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        Special Topics 特別主題 >> Wild Birds & Avian Flu 野鳥與禽流感 >>  Please translate this article from Boxun
        
(Message started by: northernscience on Jun 4^th, 2005, 8:10pm)

Title: Please translate this article from Boxun
Post by northernscience on Jun 4^th, 2005, 8:10pm

Could someone please translate the content of this article (http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/200506021459.shtml) and post a summary for the rest of the group? Scientific names for the affected species listed would be greatly appreciated as well as commentary on the article.

Title: Re: Please translate this article from Boxun
Post by Webcreeper on Jun 8^th, 2005, 11:57pm

The article quotes reports from xining on June 2. Officials said that bird flu at Qinghai was under control but the disease kept spreading. Large number of birds were found dead, some of which were rotting.

Among the dead birds were 5412 Bar-headed Geese, 1151 Cormorants, 1064 Great Black-headed Gulls, ...

Hospitals in Qinghai were requesting for epidemic facilities. Patients with respiratory infections were quarantined. Medical staff were not permitted to release information about those who caught the disease.

The above report has not been verified by Boxun.

Title: Re: Please translate this article from Boxun
Post by little_dolphin on Jun 9^th, 2005, 11:45am

Quoted from Boxun.com
(http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/200506021459.shtml):

Unofficial death toll of birds in Qinghai province:

Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus).................5412
Brown Headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus).......641
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)..........1151
Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)....................1064
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)................121
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)................34
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)..........23
Tern (species unspecified)............................12
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra).............................6
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus).........11
Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)................2
Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo).............1

Other wildlife deaths:

Grey Wolf (Canis lupus)...............................3
Fox (Vulpes vulpes?)...................................2
Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)......6
Chinese Desert Cat (Felis bieti)....................11

Number of domestic animals being infected or suspected to be infected and destroyed:

Cattle (Bos taurus)....................................153
Sheep (Ovis aries).......................................84
Chicken (Gallus gallus)...............................413
Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris).............68

The report has not been verified by Boxun.com.