What Is Type A Flu?
6. What Is the Bird Flu?
As mentioned, type A flu can infect other animals as well as humans, and this includes birds. Perhaps one of the most well-known of these is bird flu, which started making headlines in 2003 due to a surge of cases being reported. This lead to wide spread reforms in poultry rearing practices.
The outbreak resulted in high numbers of poultry being destroyed. This, in turn, had a severe financial impact on many people who relied upon poultry for their income. Systems remain in place to help prevent a serious outbreak of bird flu, especially considering some people have also been infected by the disease.
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