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    Discovered dead seagulls with bird flu

    Wild birds from the district of Rostock have dangerous form of the virus. Experts want to monitor cases closely.
    07/31/2015

    Rostock. Three dead black-headed gulls, found in Ziesendorf (district Rostock), a form of bird flu has been discovered. After a thorough examination of the animals, but the Ministry of Environment MV was able to give the all-clear. It would involve a low form, said spokesman Constantin Marquardt with on Friday afternoon. A danger to humans currently does not exist. Experts advise nevertheless to keep the cases in mind.

    A few days ago it was announced that in Emsland (Lower Saxony) reigns a highly contagious form of bird flu. An operation with approximately 10,000 hens had to be closed, also another 10 000 animals had to be killed in a radius of one kilometer around the operation. Could that the dangerous virus in the shortest possible time and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern reach, is not likely, so Elke Reinking, a biologist and spokeswoman for the Friedrich Loeffler Institute on the island Riems near Greifswald. By immediate regulations the risk of the spread is greatly reduced.



    Wildv?gel aus dem Landkreis Rostock weisen ungef?hrliche Form des Virus auf. Experten wollen F?lle genau im Auge bahalten.
    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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