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(Message started by: HKBWS Project on Feb 23^rd, 2006, 10:18am)

Title: Flying in the face of nature 人工養殖助長新疫症
Post by HKBWS Project on Feb 23^rd, 2006, 10:18am

Flying in the face of nature

The Guardian
Wednesday February 22, 2006

Migrating birds are blamed for bringing avian flu into Europe. But John Vidal finds there is growing consensus that animal farming and man's intrusion into the environment are major factors in the spread of new diseases

Ten years ago next month, the government first reported a link between the cattle disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human equivalent Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); five years ago this week, the cull began of millions of sheep and cows suspected to have foot and mouth disease; and three years ago, severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) threatened global health. Now poultry farmers around the world are on full alert as country after country reports the virulent H5N1 avian influenza virus in wild birds, which it is feared could cross to humans.

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http://society.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,1714703,00.html