How can avian flu be prevented?
Do not visit poultry farms, bird markets and other places where live poultry are raised, kept, or sold, if possible. Do not eat raw or undercooked poultry products and wash your hands after touching uncooked poultry. Practice good hygiene and cleanliness. Visit a doctor if you become sick during or after travel.
How is avian influenza treated in birds?
There is no readily available treatment for Avian Influenza and most countries have a culling policy of affected birds. It is possible to produce a vaccine, but by the time this becomes commercially available the virus is likely to have mutated.
How do you treat avian virus?
Is There a Treatment for Bird Flu? The flu drugs oseltamivir (Tamiflu), peramivir (Rapivab), or zanamivir (Relenza) may help treat bird flu in people, although more studies are needed. These drugs must be given soon after symptoms appear.
How is avian influenza treated in poultry?
Treatment and Prevention There are treatments to help those with bird flu. Neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g., oseltamivir, zanamivir) is the class of medication that has been shown to be effective in reducing bird flu-related deaths. There is no preventative vaccine for bird flu currently available to the public.
Is there a vaccine for avian influenza?
While avian flu vaccines are currently available, they are not being used on a large scale on poultry farms because this hinders the ability to conduct surveillance testing, which helps detect the virus in unvaccinated flocks and limit the spread of the disease.
How can we prevent the spread of the flu in case of chickens are infected?
Avoid close contact with infected or suspected birds and animals, specially their droppings, saliva and other secretions. Avoid consuming raw / uncooked / partially cooked poultry products such as chickens and eggs. Cooking (half an hour & 700C) kills the bird flu virus.
Which medicine is best for bird flu?
Health officials recommend the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or, if oseltamivir can’t be used, zanamivir (Relenza). These drugs must be taken within two days after the appearance of symptoms.
What is avian vaccine?
No vaccine for the prevention of avian influenza A(H7N9) infections in humans is currently available. However, viruses have already been isolated and characterized from the initial cases. The first step in development of a vaccine is the selection of candidate viruses that could go into a vaccine.
How do you use avian vaccine?
The aim should be to apply vaccine onto the birds, some of which will enter the eye but most will be taken in orally. Day old birds will readily take very small drops of water off each other and the flat surfaces of the box. The spray employed should be capable of distributing the vaccine evenly over the birds.
Can avian flu spread to humans?
These viruses naturally spread among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species. Bird flu viruses do not normally infect humans. However, sporadic human infections with bird flu viruses have occurred.
Is avian influenza contagious?
Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease that affects both domestic and wild birds. AI viruses have also been isolated, although less frequently, from mammalian species, including humans. This complex disease is caused by viruses divided into multiple subtypes (i.e. H5N1, H5N3, H5N8 etc.)
Can bird flu be treated with antibiotics?
Antibiotics can only be used to treat bacterial infections that may be complications of the avian flu like pneumonia or bronchitis. Antibiotics cannot treat the virus itself.