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milkmaid
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for the foot baths you've got to have an approved disinfectant ,
the list of approved disinfects is on the defra site or the seard site as the list is different 
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Alfietinker
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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Location: Southminster, Essex
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| I looked on there (DEFRA) this morning but all the information seemed to be very technical and official - I assumed it was aimed at farmers - I'll have another look and see if there's anything said about back-yard chooks.I just wondered if it would be a good idea to start using disinfectant now or whether that's over-reacting. I'm in Essex. |
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milkmaid
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Location: isle of lewis
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i'm not using mine yet ,got it in got it ready in the caravan ,the price for approved disinfectant shot through the roof during f and m if you could get it ,it didn't stop them issuing 5.000 pound fines though ,don't forget defra is probably going to treat you as farmers people who kept a pet goat where treated the same during foot and mouth ,it's so boring reading it all i can only get through a page and i'm asleep at the computer 
that's just my opinion  ,
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jaydee67
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Location: Shetland Islands
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I use milton for the drinkers, etc. There is a dilution rate on it for pet dishes, etc. |
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Alfietinker
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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Location: Southminster, Essex
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| Thanks - I'll look into it. |
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nigel
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Location: Skåne, Sweden
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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I use F10 disinfectant to wash out my feeders and drinkers. It's vetinary grade liquid disinfectant. Before this I used to use Virkon S, but I find the liquid is easier to use.
You can often pick up F10 on ebay |
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nigel
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Location: Skåne, Sweden
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| Quote: | Swan may have caught the virus a month ago
Timing of infection linked to arrival of H5N1 in France |
An intresting article in The Guardian |
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summayah
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: luton
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surrey bird
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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Location: SURREY
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We are in Surrey so not shutting ours in this weekend but we have just spent £100 today to cover the aviary's, specially designed a year ago to be as near natural as poss and give birds some access to light and rain now it was a bad thing after all.
The hen small run is an old aviary and is solid roof and bird proof so they can be kept in at a moments notice though they wont like it, they would like catching bird flue less  They are still better off than a battery hen too
My problem is the ducks, only 3 but though i can cover their run easily in a couple of hours, I need suggestions for floor, can ducks be kept all the time on a slatted floor? It would seem not nice but this would allow me to raise the floor far enough that they could still have a tub of water and the splashes would go through, Or should i go for concrete floor and hose it down, except we have a hose pipe ban
I presume we cant have movable arks as these would be moved on ground wild birds may have been hopping about on, including the estates pheasant and duck population.
What will the plans be for shooting estates, anyone know? they would normally be bringing in thousands of them in 5 weeks time here! |
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George
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: London
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| 14 of the other birds being tested are negative, |
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milkmaid
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis
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great news george do you know if our 3 have come back negitive (wild geese that is )
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George
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| Quote: | Latest bird flu tests are all clear
The Scottish Executive has confirmed that the remaining five of the 14 birds being tested for bird flu have been given the all clear.
Charles Milne, the chief veterinary officer for Scotland, said: "Those birds are confirmed as negative, they were not infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1."
Scotland became the UK's front line in the fight against bird flu after a native mute swan discovered more than a week ago on a harbour slipway in the coastal village of Cellardyke was found to be infected with the H5N1 strain.
Officials have said they are braced for a deluge of calls from the public reporting dead birds.
The Scottish Executive said officials had picked up dead birds from 22 sites in the area surrounding the initial case, with another eight reports due to be checked out.
Regional operations director Paul Neison said an extra 70 staff, including animal health officers, were working in the surveillance and protection zones around where the swan was discovered in the coastal village of Cellardyke in Fife.
Laboratories remain open over the weekend to cope with the increased number of referrals as they check for the H5N1 strain, which is potentially fatal to humans if they come into contact with infected birds.
Asked if they were expecting a sharp rise in calls from the public, the executive's head of veterinary operations for Scotland Derick McIntosh said: "We certainly are. We believe we're ready for that."
Experts are out in the field collecting carcasses, photographing them for identification and sending samples for testing, he said.
"As of this moment, we've got no positive results - all the results are negative."
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milkmaid
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ok i'm sure they'll be clear
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Lisa
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| Where's that good news being reported then George? |
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Fenn
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The same info is now up on Yahoo News. Phew!
Can't imagine it'll stay that positive tho... |
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