Israel confirms thousands of dead poultry had bird flu

[Taxloss]

Israeli officials have confirmed that thousands of turkeys and chickens found dead in the south of the country had the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.

Tests were ordered after the dead poultry were discovered on two farms in Ein Hashlosha and Holit, next to the Gaza Strip in the western Negev desert.

Several people have been admitted to hospital with flu-like symptoms.

A quarantine has been imposed around the area and thousands of birds are expected to be culled over coming days.

More:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4816586.stm

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[SpiralHawk]

1. Colonel Sanders: "Holy Shit"

"All your chicken nuggets are belong to the crapper."

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

2. so sad they died!

and no one got to dip them in sauce

[DeepModem Mom]

3. "Several people have been admitted to hospital with flu-like symptoms."

This does not sound good.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Yep. That's the sentence that pops out.

[Scurrilous]

5. Bird flu: 4 evacuated to hospital

3 southern kibbutzim members, man from Kiryat Gat area hospitalized in Soroka, Barzilai hospitals for fear they contracted bird flu virus. Kibbutzim in south, heart of Israel put under closure

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3228903,00.html

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"The Ministry of Agriculture has placed severe restrictions on the areas of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, Nirim, Kissufim, and Hulit in the south, following the outbreak of the bird flu virus.

Three residents of the southern kibbutzim of Ein Hashlosha and Holit and a man from the Sde Moshe community near Kitray Gat were evacuated to Soroka and Hospital in Be'er Sheva and Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon Friday for fear they contracted the bird flu virus, which was discovered in poultry at the place Thursday.

Noam Tamir, a chicken farm owner in Sde Moshe, told Ynet that the outbreak began three days ago, adding that hundreds of chickens have died."

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"Hundreds of thousands of poultry in Ein Hashlosha and three neighboring kibbutzim – Nirim, Kissufim and Holit, as well as in kibbutz Nachshon in the heart of Israel, will be exterminated in the next two days. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture turned to Holland and asked that 4 million bird vaccines will be flown to Israel."

[SaveElmer]

6. This does happen with every new outbreak...

Anyone with a fever or illness is quarantined...usually comes back negative...

Wait for the results before making any assumptions

[cali]

7. Four People Hospitalized For Possible Avian Flu

By Assaf Uni, Ran Reznick and Amiram Cohen, Haaretz Correspondents, Agencies and Haaretz Staff

Four people were taken to hospital Friday for treatment of possible bird flu. Three workers at two Negev kibbutzim where more than 1,000 turkeys were found dead Thursday were taken to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva for treatment. An individual who works at Moshav Sde Moshe, near the southern town of Kiryat, was taken to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon on Friday after feeling ill.
The bird flu was suspected of spreading to both Moshav Sde Moshe and Kibbutz Nachshon, 25 kilometers from Jerusalem.
One of the patients, a Thai laborer who works at Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, is being held in isolation. The other two, Bedouin from the Tel Arad region who work at Kibbutz Holit, said they had been feeling sick for the past few days but could not get off work. Hospital administrators said test results for the three kibbutz workers would be ready by Sunday.

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/695120.html

[rsmith6621]

8. terras on the march......