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Jim Wright
 Post subject: Bird flu
PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:31 am 
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Does anyone have thought on the latest outbreak of bird flu which is alarmingly close to Lincolnshire?

It seems some are pointing the finger of blame at migrating swans or geese.

Personally I haven't seen any groggy looking brents or whoopers, and the pinkies overhead seem to be in good form - at least vocally

It is still early days, but I hope it doesn't lead to calls for a wild bird cull.
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Colin Smale
 Post subject: Re: Bird flu
PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 12:16 pm 
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If wild birds are carriers they are more likely to be starlings.
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John Clarkson
 Post subject: Re: Bird flu
PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:37 pm 
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The finger points, and always has in every outbreak, at birds being imported/exported from a factory breeding farm to another intensive farm. Wild birds are almost never implicated. In this case as far as I could see the ducks are kept inside

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Ian Gordon
 Post subject: Re: Bird flu
PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:17 pm 
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The type of fully enclosed huts these ducks are constrained in precludes any mixing with wild birds of any type (unless procedures are not followed). So direct infection bird-to-bird unlikely.
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Stephen Routledge
 Post subject: Re: Bird flu
PostPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:16 pm 
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Why is this being posted in the bird sightings section??.



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Jim Wright
 Post subject: Re: Bird flu
PostPosted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:26 am 
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My clanger! I accidentally posted it in the wrong place and didn't know how/ where to relocate it. Glad it's been sorted - and thanks to everyone for their helpful responses.
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