[Termite_Commander]

I guess this means I'd better stop licking bird droppings... =/

Seriously though, I guess Turkey and neighboring countries might have some problems then, since they're going through a nasty cold snap, and patches of virus exist all over the place from migratory birds. Why, look what the spring thaw brings this year.

[Westlander]

'low temperature 4 degrees C or 39 degrees F' That's low?

Hepatitis a,b,and c can 'live' in a 100% isopropyl solution for 30 days at whatever the freezing point of isopropyl alcohol is. This is a crappy report from the WHO.

[dandelion]

Some good, hard data here...

Do we have a ping list for avian flu?

[heartwood]

Well, that's lovely. My son and I (math nerds) estimated 4000 Canada geese on the sod farm fields today.

[WideGlide]

The H5N1 avian influenza virus can survive for more than a month in bird droppings in cold weather

No $hit.

[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.