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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Steve Date: February 14, 2025, 2:33 pm
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SUMMARY - HPAI has been detected in milk produced on a dairy
farm in Maricopa County, Arizona. The genotype is D1.1.
LINK -
HTML https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/h5n1-bird-flu-found-milk-produced-dairy-cattle-azda
HTML https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/h5n1-bird-flu-found-milk-produced-dairy-cattle-azda
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Steve Date: February 15, 2025, 12:09 pm
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SUMMARY - Fifty Snow Geese are dead of HPAI (Highly Pathogenic
Avian Influenza) near Seneca Lake in Tompkins County in New York
State.
LINK -
HTML https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/02/15/bird-flu-detected-in-tompkins-county-snow-geese/
HTML https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/02/15/bird-flu-detected-in-tompkins-county-snow-geese/
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Data Report Date: February 16, 2025, 12:32 am
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New Nebraska case of highly contagious bird flu reported in
Saunders County
Source of information.
1. Nebraska Examiner.
HTML https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/new-nebraska-case-of-highly-contagious-bird-flu-reported-in-saunders-county/<br
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Masked Man Date: February 16, 2025, 2:10 am
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Just to briefly note some of the approximate factors involved
and vast amount of cases Steve and Data Report have been so good
to keep us informed with...
...sometimes there have been as many as 14 cases in one week
here mentioned. We can only assume there are many unaccounted
cases occurring that don't always get reported promptly or noted
by news or press
Some cases involving 50 animals other cases sometimes involving
25,000 creatures at once and even more etc.
These cases involve herds and flocks and a variety of species.
The cases are all located in different areas from one another
not just occurring in one part of a state or country.
Also note that this is in commercial as well as backyard
livestock, domesticated animals , zoo animals and many animals
out in wild.
To see these events all pasted into a monthly calendar and
posted on a map puts the scope of this horrible thing in
perspective and is quite alarming.
These reports are very important (thank you Steve, Data Report
and forum members for your continual efforts and work at keeping
us informed on this)
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Data Report Date: February 19, 2025, 1:08 pm
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Oregon: 3 more Portland-area cats test positive for bird flu as
infections spread.
Source Of Information.
1. Oregon Live.
HTML https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/02/3-more-portland-area-cats-test-positive-for-bird-flu-as-infections-spread.html<br
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Steve Date: February 19, 2025, 2:34 pm
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SUMMARY - The Board of Commissioners in both Mercer and Darke
County in the state of Ohio have passed an emergency declaration
of government support on February 18, 2025, due to the ongoing
bird flu outbreak. Darke County experienced its first case of
HPAI on Dec. 24, 2024, while Mercer County had its first case on
Jan. 10, 2025, according to the resolution documents. According
to the declarations, both counties are requesting support from
the State and Federal Governments to assist “assist in the
containment, eradication, and recovery efforts related to the
disease.'
COMMENTARY - So much irony in a red state asking the Federal
Government for assistance in combating the spread of a deadly
virus... Must resist temptation...
LINK -
HTML https://www.whio.com/news/local/counties-issue-declaration-emergency-support-amid-ongoing-bird-flu-outbreak/HUXVL6RTE5FNRM35JP7PA6BBTM/
HTML https://www.whio.com/news/local/counties-issue-declaration-emergency-support-amid-ongoing-bird-flu-outbreak/HUXVL6RTE5FNRM35JP7PA6BBTM/
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Data Report Date: February 20, 2025, 5:13 pm
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Massachusetts zoo mourns a beloved harbor seal who died of avian
flu.
Source of information.
1. WCVB.
HTML https://www.wcvb.com/article/seal-death-avian-flu-buttonwood-park-zoo-new-bedford-massachusetts/63853402
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Masked Man Date: February 21, 2025, 2:04 pm
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Rats (and mice) News
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
today added eight more H5N1 avian flu confirmations to its list
of detections in mammals, including rats for the first time.
Officials have previously confirmed the virus in mice found on
affected farms.
SUMMARY:
Bird flu found in U.S. rats for the first time as cases keep
rising
By Katie Dangerfield Global News
Posted February 21, 2025
LINK:
HTML https://globalnews.ca/news/11028816/bird-flu-found-rats-us-first-time/
SUMMARY:
'Bird Flu' Has Been Confirmed in Rats for the First Time: USDA
Patty Wetli | February 21, 2025
LINK:
HTML https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/21/bird-flu-has-been-confirmed-rats-first-time-usda
SUMMARY:
HEALTHWATCH
Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA reports
LINK:
HTML https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-in-rats/
Masked Man's COMMENTARY: (a layperson's perspective):
To me this is the 'bigtime'... rats! The ultimate vector of
diseases.. They get around. They can climb and get through tiny
holes and they hide and are magnets to food. They chew on stuff
leaving saliva sticky stuff everywhere and their bedding is also
dangerous. They leave feces and urine tracts behind everywhere
and they reproduce like crazy. When poisoned they even chew
through house's water pipes opening a tiny leak so they can
drink more water leaving a mess that is also highly dangerous
with disease infested areas. You don't want to breathe in the
areas rats and mice have been in period.
This little critter called that rat along with mice is
historically known for helping along the bubonic plague I
believe.
I got one word now: "exponential".
Having a bakery and an older house Ive dealt with a few mice and
even a couple rats every few seasons I patch up a hole.. they
leave a trail that's usually not to hard to find... they come
out at night and you can hear them. they burrow alongside
plumbing sometimes get through holes that must be patched up by
various means ... you don't want to breathe in the dust when you
got your head near the floor patching holes up.. rats and mice
like to invade other animal's food and water sources as well.
...WEAR A MASK! They mostly get in the kitchen and contaminate
food and walk across dinnerware and get into drawers from behind
walls... I do have some stray cats outdoors. I feed the stray
cats outdoors. If they multiply and I have cat problems outside
then that's fine with me. I would rather have a bunch of cats
near my house than rodents ..lol
...I'm not going to feed any more birds at bird feeder.. I hope
the feral cats that live under our porch keep the rodents from
entering house and I hope none of the rodents are sick meanwhile
Ive got two indoor cats that stay indoors! My friendly layperson
advice is Keep your pets indoors ... statistically indoor pets
live longer than outdoor pets as bird flu is apparently proving
even more so.
That's the Masked Man's Caveat for now! Not to scare anybody so
that they freeze up and become useless but I'd definitely be
concerned about rats and mice carrying avian flu .. rats and
mice with bird flu means more than likely exponential rapid
spread of disease. I believe in Masks and not simply relying
alone on technology or the latest serum to protect you.
Its up to each person but I highly recommend masks when working
directly with all creatures great and small. Some things are
beyond our control namely microscopic entities. I like the mask
because it gives me a choice as to when and what I breathe in
around me. I personally don't like risking airborne diseases and
when working outside I find I am wary of wildlife as it is
everywhere around my house. I personally prefer to wear a mask
outside my home for personal safety reasons. I don't want to o
risk airborne illnesses at this point in my time so I take
precautions. It actually makes me feel good being safe and Ive
gotten use to this practice of wearing a mask outside my home
and washing my hands when I get inside. I highly recommend
masking just to be on the safe side.
I feel funny giving advice but then again I'd like to see some
more masked people out there like my self playing it safe and
playing it smart.
Be careful.
The Masked Man
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Steve Date: February 21, 2025, 2:13 pm
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[quote author=Masked Man link=topic=1792.msg3179#msg3179
date=1740168257]
Rats (and mice) News
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
today added eight more H5N1 avian flu confirmations to its list
of detections in mammals, including rats for the first time.
Officials have previously confirmed the virus in mice found on
affected farms.
[/quote]
It would be interesting to note how the rats got the virus. If
it is rat-to-rat transmission, it is yet another troubling sign
that the HPAI threat is worsening.
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Re: 2025 US HPAI Tracking Thread
By: Masked Man Date: February 21, 2025, 2:17 pm
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And this point Nothing would surprise me, Steve, I wouldn't be
surprised at all if rats and mice have been partly responsible
for the spread of bird flu and play a role in contributing to
the bird flu problems amongst several creatures including
poultry. Rats and mice are reknown for being around farms
feeding off chicken feed and hanging around poultry plants in
fact its a common problem for farms to be infested with rodents
to my limited knowledge. Ive lived near a few farms and once
next to a poultry farm where mice were all over the place. They
blame birds but also there's bats in barns.. to put it bluntly
bats hang upside and eat and lick themselves while hanging
upside down in barns dropping food they don't eat and droppings
that other animals reside in. The sky is the limit as to how
these diseases could escalate. so many variables and
possibilities as to how a water source could get tainted as well
if avian flu spreads through water.
How do ya keep a rat or mouse out of the livestock’ food ? mice
are always around cattle.. also half of America gets their
fertilizer from wastewater treatment plants. I don't doubt birds
spread bird flu but man mice and rodents definitely don't have
boundaries either. So many opportunities for avian flu. its
pretty scary no doubt. Its almost impossible to think rats and
mice wouldn't be the first to catch bird flu considering.
All that said I guess bird flu is contracted through water and
therefore saliva and perhaps urine and fece stick combinations..
... so in theory maybe avian flu is transmission 'saliva/wet
animal byproduct to animal". So maybe its different than a
completely airborne virus? I have more questions as well. I know
they thought Malaria was human to human for awhile but then they
discovered that a mosquito would bite a guy that had malaria and
then bit another person in that vicinity giving them malaria. So
that's not person to person but it almost is in a sense because
of the mosquito. Maybe bird flu is like that in that the water
that is shared has tiny bacteria or the chicken sheds and gives
a person eye conjectuvitus or that person breathes it in... I
dunno.. Is bird flu a bacteria virus that can be spread airborne
to many different species?
I am confused and have many questions as well as to how it get
transmitted. I keep thinking it is like a bacteria that can be
breathed in and therefore I don't see how a human with bird flu
couldn't infect another human with this bacteria.
Correct me if I am far from the truth here but the impression I
get is that I am led to believe it is a virus that sort of lives
in water and is a form of influenza going through animal
membranes (mostly transmitted mouth and nose/snout... there's a
lot of foot/hand/claw to mouth stuff in animals going on.. funny
but true animals sit/perch on everything and therefore their
behinds also spread a lot of adhesive like substances onto
surfaces where other animals are not adverse to sniffing and
tasting and even consuming with membranes that deliver all these
germs to and fro from that scat area as well ) also affecting
lungs therefore I assume it goes through membranes and can come
back out through breath vapor or water droplets or body
excretions that contaminate surfaces that can be exhaled or
simply contracted from the surfaces from the infected animal(s)
to other animals.
...I'm totally speculating here and would love to here a better
formulated explanation myself.
It does say on the internet:
"avian A/H5N1 influenza viruses can acquire the capacity for
airborne transmission between mammals without recombination in
an intermediate host"
..so in a nutshell I guess bird flu is a form of influenza that
in the recent past has been proven deadly killing half its
subjects an it appears to be jumping species to species at a
tremendous pace not limiting itself to birds or just people that
work with birds in tiny secluded countries anymore. Yeah its
definitely a "troubling sign". Nothing like this has ever
occurred in my lifetime.
We get messages like:
"Avian influenza is an influenza type A virus that occurs
naturally in wild aquatic birds, including ducks, geese and
gulls. Mild forms of avian influenza (known as low pathogenic
avian influenza, or LPAI) are routinely found in wild birds and
don't cause serious illness"
&
The total number of human bird flu cases in the U.S. is 68, with
most of the cases (64) involving people who work with dairy
herds, on poultry farms and in poultry culling operations due to
an outbreak. People can be infected with bird flu when the virus
gets into their eyes, nose, or mouth, or is inhaled.
....Then everyday I check this site and see a colossal amount of
animals from a variety of species dying out.. the list just
grows and grows and so when it they say it is now in rats and
mice I think holy moly its like human species is the only
species left to infect to be honest to me its wise to assume we
are next. That's too many animals and different species. I
rhetorically ask if these were humans would it then get enough
attention to the general public and some of our delegators or
regulators in society? The animals dying by massive numbers just
hits so close to home that it is impossible for me to not feel
anything like concern for my own safety when noting the amount
of animal lives thus far lost.
I am alarmed by the number of deaths (of fellow creatures on
this earth) as of lately to bird flu but I am even more alarmed
by the lack of public media or attention it gets from the public
right now... so out of touch are people with animals .. we are
totally herdlike and flock like...that is to say we share the
same behavior the same facilities the same holes in the earth to
go the bathroom in public ,.. many if us flock together to
eat... we fill stadiums and coliseums up packed with people like
sardines .. its as if people somehow think they are above the
animals or so different from other animals that none of this can
happen to their species which is most peculiar indeed!
While I am not an expert whatsoever and have never devoted
myself to a lifelong studies it just doesnt feel or look right
and while I don't have any scientific findings, it just looks
like its mutating and just the fact all those animals are dead
and so many different kinds of animals carrying bird flu... I
can say there have been instances in history where rats and mice
have carried diseases and although there are no scientific basis
that human to human contact is occuring I feel pretty confident
based on sheer number of animals infected and dead that we are
in trouble and should take a great means of precautions in the
face of this. There's too many things going on here with bird
flu and the risk .. well its death. Its not the chance of
getting things we need to worry about as much as the stakes..
while the chances of catching it might be low the problem is
that if ne does catch it there chance of a good life afterwards
is pretty low. If it doesnt cause death its going to maim or
create disability.. nobody walks away from bird flu like the
common cold. I can say that as well for covid, influenza,
pneumonia and many if the other airborne illnesses people
underestimate. With all these illnesses on the table and
actually appearing to be quite prevalent these days I have very
little qualms about advising people to take cover and go ahead
and take many precautions such as masking... how can one go
wrong arguing for more safety preactins and tools!? My
conscience is clear insofar as suggesting people take advantage
of a masked way of life along with disinfecting surfaces before
bringing stuff into their homes to eat upon. What's the worst
that can happen if more people mask and take precautions? Masks
might be uncomfortable but airborne diseases are more
uncomfortable.. nt to mention wearing the mask for me simply
allows me to live with less fearful.. and that's nice..less fear
because I am safer is a happier more fulfilled life for me.
Anyway that's my line of thinking and the way I live.. I think
those a=herds and flocks of animals are really dead and so I
accept that and I try to live accordingly and sensibly to what I
observe when I look at certain data and certain news that I
think is worthy of attention. I am also pretty confident these
numbers and quantities prove something and this problem is real
and not a figment of my imagination or a thing to not worry or
be concerned about. Sometimes unfortunate things happen in life
and many people will react in different ways. A multitude of
people no doubt will not want to face up to realities. The
masses might be in a form of dennial as it is natural to not
want to change lifestyles or habits or social customs. This is
painful for most people. I am not like that. I am unique
because I am more independent from people .. I have had
experiences with asthma and allergies as a child when my peers
didn't ... and I simply have a different psychological makeup
and strengths than others have that help me enjoy thinking about
problems such as how to survive today's challenges. I have an
imagination that aids inquiry and helps me see things and I also
have a respect for all the liberal arts which free the mind and
allow it to think freely.. science is one of those liberal arts
as I have a deep respect for deduction and induction and
hypothesis and seeking after truth...
I'm definitely keeping my mask on... I wanna live to tell the
tale! :)
The Masked Man
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