "airspace."
Reynolds said it was likely that the parrot, from Suriname, in South America, had contracted the disease in the UK.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: avian; avianflu; britain; deadparrot; flu
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posted on
10/24/2005 9:34:14 AM PDT
by
add925
To: add925
IT'S NOT DEAD IT'S JUST RESTING!
2
posted on
10/24/2005 9:35:03 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: add925
E's just pinin' for the fjords
3
posted on
10/24/2005 9:36:25 AM PDT
by
Spruce
(Keep your mitts off my wallet)
To: Spruce
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posted on
10/24/2005 9:38:10 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: add925
This is an Ex-Parrot!
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posted on
10/24/2005 9:39:08 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: areafiftyone
Reuters photo just released:
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posted on
10/24/2005 9:40:38 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: LIConFem
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posted on
10/24/2005 9:41:50 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: add925
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posted on
10/24/2005 9:43:36 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she's losing... Monty Burns)
To: gridlock
"E's nailed to the perch!"
9
posted on
10/24/2005 9:45:20 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: add925
"E's bleedin' demised"
To: manwiththehands
If you hadn't nailed his feet to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisys!
11
posted on
10/24/2005 9:55:31 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: add925
Sorry, I don't have any more parrots.
To: All
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posted on
10/24/2005 9:58:20 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: add925
He's rung down the curtain and joined the Celestial Choir!
To: popdonnelly
The two separate bird consignments were kept in the same quarantine compound in Essex, sharing the same "airspace." OK, so uh, er, don't we all share the same "airspace" or is there a vacuum in England we don't know about?
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posted on
10/24/2005 10:05:45 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: popdonnelly
Ehs shuffled off this mortal coil...
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posted on
10/24/2005 10:07:35 AM PDT
by
albertabound
(It's good to beeeeee Albertabound)
To: add925
...for shame, only 17 replies on FR on a DEAD PARROT thread.
'E food for Worms. :D
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posted on
10/24/2005 10:17:45 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: skinkinthegrass
...for shame, only 17 replies on FR on a DEAD PARROT thread. For shame is right! Perhaps doom & gloom are more interesting (not).
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posted on
10/24/2005 10:22:19 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: skinkinthegrass
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posted on
10/24/2005 10:35:25 AM PDT
by
pa mom
To: popdonnelly
"I got a slug"
"Does it talk"?
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