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    Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu...

    Sep 8 2007 11:26AM
    Associated Press
    <SEADSPOT></SEADSPOT>Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu

    UPHAM, N.D. (AP) Federal biologists have tested ducks at a northern North Dakota wildlife refuge as part of a bird flu surveillance effort.

    Officials captured several hundred migratory ducks at the J.

    Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge with the use of cannon nets.

    The ducks were outfitted with leg bands and then tested.

    Bob Dusek is a biologist with the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin. He says testing was done for different types of avian flu, including H5N1. That virus has killed at least 199 people worldwide, but it hasn't been found in North America.

    Biologists also are working to refine testing techniques, to hopefully lead to earlier detection of bird flu.

    It likely will be several months before test results from the refuge are known. http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=160132
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    Re: Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu...

    It likely will be several months before test results from the refuge are known.
    I certainly hope they can streamline the testing process. If not, the 205,000 ducks culled in Bavaria will be miniscule compared to the devastation the poultry industry in North America will suffer when HPAI is discovered (admitted?) in North America.
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      Re: Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu...

      Captured and tested (swabbed?) ducks does not mean sick ducks. sounds more like a precaution.
      Please do not ask me for medical advice, I am not a medical doctor.

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        Re: Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu...

        My comment wasn't directed towards sick ducks. I was looking ahead to the time when H5N1 (HPAI) is reported in North America. Delays of "several months" in returning testing results are unacceptable.
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          Re: Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu...

          Originally posted by Shannon View Post
          Captured and tested (swabbed?) ducks does not mean sick ducks. sounds more like a precaution.
          or looking for asymptomatic carriers.

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