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Post by pho on Jul 29, 2006 7:46:49 GMT -5
OKies.....it is now in Texas too.
A man in College Station saw a dead bird in his yard, being a neighbor of a Dr. (vet type) who just happen to work at Texas A and M he called their office. They came out to his house and picked the bird up, took it back to the college and tested it.
The test for the West Nile virus came back positive.
This is just remind everyone, do not let kids mess with any dead birds.
Just thought I'd pass this along as general information.
Pho
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Post by sandsman1 on Jul 29, 2006 10:33:36 GMT -5
good info pho we been lucky hear its been mostly dry and the skeeters aint so bad like when it was rainy -- thats the reason i put the add a room up on my trailor for a barrier between them and the door
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Post by Cher on Jul 29, 2006 12:16:21 GMT -5
About the time I went to the cities they reported their first death by WNV this year.  Everyone should take care and use a good bug repellant. |
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Post by 181lizard on Jul 29, 2006 12:31:50 GMT -5
Read in morning paper today, they've just started testing the local ducks for same.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 29, 2006 13:54:08 GMT -5
Were getting a few West Nile infected bird in our raptor center here in Calif too. The infection is spread by mosquitos which bite infected birds and transmit the virus to other animals not by handling dead or alive infected birds. No scientific evidence that it can be transmitted from the dead or alive animals at all. However it's never wise to handle dead animals of any kind anyway...mel
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jul 29, 2006 14:17:40 GMT -5
mel's right - you can't catch the west nile from the bird only the mosquito. the west nile carrying mosquitos are out at dawn and dusk. it's best to try to avoid being out at these times. after dusk, the mosquitos that are biting are a different type if i understand it correctly. they might give you some other mosquito related disease but not the west nile virus. many people are probably sick with the west nile and only have a mild case, never realize they have it and are immune once they have it. others contract it and are seriously ill or may die. children and elderly are more at risk but a friend of ours had it last year and it was like a severe case of the flu that he just couldn't get over for months. he is fine now but it really had him down for awhile.
and horses really need to be vaccinated for it. what i don't understand is why can they vaccinate the horses for it but not humans?
kim
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Post by stoner on Jul 29, 2006 14:27:27 GMT -5
"That is of course unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed" Wel-l-l-l-l-l-l Wilbur.
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Everyone should take care and use a good bug repellant.
