The spread of bird flu has become a major cause for concern among food suppliers and restaurant chains. As a result‚ McDonald’s is having its suppliers isolate free-range chickens in Europe. The company hopes that this measure will curb bird flu and ensure the eggs and chicken it serves in its more than 11‚000 restaurants is not tainted‚ reports Reuters. "We are now imposing standards which require that those free range chickens that are producing free-range eggs be brought into houses because
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears or "emerges" in the human population‚ causes serious illness‚ and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks or "epidemics" of influenza. Seasonal outbreaks are caused by subtypes of influenza viruses that are already in existence among people‚ whereas pandemic outbreaks are caused by new subtypes or by subtypes
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its high case of death rate (Lucchetti‚ Roy & Martchvae‚ 2008). Influenza viruses are single-stranded RNA viruses of which 3 types (A‚ B‚ and C) are recognized; only influenza A and B viruses occur in highly pathogenic forms. Which occurs mainly in birds‚ and can be deadly‚ especially in domestic poultry such as ducks‚ turkeys‚ domestic chickens‚ etc‚ therefore‚ there are known as avian influenza viruses. AI viruses have narrow ability to live outside the host where determination in the environment
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Biology 101 Exercise 2 Write Up A local chicken farmer heard a lot about the bird flu so he freely decided to apply monthly physicals for his chickens. An observation made is that chickens have a body temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit. That worries the farmer so he decides to conduct an experiment to try to figure it out. The question is “Do the chickens have a fever?” According to the information the cells are composed of hundreds types of enzymes and each one has a specific role in
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been reported lately that swine flu cases has occurred in Malaysia. Thus‚ I feel it is essential for me to give a speech on topic ‘Steps to Prevent the Widespread of Swine Flu in Malaysia’. 3.0 Objective The objectives of delivering a speech on the above-mentioned topic are as outlines below:- 3.1 To create awareness I hope that by selecting this topic‚ it will create awareness to all the audiences that Swine Flu had been reported in Malaysia. As this flu is a contagious disease‚ there are
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1. The Bird Flu Infection Evelyn Rivera July 26‚ 2008 Speech 101 Informative Speech Imagine waking up one morning not able to move because all your muscles hurt‚ and have a fever of 112 with a sore throat and you have difficulty to breath. While all this is happening‚ you can’t see what is going on with you because your eyes are infected. This is what will happen to you if you are infected by the bird flu. Today‚ I am going to inform you about the Bird flu also known as the Avian Flu. I am going
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discuss how Influenza affects the respiratory system in this paper. We need to know does the respiratory system work within inside of the human body. The organs inside the respiratory system are the lungs‚ nose‚ trachea‚ and bronchi. Your lungs make up one of the largest organs in your body‚ and they work with your respiratory system to allow you to take in fresh air‚ get rid of stale air‚ and even talk. The Respiratory System is the system in the body that deals with supplying the blood with oxygen
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organisms in our body system react to antibiotics‚ which makes these organisms resistant to antibiotic treatment. Teaching infection control through learning of isolation precaution can decrease the spread of infection in critical care units. The goal of this project is to ensure each person understands the different isolation precautions and practices to minimize the spread of these bacteria to staff‚ visitors and other patients in this unit. Nurses can educate and reinforce protocols to those individuals
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Isolation Precautions Special precautionary measures‚ practices‚ and procedures used in the care of patients with contagious or communicable diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides explicit and comprehensive guidelines for control of the spread of infectious disease in the care of hospitalized patients. The type of infectious disease a patient has dictates the kind of isolation precautions necessary to prevent spread of the disease to others. Standard Precautions are the
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March 1st 2011 MAST 1 Universal Precautions Universal precautions are guidelines regarding to infection control. These guidelines are used to safeguard workers from coming in contact with diseases that are spread by blood and certain body fluids. The Laboratory Centre for Disease Control‚ U.S. Centers for Disease Control‚ Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada have come up with a policy of “Universal Precautions.” These are guidelines to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens
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