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  1. 10-24-2005, 02:05 #1
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    Default Re: Avian flu found in parrot in UK

    UK parrot 'had deadly bird flu'

    Birds across Europe are being kept indoors as a precaution
    A parrot that died from bird flu in UK quarantine did have the H5N1 strain that has killed at least 60 people in Asia, tests have confirmed.

    The bird came from Surinam in South America - a region free from bird flu.

    The UK's chief vet, Debby Reynolds, said the parrot probably contracted the virus from other birds in quarantine - perhaps a group from Taiwan.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4370106.stm

    Hmm, not the best news. But it's only one isolated case, at the moment. I doubt it will be long before the disease comes in a larger way, however.

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    Which came first: The chicken or the dead?

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    Default Re: Avian flu found in parrot in UK

    Just repeat after me.

    There is no such thing as evolution.
    There is no such thing as evolution.
    There is no such thing as evolution.

    We are not afraid of a new variant of the Avian Flu forming that is transmitted human to human.
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