avian flu in English

noun

avian influenza, fowl plague, bird flu, acute and generally fatal viral infectious disease of chickens and other domestic and wild birds (characterized by fever, swollen head and neck, color of the comb and wattle is bluish-black, diarrhea and respiratory distress) which can infect humans and other animals (such as horses, pigs, seals and whales)

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1. And the Avian Flu is also not a good idea.

2. Your genetic markers ensurethat you will never contract any strain of avian flu.

3. A Curlew in Mayo was one of the birds to test positive for avian flu in Ireland this year

4. Much like the Avian Flu epidemic that caused the destruction of many flocks years ago, Avian Coryza is starting to cause similar consequences as it continues to emerge in some regions of the United States

5. The confirmed cases of avian flu in the Republic of Ireland so far this winter were in a Curlew (Mayo), three Peregrine Falcons (Limerick, Cork, Mayo), a Whooper Swan (Wicklow), a Barnacle Goose (Cork) and four Mute Swans ( 2 in Monaghan, 1 in Kildare, 1

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