Birds

French breeder Christian Drouin poses in his poultry house, empty due to quarantine measures, in Essart en bocage, western France, on December 5, 2022, as some 10 million ducks, chickens and other poultry have been culled in France since November in one of the most widespread outbreaks of bird flu in years. - Quarantine measures have been taken against the virus and French farmers are compensated by the government for losses that can run into the millions of euros. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

New Pandemic Kills Hundreds of Millions of Birds and Some Species Could Be Lost Completely

The form of the flu virus that cuts a sample through the feathered population is the H5N1 virus. Infected birds spread this flu in their saliva, by contact and in their droppings. When a person gets enough droplets of this flu, often by getting it on their hands and spreading it in their mouth or …

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French breeder Christian Drouin poses in his poultry house, empty due to quarantine measures, in Essart en bocage, western France, on December 5, 2022, as some 10 million ducks, chickens and other poultry have been culled in France since November in one of the most widespread outbreaks of bird flu in years. - Quarantine measures have been taken against the virus and French farmers are compensated by the government for losses that can run into the millions of euros. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

New Pandemic Kills Hundreds of Millions of Birds and Some Species Could Be Lost Completely

The form of the flu virus that cuts a sample through the feathered population is the H5N1 virus. Infected birds spread this flu in their saliva, by contact and in their droppings. When a person gets enough droplets of this flu, often by getting it on their hands and spreading it in their mouth or …

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The heaviest bird in the world could heal itself with plants used in traditional medicine

The heaviest bird in the world could heal itself with plants used in traditional medicine

Newswise — If you see a great bustard (too late) in nature, you are unlikely to forget it. Massive, colorful and unmistakable, they are the heaviest living birds capable of flight, with the greatest size difference between the sexes. They are also “lek herders”, where males congregate at selected sites to put on an audio-visual …

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The heaviest bird in the world could heal itself with plants used in traditional medicine

The heaviest bird in the world could heal itself with plants used in traditional medicine

Newswise — If you see a great bustard (too late) in nature, you are unlikely to forget it. Massive, colorful and unmistakable, they are the heaviest living birds capable of flight, with the greatest size difference between the sexes. They are also “lek herders”, where males congregate at selected sites to put on an audio-visual …

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