Posted by Nate V. IA on April 30, 2015 at 19:29:08 from (216.51.200.78):
In Reply to: chickens posted by roy prins on April 30, 2015 at 17:50:24:
I think you have been misinformed Roy, it is the wildlife that is spreading it around, much like we gave the Native Americans small pox. If we still raised chickens the old fashioned way (everyone has 12 hens) this disease would have been a worse catastrophe.
Large producers are doing everything they can to stop the spread. I have 24,000 in my care and I shower up to six times a day just to do the normal chores, my barn is shower in and shower out, I even wear a hair net when I'm in the barn. I have never caught a mouse in the barn and there hasn't been a wild bird in here since the roof was put on.
The AI isn't killing the chickens for the most part, they are being destroyed by the USDA to prevent the spread of AI. The manure has little to do with the spread of the disease:
"Influenza viruses do not persist in the environment outside of a host for long periods of time. The avian influenza virus is extremely susceptible to dehydration, ultraviolet light, and high temperatures. At 70°F, in dry conditions, the avian influenza will die within minutes. Under ideal conditions at room temperatures, human flu viruses can remain infective for about one week. Exposure to sunlight drastically reduces the length of time flu viruses can remain infective. At cold temperatures, in feces, the virus can survive for weeks. If frozen they can remain viable indefinitely. If poultry is cooked to 160°F all PHAI is inactivated."
And look where it all started:
"The origin of the current outbreak of avian influenza can be traced to East/Southeast Asia, home to an estimated six billion domestic birds. More than half of the domestic bird population is in medium- to large-scale intensive poultry holdings where fairly strict hygiene, prevention and containment (biosecurity) measures are in place; however, a sizeable part of the poultry population remains with the smallholder sector run by an estimated 200 million farmers, each keeping 5-15 birds, mainly ducks, chicken, geese, turkeys and quail. Backyard or village poultry is characterised by scavenging birds and open coops, and is exposed to viruses carried by wild birds. Seasonal seeding of influenza viruses into backyard poultry systems by migrating waterfowl allows regular addition of new viruses to the diverse domestic poultry virus pool and may explain some of the geospatial features of regional virus distribution."
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