Re: The end of the world is nigh

PammyT wrote:
Sometimes it seems that way. Avian flu so virulent that it will wipe
out every avian species known to man in a few years. :0(

No
I have not explored the exact orders of the class Aves it affects but most
of them seem to be little affected
so far we know that the :-
Galliformes are grossly affected - 90% mortality is not uncommon
Anseriformes are the ones that are infected but are mostly silent carriers
Passeriformes seem to be unaffected
Falconiformes have been found infected - a goshawk in ?Germany? recently
You are right - tt would be very useful to know which of all the other
orders are or are not affected - there are quite a number which are coastal,
sea and migratory species. It is an important factor to asssessing ones own
risk to know which species / orders are involved in the silent transmittors
and which are sometimes infected and which are not


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