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Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Two farms in bird flu infection
Two poultry farms, close to a farm in Norfolk infected with bird flu, have found the disease in their livestock. The latest infected areas are close to Witford Lodge Farm, where some 35,000 chickens were slaughtered after an avian flu strain was found.
The government said initial tests showed the farms were affected by a less serious strain than the deadly H5N1 which killed a swan in Fife.
Two free range flocks will be slaughtered, officials said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4958806.stm
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Saturday, April 29th, 2006
‘Don’t panic’ plea over bird flu
Officials are reassuring the public after a poultry worker was diagnosed with conjunctivitis after contracting the H7 strain of bird flu. He was infected through close contact with diseased birds at the Witford Lodge Farm in North Tuddenham, Norfolk.
H7 is not related to the H5N1 strain which has killed more than 100 people.
Both Norfolk County Council and the Health Protection Agency stressed the countryside was “open”, despite the outbreak. “We want to reassure residents that all agencies are working together to minimise the impact of the outbreak of the form of avian flu on the local community,” said a spokesman for Norfolk County Council.
| It is important to remember that H7 avian flu remains largely a disease of birds Dr Jonathan Van Tam, HPA |
The strain is not easily passed from poultry to people, or from person to person, the HPA said. “In almost all cases of human H7 infection to date, the virus has only caused a mild disease,” it said in a statement. “Therefore, the risk to the general public in this outbreak is extremely limited.”
Conjunctivitis causes red, sore, itchy eyes and the worker has no respiratory symptoms. To date, most human cases of H7 avian influenza have presented with conjunctivitis only.
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Latest news from the BBC
Chickens at a poultry farm near Dereham in Norfolk are to be slaughtered after dead birds tested positive for a strain of bird flu. Officials said preliminary test results indicated it was likely to be the H7 strain not the deadly H5N1 variation.
Last month a swan in Cellardyke, Fife, tested positive for the H5N1 strain, which can be deadly to humans.
H7 can cause illness in humans, but outbreaks of the strain have not been as severe as those caused by H5N1.
The cases in Norfolk were found in samples taken from chickens on the farm, Defra said.
Further tests
A spokesman for the government department said: “Preliminary tests have this evening indicated that the avian influenza virus is present in samples of chickens found dead on a poultry farm near Dereham in Norfolk.
“Further tests are being carried out to determine the strain of the virus and more will be known tomorrow.
“The preliminary test results show that it is likely to be the H7 strain of avian influenza and not H5N1.
“As a precautionary measure, birds on the premises will be slaughtered on suspicion of an avian notifiable disease. Restrictions have been placed on the farm.
“When the additional laboratory results are known further action may be taken.”
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Saturday, April 15th, 2006
An egg a day really is good for you
People with high cholesterol have been told to cut out eggs from their diet to lower their levels and reduce the risk of heart disease.
But Dr McNamara said his research had shown that saturated fat found in foods such as red meat and dairy products was the major contributor to raised cholesterol - rather than the dietary cholesterol found in eggs.
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His study of more than 100,000 adults found that people who eat more than an egg a day are at no greater risk than those eating fewer than one egg a week.
Dr McNamara said: “This research scotches a very old myth. For most people there is no risk and restrictions on products containing dietary cholesterol are not justified.
“An egg a day is fine for most people and can actually be good for them.”
“Japan has the highest rate of egg consumption in the world and one of the lowest rates of heart disease.”
The average egg contains 80 calories and about 0.2 grammes of cholesterol.
Eggs contain 15% of the daily recommended intake of protein and also have vitamins A, B, D and E.
UK experts agree
Sarah Stanner, a nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, said her organisation recommended that people eat two to three eggs a week - but said there was probably nothing wrong with eating an egg a day.
She said: “Many people worry about cholesterol in the diet, and link it to levels of cholesterol in the blood.
“But the majority of cholesterol in the blood is actually made by the body.
“Eggs have been given a bad press, but high dietary cholesterol is not a problem for most people.”
However, Nigel Bedrock, of the Vegan Society, said eggs were unnecessary for good health, and that research had “consistently” shown that eggs raise blood cholesterol levels.
He said: “It’s unlikely that the director of an egg industry nutrition group would stand up in front of a conference organised by the British Egg Industry Council and say that ‘eggs are bad for you’.”
Dr McNamara was speaking at a forum organised by the British Egg Industry Council.
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