Bird flu in Scotland

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Preliminary tests have found the H5 avian flu virus in a sample from a swan found dead in north east Fife, health officials have revealed. The exact strain of the virus is not yet known, but tests were continuing and further results were expected on Thursday. The Scottish Executive said the area was being sealed off. If the disease is confirmed as the deadly H5N1 strain there may be further restrictions put in place. An executive spokesman said: "In accordance with a recent EU decision the Scottish Executive is putting in place a protection zone of a minimum of three kilometres radius and a surveillance zone of 10 kilometres.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4881526.stm

We're all gonna die! http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/6193/banana6if.gif

[Scottish_Morton]

No rolling about in bird shit for me for a while :rolleyes:

[srd....]

You'll need some of this then... (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7809633&postcount=47)

;)

[Teso Dos Bichos]

A swan found dead in Scotland has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The bird, tested at the EU's bird flu laboratory in Surrey, is the UK's first case of H5N1 in a wild bird.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4882946.stm

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Confirmed. :D

[nach0king]

I would have put my mortgage on it being Fife's fault. :)

Worrying times... :(

[whiteboy]

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