Bird flu virus survives for days in droppings (35 days at 39 degrees F)

Reuters ^ | 1-21-06

[Termite_Commander]

I'm sorry.

I didn't notice you had already been corrected, and I didn't mean to pile on. My apologies.

[blam]

"I really don't think the sky is falling."

You're sure spending a lot of time on the 'bird flu' thread not to be worrying about it.

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you for your observation. Long time no see.

[ordinaryguy]

You just keep on believing those WHO reports and whatever gets spewed out of the UN.

Please show me where I claimed confidence in WHO reports. Thanks.

Did you feel the same way about the swine flu?

No.

[ordinaryguy]

I truthfully hadn't thought about migratory ducks.

You also apparently didn't think about swans, gulls, sandpipers, herons, pigeons, doves, falcons, eagles, crows, tree-sparrows, magpies, etc. either.

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/research/avian_influenza/ai_chart.html

What exactly were you thinking when you made those earlier claims?

[gleeaikin]

Glad to see people starting to pay attention to the migratory bird problem. I wonder if the destruction of 9/10 of the vast marshes in SE Iraq is adding to this problem. They were larger than the Everglades, and a major stopover on the migratory bird route. Now I guess they spend more time in rural fields and ponds.

See my post at FR "Possible link between eurasian bird flu and destruction of Iraq marshes." We should get those marshes restored ASAP.

[blam]

I've been asking about dogs and avian flu. No dogs on that list.

[blam]

"They were larger than the Everglades, and a major stopover on the migratory bird route. "

Look what they found when Saddam drained the swamps. Interesting thread.

Disaster the Struck The Ancients

Iraqi Crater

[ordinaryguy]

Despite anecdotal reports of dogs dying, as far as I know, there have been no confirmed cases of H5N1 in dogs.

[blam]

"Despite anecdotal reports of dogs dying, as far as I know, there have been no confirmed cases of H5N1 in dogs."

Thanks.

[ordinaryguy]

Nature is running an article stating that H5N1 antibodies have been found in 160 dogs in Thailand, and that the actual virus has been isolated from one of the dogs.

[blam]

"Nature is running an article stating that H5N1 antibodies have been found in 160 dogs in Thailand, and that the actual virus has been isolated from one of the dogs."

Thanks for the update. Are they dying from the H5N1 flu?

[PilloryHillary]

A relative of mine works at a state health department. They are actively planning and preparing for the Bird flu virus to appear here in the US relatively soon.

[ordinaryguy]

Thanks for the update. Are they dying from the H5N1 flu?

Well, there are still the anecdotal reports. It sounds as though the research published in Nature was the result of studying live dogs. In order to have H5N1 antibodies, they had to have been exposed to the virus at some point, and lived to tell about it.

Until someone follows up on the reports of dead dogs and does some testing on them then we won't know. I have a feeling that folks are going to have their hands full with the spread of the virus, and might not have a lot of free time to check out dogs.

We'll see...

[blam]

"Until someone follows up on the reports of dead dogs and does some testing on them then we won't know. "

Okay, thanks.