Re: The Coming Pandemic


<sbffalo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi, Jill!
> I do agree with most of what you've said. While I don't think the
> mutation will come out of Nebraska, stranger things have happened. I
> think this virus was not taken seriously soon enough and is already
> much, much more widespread than originally thought.

The World Health Organisation have been taking it seriously for the past 3 -
5 years but have hit the brick wall that is big agribusiness who run the
poultry industry in the SE Asia area. And I mean western business not just
the indigenous.
I have been intimately involved in public health since my birth [a parent
was a specialist] so have been VERY aware of this. The human situation
worries me A GREAT DEAL more than the poultry one. And we live beside a
tidal creek frequented by small flocks of migratory waterfowl!!!!

I've noted that
> some of the "discoveries" were made months ago, but we are just now
> hearing about them. Many more varieties of birds, not just ducks, are
> testing positive for the antibodies or actually have the disease.
> Somehow I get the feeling that we are still not getting the whole
> story. Maybe I'm just paranoid! :))

There is a great deal on line -- I have been collecting stuff up on the
blogspot -- its rather crude but effective

>
> Jill. wrote:
> > I must have missed something as I have skimmed through the reports - I
> > thought I understood that the birds travelling to parts of the US were
not
> > from any affected areas. Russia is a BIG place and only a relatively
small
> > area is affected. There certainly seems to be much less response about
the
> > wild ducks in general. If you read the reports about wild duck hunting
etc
> > etc all around the US there is hardly a murmur about watching the
birds.
> > They are all the same as every other year -- excited reports of birds
coming
> > in here and there and not a peep about bird flu. :~). Maybe its more a
state
> > by state response and these are not being picked up by the papers.
>
> I am surprised, too, that there have not been any alerts from the Fish
> & Wildlife Department. They may just be waiting, watching, and
> wondering like everyone else.

This is not untypical
http://www.record-bee.com/Stories/0,1413,255~34623~3097773,00.html
Plenty of ducks means good season ahead
By Terry Knight -- Record-Bee outdoors columnist
Duck hunters open their season on Saturday and the prospects look good.
Mallards are the primary duck in Northern California and the spring hatch
was excellent, according to the Department of Fish and Game.
The daily bag limit is seven birds, of which five can be mallards, but the
daily limit may include only one mallard hen. The bag limit can also consist
of three scaup, two redhead, one canvasback and one pintail. The total birds
allowed in the bag limit can be only seven regardless of the combination of
different species of ducks.
The goose season also opens Saturday, with the daily bag limit being four
geese. However, only three Canadas can be part of the daily bag limit.
Hunters are also reminded that motorized flying-wing decoys can't be used
until Dec. 1. However, wind-powered decoys or kites can be used.
The Sacramento Valley is the primary wintering ground for ducks and geese on
the West Coast. Every year thousands of birds make their way down the flyway
to the rice fields in the valley, which is crammed with private duck clubs
and national wildlife refuges.

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> >> > I am also not ready to give up family members or friends and
> > > neighbors.
> >
> > I would never suggest it -- and have said nothing that could be
construed
> > that way
>
> Sorry if I seemed to infer that you had. I didn't mean it that way.

:~) -- I would not have wanted you to think that
> I just meant that it will be a balancing act to protect both our birds
> and our loved ones when the virus shows up in our wild bird population.

"If" -- :~))
The probability is low - there are higher risks around

> Only determination and vigilance will get the job done.
>
> Off to do more research!

good luck - google news alerts are great - you can set them up to send you
information as it comes in on any keyword
like - waterfowl ducks geese chickens etc

>
> Have a beautiful day!

rather grey bleak and drizzly but we are on sort of holidays -- the nearest
thing we get which means we BOTH get to leave the farm together in the same
car at the same time for a couple of hours during the day !!!!!
We are going to do some local history research -- finding out about the
people who lived in the farm and surrounding area since prehistoric times to
the modern day. If it brightens up then the local graveyard may be our aim -
if not we will light the fire and work through some of the maps and census
returns :~)
Exciting lives we lead !!!


--

regards
Jill Bowis

Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
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>
> Kathleen
> Straw Barry Fields Farm
> Beefalo
> Kentucky, USA
>

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