Gripe aviaria

Ya no hay tanto material novedoso para llenar páginas de periódicos, pero la gripe aviaria está golpeando fuerte de nuevo. En la Abbotsbury reserve, en Dorset (Reino Unido), ya van por el cuarto cisne muerto por el H5N1. Y de nuevo la culpa se la echan a las aves migratorias, esta vez a los patos. Aunque de forma un tanto forzada. Así, en el Times on Line del día 11 se dice:

Staff at the swannery were astonished to learn that the birds were infected with the avian flu virus. January is not a migration period and there has been no cold snap on the Continent to force birds to cross the Channel. The birds at Abbotsbury do not migrate.

Mientras que 5 días más tarde se afirma en el mismo medio:

It is not known precisely how the virus arrived in the area, though the most plausible explanation is that a duck or similar species arrived from across the Channel during the cold snap before Christmas. The birds at the swannery are fairly static and do not migrate.

Para estar al día sobre este tema: H5N1 News and Resources about Avian Flu