Question by Wakeuphappyisback: Question about H5N1 bird flu?
I know that it has not really been an issue for the last 2 years in the west but it is still an issue here in Asia.I suppose that this is the right area to ask.Okay,a month and a half ago I went to the Buddhist temple next to my house and saw about 6 or 7 dead chickens which was weird because there was no sign of an animal attack.Later when I was leaving I saw a chicken with its eyes half shut and not running away when I got close.When I could see it clearly it was breathing hard with its tongue sticking out of its mouth.It walked straight into a wall and didn’t seem bothered by it then it laid down and didn’t get up again.I was gone for about 25 days and when I came home the first thing I noticed when the sun was about to set was silence.I would always instantly notice this because I hate the noise chickens make at 3:00 am but there was nothing.I went to temple the next day and one of the monks told my that over 1000 chickens had died since I had been gone and one dog is on his last leg and he is only a year old.As you can see this has me worried I have been trying to find info on why something like this would happen and it keeps coming back to H5N1.The problem is that-bless them-the are not educated people in this are of Thailand and I assume that they would rather keep it under raps instead of making a problem for the temple because as far as I know it would be the first temple to actually have it and they are weird about their temples here and protecting their sanctity over rationality.What can I do?
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Answer by Bohemian_Garnet_Permaculturalist That sounds exactly like what chickens do when they have the bird flu. You should contact WHO (World Healthy Organization) and tell them exactly what you have posted here.
Here’s the contact information for WHO:
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
If you are an American living in Thailand, you could also contact the CDC (Center for Disease Control).
Here is the CDC contact info:
* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333
* 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348
24 Hours/Every Day
* cdcinfo@cdc.gov
In fact, you can contact the CDC, and they will tell WHO.
They will not harm the temple. They will come in, and clean up the bodies of the chickens, and any other dead birds or animals, and dispose of them safely. They will vaccinate the people living in the area, so they are safe. PLEASE, PLEASE contact the CDC, or WHO, and let them know. You could literally be saving billions of human lives.
~Garnet
Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years
Worked in the medical field over 15 years
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Question by fireball_mark48: We found a bird collapsed…?
My brother found a bird collapsed on a road. He promptly took it home for us to examine and care for until it got better (which was pretty dumb to do, because the bird could’ve had bird flu, and we have dogs at home). I checked online for the symptoms of bird flu, and the bird didn’t have any of the visual symptoms (unnatural breathing, ruffled feathers, but since the bird didn’t have that red thing roosters and other birds have, we couldn’t check for purplish-blue coloring of that red thing). My aunt, a person who could be called an amateur veterinarian (not really a veterinarian, but she has enough knowledge of animals, from her numerous pets that include birds, to be called that), said that the bird probably collapsed from the cold. The bird isn’t dead, we determined that, because the bird is breathing properly and reacted to my aunt examining it by opening it’s wings, but then collapsing again. Is collapsing from the cold a viable reason, and if so, is covering it in a tiny cloth (the cloth covers the body, but not the head of the bird) to warm it up the appropriate treatment? Or is there still a chance of the bird being infected by bird flu? If so, what are the measures we should take to prevent it from spreading to us?
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Answer by justy You should just give it to rspca or something. They have the equipment to look after it.
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Question by ♥iHeart-David Archuleta♥: Can dogs get the bird flu?
I noticed my dog had bird feces in his outside food dish, and I think he might have eaten that. Now he’s got gross diarrhea and I think his butt hurts. He won’t run around and he just sits there, with a sad look on his face.
Do you think it could be the bird flu? What should I do?
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Answer by Seeker of Truth ~ One of Many~ take him to the vet.
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Question by RegularGuy: Is it possible that the canine flu will evolve and attack humans the way bird flu did?
Is it possible that the canine flu ( which is already in nearly ever state) will evolve and attack humans the way the bird flu did in Asia?
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Answer by bloobluis canine flu….well. if it exists…and if the genome can easily mutate to accomodate the human genome…then YEA, HOuston we have a problem.
However, transmission would be tough. Either through *eee sexual fluids, contaminated meat (YUCK) or any form of lving matter form these diseased dogs come into contact with humans…there is ONLY a possibility. NO guarantee. (whether you get infected or not)
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