Warning - Bird flu

Russia
24.03.09

Committee for veterinary and wildlife Murmansk area has developed «Memo to the population for the prevention of highly bird flu».

In recent years, the phrase «Bird flu» in the ear of the people both in Russia and in the world. No cases of bird flu in the Murmansk region still has not been, but that is no reason to reduce the emphasis on prevention. On the contrary, there is a need to strengthen arrangements for monitoring the disease in businesses and private households in order to prevent contamination of people. Bird flu could cause a huge irreparable damage not only the economy of the region, but primarily to public health.

A scientist is a fear that in the affected areas while circulating viruses «human» and «avian» flu. In their view, a mixture of these viruses may lead to the emergence of a new type of virus mutate, could easily spread from person to person, and for this you need to prevent infection at the highest level.

Given the real danger of skidding, the virus of the disease migratory birds in the territory of Murmansk region and the spread of bird flu among poultry, the committee on animal health and wildlife Murmansk area has developed «Memo to the population for the prevention of highly bird flu», which contains detailed information about the disease.

Memo to the population on prevention of bird flu highly

Bird flu - it is acutely infectious viral disease affects the home, sinantropnuyu (wild bird, which lives next to a man) and a wild bird. This disease also is subject to, and people. Highly influenza virus circulating in nature in wild bird populations and distributed over large distances, with migrating birds, as well as through water, predatory birds and mammals.

The greatest danger of bird flu virus poses to the land of poultry (chickens, turkeys, quail, etc.), while the waterfowl from the flu kills young and adult birds is virusonositelem.

A diseased wild and domestic birds observed unusual behavior, discoordination movements (rotational movement of head, neck twisting), the lack of response to external stimuli and depression, the chickens nigrescence serezhek and scallops. In contrast to the more sensitive the virus to domestic poultry, wild waterfowl can look outwardly healthy, but a source of infection for other birds and humans.

Pathways of infection

Infection occurs airborne, air and dust through and through dirty hands. Influenza virus can be transmitted through close contact with infected and dead domestic and wild birds, bathing in waters where there is a massive accumulation of wild birds, through the selection (especially through the feces) containing the virus feed, water equipment, where the influenza virus a long time, saves its ability to infected birds and humans.

Symptoms of bird flu disease in humans
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