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Zimbabwe: Nation On Wild Goose Chase for Source of Bird Flu
[News24Wire] Last month's outbreak of bird flu in Zimbabwe was likely triggered by domestic chickens or ducks, not wild or migratory water birds, a leading ornithologist says.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 5, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Bird Flu - Outbreak Leaves a 'Fowl' Taste in the Mouth
[Daily Maverick] The South African government has issued a national ban on the sale of live chickens. The ban follows an outbreak of the contagious H5N8 avian flu virus on at least two farms - both in Mpumalanga - where they will now have to cull thousands of egg-laying birds. But it's not just the large-scale chicken farmers who will feel the economic impact of the ban - sellers of live chickens on the streets of Soweto are also being hit hard. By BHEKI C SIMELANE.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 30, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Broiler Chickens are Healthier, but Producing Less Eggs - AARP
9 hours ago ... You might have noticed an uptick lately in chicken prices at the supermarket. And
thanks to a convergence of factors, that uptick might soon turn ...
Source: AARP.org News - June 22, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Avian Influenza - Govt Remains On High Alert
[The Herald] Government is in the process of mounting a risk based survey of the wild bird population to establish possible primary source of the Avian Influenza, with an external international specialist support team expected in the country this week for backup services. This follows an Avian Influenza outbreak early this month, which left thousands of chickens at Irvine's Private Limited's white meat and egg sub sector under quarantine.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 20, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Northwest Arkansas' Most Expensive Home Sales of 2016
The number of seven-figure homes sold in Washington and Benton counties almost tripled in 2016 compared with the previous year.
Twenty-seven homes in the two counties sold for $1 million or more in 2016. In 2015, only 10 homes sold at or above that price point, while 18 homes reached or surpassed the $1 million threshold in 2014.
Brandon Long, owner and broker at Weichert Realtors-The Griffin Co. in Springdale, said inventory of high-priced homes turned over much quicker in 2016 — and so far in 2017 — than it had in recent years.
“I think one of the reasons is there are more buyers for the homes,” L...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - June 19, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Fat Bottom Girl
“Left alone with big fat fanny She was such a naughty nanny Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me” – Brian May
The sticky, sweet smell of cotton candy combined with the stench coming from the animals, and mixed with the iron taste of diesel fuel. It was an odor particular to the carnival that she would never forget.
The word carnival has two meanings. First, according to Webster:
A period of public revelry each year that takes place before Lent; and second, A traveling amusement show.
Circus folks, whom I have interviewed extensively, are quick to point out the differences between them and carniv...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stop cuddling chickens because they may have salmonella
The CDC is warning people they should refrain from kissing and cuddling baby chickens because they can contract salmonella. Ohio has the highest number of cases of the bacterial infection.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDC Warns: Don ' t Get Too Close To Your Chickens, Ducks, And Geese
Last year was a record for this disease. And this year is off to a flying start.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 3, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news
CDC Warns: Don ' t Get Too Close To Your Chickens, Ducks And Geese
Last year was a record for this disease. And this year is off to a flying start.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 3, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news
Getting too friendly with fowl blamed in salmonella outbreaks
They may look cute, and you may think of them as your pets, but experts ask that you keep your chickens in your backyard. Don't snuggle with them. Don't sit them next to you as you watch TV. And please, don't commit a fashion foul and dress them in tiny costumes, no matter how adorable.
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Keeping backyard chickens comes with a health risk
Health officials are reporting eight salmonella outbreaks in 47 states linked to backyard poultry flocks
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - June 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How the Galapagos cormorant lost its ability to fly
The flightless Galapagos cormorant is one of a diverse array of animals that live on the Galapagos Islands, which piqued Charles Darwin ’s scientific curiosity in the 1830s. He hypothesized that altered evolutionary pressures may have contributed to the loss of the ability to fly in birds like the Galapagos cormorant.In a new study unraveling the cormorant ’s DNA, UCLA scientists discovered genetic changes that transpired during the past 2 million years and contributed to the bird’s inability to fly. Interestingly, when these same genes go awry in humans, they cause bone-development disorders called skeletalciliopath...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 1, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Bird flu outbreak in Shaanxi province kills 20,000 chickens
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 20,000 chickens died from an outbreak of H7N9 bird flu in northwest China's Shaanxi province, official media said on Wednesday citing a local government statement.
Source: Reuters: Health - May 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Don ' t count on your chickens counting
To understand numbers, you need culture, says a cognitive scientist. He argues against the current conventional wisdom that numerical cognition is biologically endowed.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 16, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
With bird flu surging, U.S. needs to do more to prevent possible pandemic, GAO says
If the United States were suddenly facing a potential avian influenza pandemic, just one U.S. manufacturer could be counted on to make human pandemic flu vaccine here. And although the chickens that lay the eggs used in the process are themselves susceptible to the virus, until an emergency arises only voluntary and often inadequate measures by poultry producers […]Related:Scott Gottlieb confirmed to lead Food and Drug AdministrationNew safety risks detected in one-third of FDA-approved drugsU.S. life expectancy varies by more than 20 years from county to county
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
