'MODERN POULTRY FARMING RESPONSIBLE FOR BIRD FLU'

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'MODERN POULTRY FARMING RESPONSIBLE FOR BIRD FLU'

Daily Times, April 24, 2006

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C04%5C24%5Cstory_24-4-2006_p\

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Lahore -- The Network For Consumer Protection in Pakistan (website:

thenetwork.org.pk) was cited as saying that the rise of the highly virulent form

of avian flu (H5N1) is down to the industrial animal production around the

world, and that the mechanical mode of production led to adverse genetic changes

due to a smaller gene pool, which had caused the immune level of poultry to

drop, stating, " Chickens are crammed in small coops and cages in modern poultry

farms or in long sheds housing thousands of birds - therefore outbreaks of

infections can easily spread. "

These rearing methods weaken the birds' natural immune system making them highly

susceptible to diseases, it added.

 

 

WHALING FLEET FOR SALE

New Scientist magazine, 21 April 2006, page 6

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025482.800-whaling-fleet-for-sale.html