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FAO Rejects Killing Wild BirdsROME - Feb 18/04 - SNS -- Killing wild birds is not the way to control the spread of avian influenza, says the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), because it will not help prevent further outbreaks. Prevention needs to be based on a control and surveillance system to ensure that any contact between wild birds and poultry is avoided or at least monitored. For example, commercial poultry owners need to ensure that poultry pens and poultry drinking water supplies cannot be contaminated by migrating birds. If this cannot be done, then making the drinking water safe by appropriately treating it is necessary. Experience has shown that this has been a good strategy and that the destruction of wild birds is unnecessary, FAO said. The subscriber version of the article is available by Clicking here
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