INDIA: "No Death, 259 Cases of Fever"

Over 200 migratory birds found dead in Mah;
bird flu ruled out

February 24, 2006 6:37:31 PM IST


Over 200 migratory 'shank' birds of red and green variety, were found
dead in a lake at Gandheli near here in Central Maharashtra even as the
animal husbandry department ruled out any symptoms of bird flu in
them.

A post-mortem report, conducted by the Animal Husbandry department
(AHD), has revealed that the birds died of pneumonia, AHD Deputy
Commissioner J M Doiphode said adding ''no symptoms of bird flu were
found in the migratory birds.'' However, samples of their viscera have
been sent to the disease investigation section of the state government
laboratory at Aundh in Pune and Bhopal-based High Security Animal
Disease Laboratory, he said.

A sample of live bird is also being sent to the Bhopal laboratory, Mr
Doiphode added.

The AHD team has also collected water samples to verify the doubts
whether the birds died of contaminated water, he said.

The birds have been dying for the last few days and the Animal
Husbandry department (AHD) team rushed the spot last evening when an
alert villager informed them about the deaths, officials said.

The officials also said these birds, normally found in the hilly Ladakh
region as well as in Europe, mights have died over a period of a week or
so.

When contacted, ornithologist Dilip Yardi, who had visited the Gandheli
lake today attributed the deaths of the birds to a suspected 'poisoning'.

Meanwhile, Nisarg Mitra Mandal Aurangabad founder president Prof Vijay
Diwan ruled out a possibility of 'bird-flu' behind the deaths of the
migratory birds.

''Many of the other birds were found completely fine near the lake, which
indicates that there is no possibility of bird flu,'' Mr Diwan argued.

According to him, the delay in departure of
these migratory birds may be one of the reason of their deaths. Since the
mercury has been rising in the region now, the birds might have died of
high temperature, he said.

He also said, of these two varities, red shanks migrate to India mainly
from Europe and green shanks from Tibet as well as Ladakh, after an
acute cold followed by a snow-fall there. These birds find the Indian
winter climate more suitable.

However, they usually start their return journey before summer, he
added.

Meanwhile, a four member team of ornithologists from the city rushed
the lake to take stock of the situation.

The team is expected to collect water samples separately.



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biggest load of crap I've read to date out of that country.

India is keeping up a long tradition of dishonesty and deceipt.  They can afford to lose a hundred million to Bird Flu.  They have a population way over a Billion people and do not understand how to use birth control effectively.

They look at illness as a means of population control.

Question, if the virus is changing and we have 4 versions of it, maybe the tests are no longer any good??  They sure get a lot of negs and then later positives.

 Thanks, SZ, how's your computer? 

It is way over my head too, I just thought maybe that would explain away some of the test results.  Still looking for the good in people.