Ornithologist rejects Aust bird flu claim

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   Last Update: Thursday, February 23, 2006. 4:18pm (AEDT)
Ornithologist rejects Aust bird flu claim

One of the country's leading ornithologists has rejected speculation that bird flu has been brought to Australia by migratory birds.
Shore bird expert Clive Minton was responding to comments by Professor Mark Von Itzstein of Griffith University.
Professor Itzstein says Australia is becoming blase about bird flu, suspecting the virus has already been brought into northern Australia.
But Dr Minton, who has been researching migratory birds at Broome for nearly 30 years, says the evidence does not support that view. 
"Over 2,000 migratory birds over the last three months have been sampled and they have not found any sign whatsoever of the H5N1 virus," he said.
Link:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1576953.htm
(Broome is the closest point in Australia to the Indonesian Islands.)

Edited by rowee

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	Last Update: Thursday, February 23, 2006. 4:18pm (AEDT) Ornithologist rejects Aust bird flu claim One of the country's leading ornithologists has rejected speculation that bird flu has been brought to Australia by migratory birds. Shore bird expert Clive Minton was responding to comments by Professor Mark Von Itzstein of Griffith University. Professor Itzstein says Australia is becoming blase about bird flu, suspecting the virus has already been brought into northern Australia. But Dr Minton, who has been researching migratory birds at Broome for nearly 30 years, says the evidence does not support that view. "Over 2,000 migratory birds over the last three months have been sampled and they have not found any sign whatsoever of the H5N1 virus," he said. Link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1576953.htm (Broome is the closest point in Australia to the Indonesian Islands.) Edited by rowee
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