Anyway, back to the point of this post.
Dead swans with the deadly Avian virus have been found in Italy!
In Italy, the five infected wild swans were detected on the eastern coast of Sicily, in Taranto and in Calabria. The confirmatory tests were carried out by the Italian national laboratory for avian influenza in Padua, an accredited EU laboratory and also the reference laboratory of the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Animal Health Organization, following preliminary positive tests undertaken by laboratories in Palermo, Portici and Foggia.
Who wants to eat chicken now? According to the press, no one. Poultry sales are way down all over Europe. Even at my local butcher, who always has the finest chicken, there is none to be found.
A presto!
Krista
2 comments:
Oh my! we all think twice about eating chicken. Too bad it hit that close. And to Swans. They are too pretty. Sitting on the couch watching the olympics is something a lot of us do. While saying...I really aught to go for a walk....
I thought you could only catch the virus if a chicken sneezes on you (he says, digging into his bucket of KFC)...
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