I just want to say that" fuccking birdflu" ,because this virus was recently killed my chickens. people always cooked the dead chicken before, I used to cook and eat the birdflu chicken too, as long as it is well boiled over 100c. but now it's different situation , because the government control all the chicken farms and the chicken huts in the rural area, the officer will go with their equipments as soon as the birdflu outbreak. the officer will get rid of both healthy chickens, birds and sick chicken.. i don't undertand some chicken are healthy, why did they kill them???.haha!!!
I think it is all about for a safety reason, to control the spread of the birdflu. Ofcourse you can eat birdflu chicken if you boil it over 100 decree. What about the feather and remained part of the chicken? These will be another virus delivery and contaminated into river, etc... and again spread this virus to all over.
We can not know if the chicken is affected by the birdflu. One thing to control is to stop the movement of chicken in those areas to another areas.
"The highly pathogenic Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 virus is an emerging avian influenza virus that has been causing global concern as a potential pandemic threat. It is often referred to simply as "bird flu" or "avian influenza" even though it is only one subtype of avian influenza causing virus.
H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in a growing number of countries throughout Asia, Europe and Africa. Health experts are concerned that the co-existence of human flu viruses and avian flu viruses (especially H5N1) will provide an opportunity for genetic material to be exchanged between species-specific viruses, possibly creating a new virulent influenza strain that is easily transmissible and lethal to humans.[11]
Since the first H5N1 outbreak occurred in 1997, there has been an increasing number of HPAI H5N1 bird-to-human transmissions leading to clinically severe and fatal human infections. However, because there is a significant species barrier that exists between birds and humans, the virus does not easily cross over to humans, though some cases of infection are being researched to discern whether human to human transmission is occurring.[8] More research is necessary to understand the pathogenesis and epidemiology of the H5N1 virus in humans. Exposure routes and other disease transmission characteristics such as genetic and immunological factors, that may increase the likelihood of infection, are not clearly understood. [12]
Although millions of birds have become infected with the virus since its discovery, 206 humans have died from the H5N1 in twelve countries according to WHO data as of November 2007. (View the most current WHO Data regarding Cumulative Number of Human Cases.)
The Avian Flu claimed at least 200 humans in Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, Romania, China, Turkey and Russia. Epidemiologists are afraid that the next time such a virus mutates, it could pass from human to human. If this form of transmission occurs, another pandemic could result. Thus disease-control centers around the world are making avian flu a top priority." from wiki
