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Europe / Slovenia - Swans not BF culprits

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    Posted: February 16 2006 at 2:06pm

Hi all, - Good morning from Australia.

Interesting aspect of the Reuters / Yahoo article 45 minutes ago:-

Slovenia latest EU country hit with bird flu

Scientists explained why the majority of European Union cases had been found in swans, saying they were in fact not the species most guilty of spreading the virus around the continent.

"Swans are highly susceptible to the virus -- they drop dead. There are other birds which get infected but they do not become sick and they can spread the disease," said Dr Albert Osterhaus, a virologist at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands. He did not specify which species were the culprits.

We know from previous media data "swans are a sentinal --- early warning signs of BF......so, what are the other species, the real culprits?

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/birdflu_dc&printer=1;_ylt=Aju XQr24GYNqIhFXLA2XG6Bn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE -



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