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Foxbat · 6th April 2006, 07:12 PM

It seems that it's the chicken population that's really at risk. Apparently wildfowl can carry but don't succumb as easily as chickens. The authorities are still trying to work out whether it's the first (an index as they call it) or just the first to be discovered in the UK (the second option means it may well already have a strong foothold in the country).

As far as I'm aware, the only dead mammal from avian flu in Europe so far was a cat in northern Germany. Apparently, it killed and ate an infected bird. Let's hope it doesn't get any worse than that.

6th April 2006, 07:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Foxbat Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,664	Re: H5 N1 in Fife It seems that it's the chicken population that's really at risk. Apparently wildfowl can carry but don't succumb as easily as chickens. The authorities are still trying to work out whether it's the first (an index as they call it) or just the first to be discovered in the UK (the second option means it may well already have a strong foothold in the country). As far as I'm aware, the only dead mammal from avian flu in Europe so far was a cat in northern Germany. Apparently, it killed and ate an infected bird. Let's hope it doesn't get any worse than that.