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Tips on reducing the spread of avian influenza (birdflu)
published: Thursday | July 6, 2006

Do not eat sick or dead poultry.

Do not touch sick or dead birds unless wearing gloves.

Do not let children touch or play with sick or dead birds or touch/pick up bird feathers.

Do not sell birds that come from flocks that have come from an affected area.

Do move sick or dead birds out of an infected area.

Do not drink nboiled/untreated water from ponds or wells where birds (poultry or wild birds) may have left droppings.

Do not swim in water (such as lakes, rivers) used by wild birds.

Source: FAO

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