Expert Author: Peter Hutch | Submitted: 2008-06-26 | Word Count: 522 | Views: 27 The avian flu that has affected birds and people in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, is different from the flu that many people get during the cold-weather months. Poultry - like chickens and turkeys - tend to get infected with the bird flu by migrating waterfowl (like ducks, geese, and swans), and spread it to other birds through their infected feces, saliva, or secretions.
Read More Expert Author: Peter Hutch | Submitted: 2008-06-23 | Word Count: 526 | Views: 11 Avian flu is caused due to the H5N1 virus which is transmitted from the saliva, fecal matter of the birds. The disease is highly contagious and causes death of birds and poultry population. The virus is lethal and assumes the proportion of pandemic, which can wipe out the entire population of birds and poultry. The virus also spreads to the human beings if they are in contact with the sick bird or poultry. Human beings are also afflicted by the virus which can even be life threatening.
Read More Expert Author: Spencer Hunt | Submitted: 2007-02-21 | Word Count: 355 | Views: 134 The avian bird flu has taken quite a few lives and could possibly be the next pandemic. The more you know, the better off you are.
Read More Expert Author: Cary Byrd | Submitted: 2007-01-26 | Word Count: 305 | Views: 172 Over the past year, Bird Flu has been pasted on the headlines of every major media outlet in the nation. It seems like everybody is worried about it, but when I ask, no one can tell me exactly what it is. Is it as bad as everyone makes it out to be?
Read More Expert Author: Christopher Smith | Submitted: 2006-11-25 | Word Count: 435 | Views: 191 Everywhere you turn you see it on the news. Bird flu is on the rise and people are scared. The Avian or Bird flu is commonly seen among wild birds. It is as typical as the human flu and is transmitted between birds. Find out the facts and you can protect your family.
Read More Expert Author: Christopher Smith | Submitted: 2006-10-27 | Word Count: 418 | Views: 197 Bird flu prevention and protection can help prepare you for an influenza pandemic if it were to occur right now. You should become knowledgeable about the magnitude of what can happen is there were a pandemic outbreak. Certain actions can help lesson the impact on your family.
Read More Expert Author: Ito Nakamura | Submitted: 2006-09-23 | Word Count: 426 | Views: 276 What you must Prepare during a Pandemic Bird Flu? In the past, many countries are caught unprepared during a disease strike, resulting in many deaths and adverse effect on daily life. Today however, we can prepare for a pandemic disease, such as bird flu. These viruses generally spread from person to person when a sick person/animal sneezes or cough.
Read More Expert Author: Scott Byers | Submitted: 2006-08-31 | Word Count: 324 | Views: 291 Bird flu prevention is probably at the top of most people's minds right now, thanks to the ongoing news reports about bird flu spreading to humans in Asia.
Read More Expert Author: Scott Byers | Submitted: 2006-08-30 | Word Count: 309 | Views: 317 Those who have been following the news of the world have invariably heard of the recent bird flu panic. This very dangerous strain of the flu has claimed quite a number of lives in the world and has literally terrified the populace of many countries. Despite the danger of this particular flu strain, many people truly do not know what the bird flu actually is.
Read More Expert Author: Larry Evans | Submitted: 2006-07-08 | Word Count: 397 | Views: 261 All this talk to bird flu has really thrown us all into a tizzy these days but is it something that we really need to be so concerned about? Well, this really depends on who you ask. Some experts will tell you that this new outbreak of bird flu is going to wipe out one third of the worlds population while another stands by and simply scoffs at such a prediction.
Read More Expert Author: Tom J. Smith | Submitted: 2006-07-03 | Word Count: 574 | Views: 311 If you have been paying attention to the news lately you may of heard of the threat of bird flu and a world pandemic. What would this mean and how would it affect your financial holdings?
Read More Expert Author: Jon M. Stout | Submitted: 2006-05-28 | Word Count: 1559 | Views: 293 Although no one can predict with certainty the timing and virus strain of the next pandemic, the risk of an influenza pandemic is serious. Preventing dehydration ranks highest of all treatments for influenza.
Read More Expert Author: Jenifr souze | Submitted: 2006-05-24 | Word Count: 444 | Views: 3814 Albert Einstein perhaps fantasized about what it would be like to ride a beam of light and conceptualized his famous Theory of Relativity. He must have visualized that the human mind has first to construct forms independently before we find them in things
Read More Expert Author: Jenifr souze | Submitted: 2006-05-11 | Word Count: 520 | Views: 321 Influenza Virus is responsible for different types of flu and the current outbreak of avian influenza or bird flu across Asia is caused by influenza A virus called H5N1
Read More Expert Author: Barry McDonald | Submitted: 2006-05-01 | Word Count: 381 | Views: 254 I'll have a burger and fries to go and while I'm here check me for the bird flu.
Well,... no not as such, but drive thru's may be set up in VA hospitals in America as a suggestion by the government as a quick way of testing people who suspect they may have the bird flu.(This drive thru technique was used last year for a vaccine program in the U.S .)
Read More Expert Author: Steve Dcosta | Submitted: 2006-04-13 | Word Count: 431 | Views: 260 The bird flu though not an epidemic for humans yet, but for some species of birds, it is probably the worst thing that can happen. The effect is so potent that a mortality rate of 100 per cent has been recorded, with the infected birds dying in less than 48 hours.
Read More Expert Author: John Hart | Submitted: 2006-04-08 | Word Count: 380 | Views: 166 Recently, Utah's epidemiologist, Dr. Robert Rolfs, injected his entire state with a heavy dose of complacency and told them not to worry about bird flu.
He said, "Avian influenza means bird influenza. It's a problem for birds right now in other parts of the world, and it is a problem for birds there." He was persuading KSL-TV reporter Shelley Osterloh that there was nothing to worry about in Utah.
Read More Expert Author: Linda Robins | Submitted: 2006-04-07 | Word Count: 627 | Views: 206 To combat a possible avian bird flu epidemic, the following should be considered and done.
Read More Expert Author: Michael Colucci | Submitted: 2006-04-07 | Word Count: 453 | Views: 192 There have been governments claiming that they have been stockpiling on vaccines. This article refutes this fact and tells the reader to instead rely on other herbs.
Read More Expert Author: Niall Cinneide | Submitted: 2006-04-07 | Word Count: 626 | Views: 185 There are four reasons that scientists believe that bird flu could become a pandemic.
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