Over the years I have been using a product called. Viro Kill. Al my water containers are washed in this mixture. I add it to drinking water and wash my floors with it as well. Before handling the eggs for incubation I wash my hands in it. To date I have not had any serious health problems with any of my poultry. When working with poultry we tend to forget that we need to sanitize all the equipment to ensure we don't spread germs from one specie to the next.
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Good point Cukoo. I haven't heard of Virokill over here in the UK, I think most people here use Poultry Shield, which does the same job and isn't toxic to the birds.
chrismahon
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We do similar Cukoo but use at least 3 different products -Nettex drinker sanitizer, a hatching sanitizer and Poultry Shield for general cleaning of coops.
Forgot to say that, personally, I never add anything to their drinking water. If it goes into clean drinkers and comes from the mains or a known clean source, it's just an extra expense and, more importantly, anything that alters the taste of the water for the hens is likely to make them less keen on drinking plenty of it.
Found this on the BBC News site today - new virulent strain of bird flu in China could cause a pandemic.
Experts are concerned about the spread of a new strain of bird flu that has already killed one woman in China.
Spreads through contact with poultry faeces, so keep cleaning your runs and washing your hands, friendship, as Cukoo advises!
"The 73-year-old from Nanchang City caught the H10N8 virus after visiting a live poultry market, although it is not known for sure if this was the source of infection.
A second person has since become infected in China's Jiangxi province.
Scientists told The Lancet the potential for it to become a pandemic "should not be underestimated".
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Previously we did not think that H7N9 infections might be so lethal. Now we also must consider H10N8 infections as well”
Dr John McCauley
Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza
This particular strain of influenza A virus has not been seen before.
In recent months, China has already been coping with an outbreak of a similar influenza virus called H7N9, which has killed around a quarter of those infected.
Pandemic risk
Scientists who have studied the new H10N8 virus say it has evolved some genetic characteristics that may allow it to replicate efficiently in humans.
The concern is that it could ultimately be able to spread from person to person, although experts stress that there is no evidence of this yet.
Dr Mingbin Liu from Nanchang City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said: "A second case of H10N8 was identified in Jiangxi province, China, on 26 January 2014. This is of great concern because it reveals that the H10N8 virus has continued to circulate and may cause more human infections in future."
Experts are concerned about the spread of a new strain of bird flu that has already killed one woman in China.
Spreads through contact with poultry faeces, so keep cleaning your runs and washing your hands, friendship, as Cukoo advises!
"The 73-year-old from Nanchang City caught the H10N8 virus after visiting a live poultry market, although it is not known for sure if this was the source of infection.
A second person has since become infected in China's Jiangxi province.
Scientists told The Lancet the potential for it to become a pandemic "should not be underestimated".
“
Start Quote
Previously we did not think that H7N9 infections might be so lethal. Now we also must consider H10N8 infections as well”
Dr John McCauley
Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza
This particular strain of influenza A virus has not been seen before.
In recent months, China has already been coping with an outbreak of a similar influenza virus called H7N9, which has killed around a quarter of those infected.
Pandemic risk
Scientists who have studied the new H10N8 virus say it has evolved some genetic characteristics that may allow it to replicate efficiently in humans.
The concern is that it could ultimately be able to spread from person to person, although experts stress that there is no evidence of this yet.
Dr Mingbin Liu from Nanchang City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said: "A second case of H10N8 was identified in Jiangxi province, China, on 26 January 2014. This is of great concern because it reveals that the H10N8 virus has continued to circulate and may cause more human infections in future."
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@Marigold, that news is quite serious. I hope our scientists find a quick solution.
