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Titolo: German cat gets deadly bird flu (BBC)

With compliments per il pirla minimizzatore De Cesari che sosteneva che 
non c'era pericolo di passaggio tra le specie dell' H5N1.
Consiglio: non mangiate i vostri gatti.
Am.
German cat gets deadly bird flu
The cat was found on Germany's Ruegen island
A domestic cat in Germany has become the first European Union mammal to 
die of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.
The cat was found dead at the weekend on the Baltic island of Ruegen, 
where dozens of birds infected with H5N1 have been found.
Further north, Sweden has detected "aggressive" bird flu in two wild 
ducks and is testing to confirm H5N1.
Meanwhile, vets from 50 countries have been meeting in Paris for a 
second day to discuss ways to combat the virus.
 The H5N1 infection in the German cat was confirmed by officials at the 
national laboratory, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, but tests are 
continuing to determine if it is the exact strain that has been found 
in birds.
Laboratory chief Thomas Mettenleiter said pet owners on the island 
should keep cats inside for the time being.
Cats have been known to contract the virus from eating infected birds. 
Three rare civet cats in Vietnam died of bird flu last August. In 
October 2004, dozens of tigers died at a private zoo in Thailand after 
a bird flu outbreak.
There are no recorded cases of cat-to-human infection, but the German 
finding will raise concerns of further cross-species transmission.
'Pandemic'
In Sweden, the agriculture ministry said the virus detected in the 
ducks in the Oskarshamn region, 150 miles (250km) south of Stockholm, 
was a "highly pathogenic" version of the H5 virus that kills only birds.
The ministry said it suspected it would turn out to be H5N1, which can 
kill humans.
"This means that we have bird flu in Sweden. It's serious, but not 
unexpected," Agriculture Minister Ann-Christin Nykvist said.
Further tests are being carried out on the samples at the EU's 
laboratory in the UK.
At the Paris headquarters of the World Organisation for Animal Health 
(OIE), chief veterinary officers from Europe, Iran, Kuwait and 
Azerbaijan have met to discuss how to co-ordinate their response to the 
spread of the disease.
OIE director-general Bernard Vallat told France's Le Monde newspaper 
that bird flu was transforming from "epidemic to pandemic".
"With the exception of Australia and New Zealand, which are not hit by 
bird migrations from affected areas, the rest of the world is directly 
exposed," he said.
On Tuesday, German government officials said H5N1 had been found in the 
southern state of Bavaria, the fifth German state to report cases.
And in Romania, samples of domestic fowl found to have the H5 virus 
were being tested for the H5N1 strain, the agriculture ministry 
confirmed.
H5N1 does not yet pose a large-scale threat to humans. However, experts 
fear the virus could mutate and trigger a flu pandemic, potentially 
putting millions of human lives at risk.

H5N1 does not yet pose a large-scale threat to humans.
Ops!  Vediamo se il povero *FESSO MONONEURONE* sa leggere cosa c'e'
scritto qui sopra :)
-Stefano

 Consiglio: non mangiate i vostri gatti.
bella questa notizia, i gatti sono animali domestici molto diffusi in Europa
e in usa si aumenta a dismisura il rischio di contagio, finalmente
l'occidente potrebbe avere quello che si merita.

 >>Puttanata :)
Chissa' se sei capace di rileggerti. Rischio inesistente: chi sarebbe 
cosi' pazzo da vivere con il proprio gatto?
Qui su IPI del resto viviamo con un maialazzo del Botswana, ma per 
fortuna in modo remoto. Perche' anche i maiali sono sucettibili al 
morbo.
Auguri,
Am.

Perche' anche i maiali sono sucettibili al morbo.
E tu purtroppo ancora non l'hai preso :)  Non sapremo mai se potresti
contagiare la razza umana :)
*LOL*
-Stefano

 *LOL*
Che i gatti sono molto piu' vicini nell'albero dell'evoluzione agli 
umani degli uccelli. E che se gli uccelli sono riusciti a passare la 
loro influenza ai gatti e' assai probabile che i gatti la potrebbero 
passare agli umani piu' facilmente che gli uccelli.
O forse il dettaglio ti sfugge, analfabeta?
Am.

O forse il dettaglio ti sfugge, analfabeta?
...disse l'analfabeta mononeurone che pretendeva che io avessi fatto
affermazioni che non e' riuscito a mostrare... :)
-Stefano

 -Stefano
Tu in materia non hai fatto affermazioni perche' non ne hai la  capacita'.
Hai solo cercato di mandare in rovina i ragionamenti altrui con trucchi 
e grugniti.
Stavolta ti e' andata male.
Mi raccomando bada a non grufolare tra la cacca di uccelli, che come 
riciclatore ecologico servi ancora...
bwaha!
Am.

Stavolta ti e' andata male.
....disse il povero *COGLIONE MONONEURONE* smerdato per l'ennesima
volta... :)
-Stefano