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Link between avian flu and migratory birds now clearer
Tags : Bombay Natural History Society, Fateh Bahadur Singh, B K Patnaik
Posted: Sat Apr 16 2011, 03:14 hrs
Understanding the breeding pattern of migratory water birds coming to Uttar Pradesh and checking their disease spread will now be an easier task. The state forest department and the Bombay Natural History Society have jointly conducted a study on migratory birds that come to UP every year.
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The report was released by the Forest Minister Fateh Bahadur Singh on Friday. Conducted between 2008 to 2010, the study covers migratory birds across 25 wetlands in 20 districts of the state. It has studied 100 species of migratory birds in UP, including 19 species of ducks and geese, five species of storks and eight species of igratus and hens. Other migratory birds who have also been studied in this survey include sarus, the black necked stork, schemer, painted stork, laser fish eagle and oriental darters.
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As part of the survey, samples of 2,500 birds were collected and sent to the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory at Bhopal.
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The study team, comprising of 300-odd forest staff, also tracked the spread of avian flu. ?These birds are commonly known to be the carriers of avian flu. But we found no traces of the disease in the tested samples. We now know that the avian flu is not something which these birds bring in, but perhaps changes in the climatic conditions make them prone to it,? added Patnaik.
Tags : Bombay Natural History Society, Fateh Bahadur Singh, B K Patnaik
Posted: Sat Apr 16 2011, 03:14 hrs
Understanding the breeding pattern of migratory water birds coming to Uttar Pradesh and checking their disease spread will now be an easier task. The state forest department and the Bombay Natural History Society have jointly conducted a study on migratory birds that come to UP every year.
...
The report was released by the Forest Minister Fateh Bahadur Singh on Friday. Conducted between 2008 to 2010, the study covers migratory birds across 25 wetlands in 20 districts of the state. It has studied 100 species of migratory birds in UP, including 19 species of ducks and geese, five species of storks and eight species of igratus and hens. Other migratory birds who have also been studied in this survey include sarus, the black necked stork, schemer, painted stork, laser fish eagle and oriental darters.
...
As part of the survey, samples of 2,500 birds were collected and sent to the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory at Bhopal.
....
The study team, comprising of 300-odd forest staff, also tracked the spread of avian flu. ?These birds are commonly known to be the carriers of avian flu. But we found no traces of the disease in the tested samples. We now know that the avian flu is not something which these birds bring in, but perhaps changes in the climatic conditions make them prone to it,? added Patnaik.
