Avian influenza is a viral disease affecting the respiratory, digestive and/or nervous system of many species of birds. Avian influenza virus infection can occur in most, if not all, species of birds, both domestic and wild. Influenza viruses vary widely in their ability to cause disease (pathogenicity) and their ability to spread among birds. Wild species of birds usually do not develop clinical...
Dear Jim,
Thanks for your comment. You are right that the article was originally published in april 1998. However, it has been reviewed as of last year. So it could be said that the information is still current and can be used as a reference source.
Thank you,
A regular and academic article, good for under grad students.
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Dr.lalit Belwal
16 de noviembre de 2010
I am in agreement with Dr.Rameez but differ with Ms.Analia.
In view of the information explosion since 1997 Hong Kong highly pathogenic Avian Inflenza (HPAI) emergence and subsequent spread to humans the article misses out on current state of knowledge.
Even for the Under-grads the information on Virological aspects ( important considerations of Low Path AI vis-a-vis HPAI ) and prevention and control strategies appears to be insufficient.
Ms.Analia mentions that despite been published in 1998 ( URL: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/PS/PS03200.pdf ) the content has been updated as late as 2009.This does not appear to be the case because the referred Mexican outbreak of HPAI (H5N2) happened in 1994 and declared controlled in 1996.
Dr.Lalit Belwal
This article very useful for everyone interested in the field of Veterinary and all those who missed taking sufficient information about the disease for one reason or another. Authors had made a complete and comprehensive explanation about the definition, methods of treatment and prevention of the disease. Even if there is new information and most comprehensive, it is of the authors rights to obtain our heartfelt thanks to their scientific efforts in introducing this magnificence article.
Respected Dr. L M Belwal,
This is Dr. G V Kumar from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh worked in Indovax during your tenure in Indovax. In Andhra Pradesh there have been lot of outbreaks in commercial layer farms, diagnosed as VVND. Mortality is also very high. Whether this is VVND or any other disease is yet to be confirmed.
As I do not have your EMAIL ID, kindly reply with your EMAIL ID to my mail ID.
drgvkumar@rediffmail.com
Regards,
DR. G V KUMAR
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