Re: Re: dead birds - may not be West Nile

[Guest guest]

" Recovery and identification of West Nile virus from a hawk in winter. "

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=1\

0921991 & dopt=Citation

And since jays are cousins to crows, West Nile seems obvious. Or

maybe there was a warm spell followed by a sudden frigid snap. Birds

get dizzy then keel over. The best thing is probably to call the

local health dept and report it.

What seems more interesting, at least to me, is whether there is any

reason to say that bird flu is different from the swine flu scare.

At 03:06 PM 2/8/2006, jt_qod wrote:

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>Well, I was one of the people who suggested West Nile. But on further

>reflection, the problem with this idea is that West Nile is a summer

>disease, carried by mosquitos. Usually the cases start in June. So I

>know it's been an unusually warm winter, but when I looked at a paper

>looking at the seasonal incidence, West Nile in February just doesn't

>seem to hold up, unless I'm missing something. I don't think there

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[Guest guest]

" Recovery and identification of West Nile virus from a hawk in winter. "

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=1\

0921991 & dopt=Citation

And since jays are cousins to crows, West Nile seems obvious. Or

maybe there was a warm spell followed by a sudden frigid snap. Birds

get dizzy then keel over. The best thing is probably to call the

local health dept and report it.

What seems more interesting, at least to me, is whether there is any

reason to say that bird flu is different from the swine flu scare.

At 03:06 PM 2/8/2006, jt_qod wrote:

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>Well, I was one of the people who suggested West Nile. But on further

>reflection, the problem with this idea is that West Nile is a summer

>disease, carried by mosquitos. Usually the cases start in June. So I

>know it's been an unusually warm winter, but when I looked at a paper

>looking at the seasonal incidence, West Nile in February just doesn't

>seem to hold up, unless I'm missing something. I don't think there

>are mosquitos out in DC in February!

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[Guest guest]

There's a better chance of mosquitoes than migratory birds from Asia....

We've got em after a few warm days, but I'm a little further south....

YMMV

JR

jt_qod wrote:

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> Well, I was one of the people who suggested West Nile. But on further

> reflection, the problem with this idea is that West Nile is a summer

> disease, carried by mosquitos. Usually the cases start in June. So I

> know it's been an unusually warm winter, but when I looked at a paper

> looking at the seasonal incidence, West Nile in February just doesn't

> seem to hold up, unless I'm missing something. I don't think there

> are mosquitos out in DC in February!

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[Guest guest]

There's a better chance of mosquitoes than migratory birds from Asia....

We've got em after a few warm days, but I'm a little further south....

YMMV

JR

jt_qod wrote:

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> Well, I was one of the people who suggested West Nile. But on further

> reflection, the problem with this idea is that West Nile is a summer

> disease, carried by mosquitos. Usually the cases start in June. So I

> know it's been an unusually warm winter, but when I looked at a paper

> looking at the seasonal incidence, West Nile in February just doesn't

> seem to hold up, unless I'm missing something. I don't think there

> are mosquitos out in DC in February!

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