Bird Flu in California

[DonnaBudgie]

I just read that California has declared a State of Emergency for Bird Flu detected in poultry and dairy cattle and in humans who have contact with the cattle. Is this something we need to worry about? I'm going to California in a couple week (not avoidable), and don't want my birds to get sick. I'm not going to any farms.

 

[texsize]

I don’t know the answer to this but….
For a virus to jump species it has to mutate (acquire dna/rna ) from the new species.
Once it has made the “jump” to another species I don’t think it could nessisary “jump back” to the original host because of the new dna/rna incorporated in the virus.

Not a Dr. but I like reading medical thrillers (written by M.D.’s).

 

[DonnaBudgie]

What I read is to not keep your birds outdoors where they can be exposed to things like this plus wild bird parasites.

Apparently cows are getting it from poultry and people are getting it from cows but people aren't transmitting it to other people. But can birds get it from people? Who knows. As much as i love cows and chickens, I'm not going to any farms. I wonder if our egg supply could get infected.