Bird Flu is back (turkey season)

movingtables · 17 Nov 2014 at 08:12

crikey not a good time (never a good time) to have this surface again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30076961

A case of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck breeding farm in East Yorkshire, officials have said.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the risk to public health was very low.
The poultry is being culled and a 10km (6 mile) exclusion zone is in place.

merry christmas :eek:

scorza · 17 Nov 2014 at 08:17

movingtables said:
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the risk to public health was very low.

... but not no risk like there supposedly was with Ebola.

Freefaller · 17 Nov 2014 at 08:19

Good reason not to have turkey then!

movingtables · 17 Nov 2014 at 08:19

scorza said:
... but not no risk like there supposedly was with Ebola.

eggsactly

Cosimo · 17 Nov 2014 at 08:26

Freefaller said:
Good reason not to have turkey then!

You could always try duck.

robgmun · 17 Nov 2014 at 09:14

Missed chance on the title, should have said

Bird Flu pt2: This time it's personal

benjii · 17 Nov 2014 at 09:36

"We are taking immediate and robust action which includes introducing a restriction zone and culling all poultry on the farm to prevent any potential spread of infection.

That's pretty crappy for the farmer. Although I assume they have insurance for livestock.

Hagar · 17 Nov 2014 at 09:52

1Hr 45 at gas mark 6. That should do it.

RaMDOM · 17 Nov 2014 at 10:13

H5N8. Maybe linked with a case found in Holland; will see. Or not.

I am not sure about the pathogenicity of this strain in humans, however I understand that it can jump from animal to human upon close contact, but nothing I have found seems to suggest any sustained human to human transmission. Also hard to find anything on its lethality to humans on a casual browse anyway; most literature seems to focus on H5N1 and H7N9.

Cold Fusion · 17 Nov 2014 at 10:18

More akin to a Foot and Mouth outbreak (Threat to Livelihood) rather than a H5N1 style Bird Flu outbreak (Threat to Life)

randal · 17 Nov 2014 at 10:20

Turkey farmer conspiracy to push prices of poultry up before Christmas.

We're though the looking glass here people.

JBuk · 17 Nov 2014 at 10:26

randal said:
Turkey farmer conspiracy to push prices of poultry up before Christmas.

We're though the looking glass here people.

Apart from the case being at a duck breeding farm

Hope we don't have to shell out again

randal · 17 Nov 2014 at 10:30

JBuk said:
Apart from the case being at a duck breeding farm

Hope we don't have to shell out again

Oh that's what they want you to think, you'll cry fowl soon enough.

EGuitarStar · 17 Nov 2014 at 10:55

Damn foreign turkeys! They come here use our farms and spread bird flu. Go home.

They want to ruin Christmas because they don't like it and celebrate it!

County · 17 Nov 2014 at 11:49

I love this "scare threads" - You should work for the Daily Mail.

This strain has never been found in Humans and the ones which do are very, very uncommon and difficult to transmit.

End of.

memyselfandi · 17 Nov 2014 at 12:03

robgmun said:
Missed chance on the title, should have said

Bird Flu pt2: This time it's personal

Bird Flu pt2: This time it's quackers

Squark · 17 Nov 2014 at 13:14

Duck is yummy, we have had it for Christmas dinner a few times.

Feel bad for the farmer, probably had a lot resting on Christmas sales.

randal · 17 Nov 2014 at 13:16

Squark said:
Feel bad for the farmer, probably had a lot resting on Christmas sales.

Yeah, he's pretty plucked now sadly.

Azza · 17 Nov 2014 at 13:26

Where's Sir Bob x Tiesto and Band Aid 30 The Ibiza Collection for Bird flu?!?!

iviv · 17 Nov 2014 at 13:32

JBuk said:
Apart from the case being at a duck breeding farm

Yeah, we really ducked a bullet there!