18 Feb 06
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Wild Birds, Factory Farming and the Bird Flu ...... who's is to blame ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4721598.stm
Reality takes wing over bird flu
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Leon Bennun
Vested interests mean wild birds are being blamed for the spread of avian flu, argues Dr Leon Bennun in this week's Green Room, whereas responsibility really lies with modern farming. Demands for culling and the destruction of nesting sites threaten, he says, to bring rare species to extinction, but will do nothing to halt the disease.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4721598.stm
18 Feb 06
Originally posted by ivanhoeWild birds do not have money, farmers do. The industry has been feeding antibiotics for years to animals in factory farms in order to prevent disease that would be brought on, and spread by the overcrowding and stress due to it, in these unnatural living conditions. talk about a recipe to breed super bugs!
Wild Birds, Factory Farming and the Bird Flu ...... who's is to blame ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4721598.stm
Reality takes wing over bird flu
VIEWPOINT
Leon Bennun
Vested interests mean wild birds are being blamed for the spread of avian flu, argues Dr Leon Bennun in this week's Green Room, [i]whereas responsibility really ...[text shortened]... ng to halt the disease.
Read more:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4721598.stm
GV
18 Feb 06
Originally posted by Nighthawk62Indeed, the MRSA of the avian world....
Wild birds do not have money, farmers do. The industry has been feeding antibiotics for years to animals in factory farms in order to prevent disease that would be brought on, and spread by the overcrowding and stress due to it, in these unnatural living conditions. talk about a recipe to breed super bugs!
GV