Study found it unlikey that migratory bird movements could spread Asian-origin influenza to Alaska

[Emily]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725966/

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[Treyfish]

...Earlier in the day, another suspected case was reported from a duck farm in Buan, a county adjacent to Gochang, the ministry said.
Quarantine officials confirmed the deaths of some 90 ducks in an on-site probe, and the remaining ducks...

[Giuseppe]

India, Migratory Siberian birds arrive in Haripura


[Source: Thaindian, View Original Article. 11/29/10.]

By Vipul Goel
Haripura (Uttarakhand), Nov.29 (ANI): Around 140 varieties of migratory Siberian birds...

[Giuseppe]

Arch Virol. 2009 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print]

Active reassortment of H9 influenza viruses between wild birds and live-poultry markets in Korea.

Moon HJ, Song MS, Cruz DJ, Park KJ, Pascua PN, Lee JH, Baek YH, Choi DH, Choi YK,...

[Giuseppe]

Virus Res. 2009 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Limited evidence of trans-hemispheric movement of avian influenza viruses among contemporary North American shorebird isolates.

Pearce JM, Ramey AM, Ip HS, Gill RE Jr. - Alaska Science...

[AlaskaDenise]

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the dreaded Avian Influenza (H5N1 strain) has come back to haunt India, particularly through the recent outbreak in Assam, the Chilika lagoon has been included in a multi-centre study aiming to identify sources of the killer vir...

[Giuseppe]

South Korea land grab killing migratory birds-study [Alertnet]

South Korea land grab killing migratory birds-study

26 Oct 2008 08:12:35 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Jon Herskovitz
SEOUL, Oct 26 (Reuters) -

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[Giuseppe]

Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a phenological response to climate change are declining ? PNAS

Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a phenological response to climate change are declining

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