how to properly dispose of chickens with the avian flu virus?
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i know they are burning it. but better yet, call the authorities so that they can quarantine and disinfect the whole area.
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I would call your local health department and alert them. If you pick up the birds use gloves and place them in some type of receptacle so they can be transported. I think in this day and age it would be helpful for you and the public.
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Our service is not involved with raising chickens or poultry, so they will be fine.  So far, the avian flu is only contracted from direct contact with infected/sick birds.  It has not mutated to a form that is direct human to human transmission.
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Yes it is. \nThere is a hysteria going around now that's ridiculous, and you get ignorant answers galore. \nBird flu transmission so from a sick or dead bird to a human handling the bird. NOT any eggs!!! The virus does not pass into the egg. \nEvery single human who got sick handled birds. \nAnother thing - you boil and eat the eggs - and they go into your stomach - here we have heat treatment (boiling) and an acid bath (stomach).\n"...When a bird is infected with bird flu, it sheds the flu virus in its faeces, saliva and mucus. Other birds become infected by eating or inhaling the virus.\nThe virus can infect people who are in close contact with infected birds - for example by people inhaling dried faeces that have become trampled into dust or stuck to the feathers or other parts of the body of the infected bird.1\nPeople cannot catch bird flu from eating cooked chickens..."
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Bird flu affects mainly people who hv direct and close contact with any kind of affected birds. And it is important to know that the virus is damaged at tempreture of 60C, so if u boil an affected bird, then it is safe to eat it!
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I'm guessing you want to start a small home chicken farm?  If you aren't going to be using natural forage/organic stuff to raise your chickens, then you won't need the full four acres.  \n\nWe started with day-old chick incubating under a pickup cap.  As they grew, we moved the cap to the back of a low trailer in a small fenced in area near a fresh water spigot.  We later moved them into an old garbage shed and fenced area and located it in a spot convenient to the house, but far enough away to keep the smells away from the house.  (This spot was also near a water source.)  \n\nLater, we used a more substantial shed, fitted it with a closed in raised up chicken area with roosts, laying boxes, and wire floors.  It had a chicken run from outside so that they could go in and out with a door to close at night to keep foxes and racoons out.  It had a walkway inside the coop with access to the laying boxes and a walk-in doorway so that we could get inside to put fresh water and feed in twice or three times a day.  Eventually, we gave them free run and they served as lawn-weeding, bug-eating, garden-fertilizing, egg-laying lawn ornaments for several years.  \n\nYou'll need to plan more space if you intend to grow your own food, raise more chickens, free range, etc.  We started with 60 chickens, ate some, lost some, and ended up using 25 or so for eggs.  \n\nGood luck.  Chickens can be lots of fun! Beware the roosters, expecially around little children, although we had one that my daughter trained to ride her bicycle with her.  It would also go sledding with her in the backyard AND after sliding with it on the swingset slide, the rooster decided he enjoyed it so much we found him enjoying the slide at times all on his own.
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very concerned, think about chain reactions. lets say i have a infected chicken, and i skin it. i give the feathers to a pillow company and the rest to a processing company. lets say that a woman with three children buys the chicken, and she works at a school. think of all those people the workers and children pass by at work/school, and the people they love. that is serious.\n\nYes we should, unfortunately, we dont have antibodies for the avian flu. Yet.
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Bird flu is a viral infection that infect avain species. At the moment it cannot be passed onto humans. But obviously the major concern is to poultry farmers who have alrge stocks of chickens. \n\nIt may also be able to mutate so that the virus can pass onto humans and it has a chance to do so the more birds it infects. So preventing the spread is the best thing we can do just now.
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Yes touching raw chicken contaminated with the bird flu virus can make you sick. I would say that it is best to wear gloves during preparation, wash hands thoroughly before and after preparation, disinfect surfaces that had contact with the raw poultry. You should also make sure  that the raw poultry does not drip unto other foods that will be eaten raw.
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Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus\nE-mail this page\nPrinter-friendly version\nWhat You Should Know About Avian Flu\nKey Facts\nInfections in Humans\nQuestions & Answers\nCurrent Situation\nThis fact sheet provides general information about avian influenza (bird flu) and information about one type of bird flu, called avian influenza A (H5N1), that has caused infections in birds in Asia and Europe and in humans in Asia. Also see Questions and Answers on the CDC website and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the World Health Organization (WHO) website.\n\nAvian Influenza (Bird Flu)\nAvian influenza in birds\nAvian influenza is an infection caused by avian (bird) influenza (flu) viruses. These influenza viruses occur naturally among birds. Wild birds worldwide carry the viruses in their intestines, but usually do not get sick from them. However, avian influenza is very contagious among birds and can make some domesticated birds, including chickens, ducks, and turkeys, very sick and kill them.\n\nInfected birds shed influenza virus in their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Susceptible birds become infected when they have contact with contaminated secretions or excretions or with surfaces that are contaminated with secretions or excretions from infected birds. Domesticated birds may become infected with avian influenza virus through direct contact with infected waterfowl or other infected poultry, or through contact with surfaces (such as dirt or cages) or materials (such as water or feed) that have been contaminated with the virus.\n\nInfection with avian influenza viruses in domestic poultry causes two main forms of disease that are distinguished by low and high extremes of virulence. The “low pathogenic” form may go undetected and usually causes only mild symptoms (such as ruffled feathers and a drop in egg production). However, the highly pathogenic form spreads more rapidly through flocks of poultry. This form may cause disease that affects multiple internal organs and has a mortality rate that can reach 90-100% often within 48 hours.\n\nHuman infection with avian influenza viruses\nThere are many different subtypes of type A influenza viruses. These subtypes differ because of changes in certain proteins on the surface of the influenza A virus (hemagglutinin [HA] and neuraminidase [NA] proteins). There are 16 known HA subtypes and 9 known NA subtypes of influenza A viruses. Many different combinations of HA and NA proteins are possible. Each combination represents a different subtype. All known subtypes of influenza A viruses can be found in birds.\n\nUsually, “avian influenza virus” refers to influenza A viruses found chiefly in birds, but infections with these viruses can occur in humans. The risk from avian influenza is generally low to most people, because the viruses do not usually infect humans. However, confirmed cases of human infection from several subtypes of avian influenza infection have been reported since 1997. Most cases of avian influenza infection in humans have resulted from contact with infected poultry (e.g., domesticated chicken, ducks, and turkeys) or surfaces contaminated with secretion/excretions from infected birds. The spread of avian influenza viruses from one ill person to another has been reported very rarely, and transmission has not been observed to continue beyond one person.\n\n“Human influenza virus” usually refers to those subtypes that spread widely among humans. There are only three known A subtypes of influenza viruses (H1N1, H1N2, and H3N2) currently circulating among humans. It is likely that some genetic parts of current human influenza A viruses came from birds originally. Influenza A viruses are constantly changing, and they might adapt over time to infect and spread among humans.\n\nDuring an outbreak of avian influenza among poultry, there is a possible risk to people who have contact with infected birds or surfaces that
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No, not unless your in Egypt or some country where they have the bird flu..if it's in your town you'd no about it, I wouldn't worry but if you want to be sure go to the doctor..that was sweet of you to put the bird out of pain...God bless
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They dont, birds do. Humans can not catch a virus from birds tho, so there has to be a middleman (well pig). Birds give the virus to hogs, who then with a little twist of the virus give it to humans (hence the first name of swine flew). The best place for this to happen is a place that has both foul & pigs (a farm) so that is why you always hear about chickens & ducks (but it can be any bird).
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contact the states agriculture dept, some states are doing smell reduction plans that plant treebreaks around the houses to reduce the smell they are supposed to work well. if that is one of the states bug them constantly to get to the chicken house in question and they will show up faster because a pissed off secretary sick of your calls can get things done
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just go to a search engine and search for "bird flu". You'll find a ton of information
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Not a lot other than the obvious methods, since influenza is highly contagious.\n1) Don't touch your eyeballs (easy to infect yourself that way)\n2) Wash hands\n3) Stay away from children\n4) Reduce your daily contact with people\n5) Don't eat in restaurants (see above)\n6) Get a flu shot (all flu sucks, and regular flu can kill you too, not just bird flu)
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Just make sure there is no running yolk or similar, make sure they're all well done. If you heat up the eggs over 100 degrees Celsius for several minutes, the virus would die. \n\nIt IS theoretically possible to get infected from the infected eggs, but all the eggs you buy in the store have VERY strict health inspections done. There is a possibility the eggs are infected if you breed the chicken at home in a non-protected pen from wild birds (so that birds can get in contact with chicken or poo down on them). If your chicken behave weirdly or die suddenly, DO NOT TOUCH them, call a vet immediately. \n\nanything you buy in the store is safe.