Can you catch bird flu by eating poultry?
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No, I don't think so.  My understanding is you would have to be living in very close surroundings with poultry that have the virus, or in close contact with live birds.\n\nHowever, I guess we'll be discovering new stuff about bird flu for years to come.
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It depends on what you look at.\n\nWest Nile Virus (WNV) has killed more than avian flu.  However, the death rate is higher with avian flu (so you are more likely to die of bird flu if you get it, but you are less likely to catch bird flu then WNV).\n\nAlso depends on where you live.  No bird flu in the US, but lots of WNV.
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How about something involving the bird flu, like, if you smoke marlboros while outside kfc, you get the bird flu, get the jest of it.
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Europe set to announce task force on bird flu\nEU - Europe will shortly unveil a task force for coordinating the continent's fight against bird flu, a leading European virologist said at a conference on H5N1 avian influenza.  Reuters - Thursday, June 29, 2006\nEconomic impact of bird flu hinges on panic - experts\nWASHINGTON - The severity of a global economic slowdown caused by a bird flu pandemic, estimated to slash 1 to 12 percent off world output, largely depends on how people and governments react, economists said on Wednesday. Bloomberg - Thursday, June 29, 2006\nSevere Flu Pandemic May Cost Up to $2 Trillion, World Bank Says\nA flu outbreak killing 70 million people worldwide may cause global economic losses of as much as $2 trillion, a World Bank official said. \nA slump in tourism, transportation and retail sales, as well as workplace absenteeism and lower productivity, may cause the world economy to shrink by 3.1 percent, said Milan Brahmbhatt, a lead adviser in the East Asia region, citing a study by the Washington-based World Bank. The study predicted a surge in corporate bankruptcies in companies with a high level of debt to equity, such as airlines.  Reuters - Thursday, June 29, 2006\nSingapore lifts ban on Malaysian poultry imports\nSINGAPORE - Singapore will lift a ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from neighbouring Malaysia after Malaysia declared that it is free from bird flu, officials said on Wednesday. \nAfter a three-month suspension, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said it will lift the poultry import ban on the northern states of Perak and Selangor with effect from June 30.  The China Post - Wednesday, June 28, 2006\nClosing borders would be last bird flu option, U.S. official says\nUS - Closing U.S. borders would be the last option to combat the spread of bird flu, a senior State Department official said Monday. \nIt is far down the list of remedies because it would be unlikely to decrease the number of cases, would interrupt essential services and disrupt lawful border crossings, said Paula J. Dobriansky, undersecretary of state for democracy and global affairs. Bloomberg - Wednesday, June 28, 2006\nBird Flu Fatalities Almost Triple, Spurring Need for Treatments\nBird flu fatalities have almost tripled this year as the lethal virus spread across Asia, Europe and Africa, prompting calls for increased supplies of medicines to fight the virus and any pandemic it might spawn.  AND - Tuesday, June 27, 2006\nFear of bird flu panics Zambians\nZAMBIA - The mysterious death of wild birds this week has panicked Zambians, fearing the arrival of avian influenza in Zambia long-recognised as vulnerable to the deadly H5N1 virus. \nPoultry Association of Zambia executive director Mathews Ngosa said a delay by the government in confirming whether Zambia had become the seventh African country to suffer an outbreak has "killed our industry as people are now avoiding eating chickens".  People's Daily Online - Tuesday, June 27, 2006\nBangladesh takes emergency program to prevent avian influenza\nBANGLADESH - Bangladeshi government has taken up an emergency program to prevent spreading of avian influenza, widely known as bird flu virus, in Bangladesh, private news agency UNB reported Monday.  Food Production Daily - Monday, June 26, 2006\nScientists issue caution against mass poultry vaccination\nEU - With confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission of the avian influenza virus, scientists are now warning that mass vaccination of domestic poultry may hinder detection of the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease.  The Guardian - Sunday, June 25, 2006\nFirst cases found of avian flu caught from wild \nAZERBAIJAN - Four people have died after catching avian flu from infected swans, in the first confirmed cases of the disease being passed from wild birds, scientists have revealed.  Cidrap - Saturday, June 24, 2006\nH5N1 mutation allegedly showed human transmission in Indonesia\nINDONE
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Yes, the egg can get infected.  \n\nYes, it appears that it is safe to eat the egg if properly cooked.\n\nNo, it is not recommended.\n\nThe following exerpt comes from my source:\n\n"Can I become infected with the bird flu by consuming eggs or other poultry products from infected birds? \nThere is no evidence that anyone has been infected with the Asian bird flu or other bird flu virus by eating properly cooked eggs or other cooked poultry products derived from infected birds. Cooking food to 160 degrees Fahrenheit (71 degrees Celsius) will kill bird flu virus if it is present. Nearly all of the more than 100 human cases of the Asian bird flu that have been diagnosed recently in Asia have had direct contact with infected chickens, ducks, turkeys, or their environment. This suggests that close contact with infected birds has been the primary route of transmission for the Asian bird flu infections, rather than eating food derived from infected birds.\n\nAlthough strains of bird flu virus like the Asian bird flu that cause severe disease in poultry can result in the contamination of egg shells and the inside of the egg (the yolk and albumen or the egg white), hens with severe bird flu usually stop laying eggs, so few contaminated eggs are likely to be marketed. Furthermore, the U. S. government has taken steps to prevent infected birds or their products, including their eggs, from entering the U.S. food supply. "
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The excreta and saliva  of birds contain the virus.They get dried up on earth.Contamination of these with food is one way.Birds are not boiled but only fried.This does not destroy virus.Eating ill cooked birds is another way.
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The reason we watch asian flus is b/c the farms there are set up w/ ponds where ducks rest and pigs drink. The duck/bird strains are more likely to mutate to the pig first than to a human- the catch is, a pig is actually very close to us as far as internal working go, and it is easier for a pig strain (origianlly from a bird) can then mutate to infect the farmers... and then spread to the general population. So the likelihood... good. Pray. Peace out.
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Kill all affected birds, human in direct contact with those birds are prone to bird flu, last 3 years 92 people are dead from bird flu and all were bird handlers.\n\nThere is no harm in eating well cooked chicken and egg.\n\nIt has not yet spead from humam to human but danger is still there.
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I don't think you can use a crossbow on birds, but a longbow or compound bow can be used to take game birds in season.  A special type of fletching (feathers at nock end of shaft) called "flu-flu" radically slows arrow flight after 20 yards or so resulting in fewer lost arrows from shooting into the air.  Also a good safety feature for the same reason.  Use a wide rubber blunt tip to hunt with rather than a field point (practice) or broadhead (big-game hunting).  These kill with blunt force trauma and not blood loss or vital organ penetration.  Some bird points also have thin stiff wire loops sticking out to the side to ensnare the bird.  Check your local regulations as to seasons and weapons usage, though.  There is a famous video of Fred Bear (Bear Archery Founder) bagging rooster pheasants with a longbow.  Hope this helps.  Good hunting.
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It's definitely a threat, but there are some misconceptions.  You can't get it by eating birds, in the same way you can't get another kind of influenza in humans by eating humans.  It's not equatable to mad cow disease, as I've heard has been claimed.  You can, however, get it if you breathe contaminated air.  If you've got birds, then either eat them or rid yourself of them.  If you're on the east coast of either of the American continents, or in the middle, then you should be relatively safer, at least for a longer period of time.  There have been cases in southeast Asia, where it was first found, and it has migrated as far as Greece and Romania and there was a small scare in Warsaw a few weeks ago but that's all that's been in the news.  So yes, worry, but it's not likely to turn into another Black Plague.  Knock on wood.
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It depends on the diet of the chicken
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No, not unless your in Egypt or some country where they have the bird flu..if it's in your town you'd no about it, I wouldn't worry but if you want to be sure go to the doctor..that was sweet of you to put the bird out of pain...God bless
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Bird flu affects mainly people who hv direct and close contact with any kind of affected birds. And it is important to know that the virus is damaged at tempreture of 60C, so if u boil an affected bird, then it is safe to eat it!
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not unless you want to get sick
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You can feed chickens anything. dead animals, rocks and anything green.
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If you dont work around chickens or bird more then likely you will not catch it.  Cook you chicken really good before eating it tho.
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No. Bird flu only kills birds, plus about 100 unfortunate humans to date.  But if it mutates into a form that can be transmitted from human-to-human, then a lot of people might get sick (10%? 20%? who knows).  The pandemic would last until practically every person on earth had been exposed to the virus.  That's what happened last time around, with the "Spanish Flu" epidemic of 1918-1919.