Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Qinghai Lake on the probe

A snip from a larger story on theQinghai Lake.. 

 ...Qinghai Lake on the probe

   
May 2005 in Qinghai Lake outbreak of bird flu, resulting in a large number of migratory birds died, of which the most bar-headed goose, the number of deaths over 6000. Qinghai Lake region of birds migrating north-south and east-west major channel migration routes of migratory birds in Asia Road, crossing from the Qinghai Lake, 80 species of birds, four or five one hundred thousand. Qinghai Lake, the bird flu outbreak was first out in the bar-headed geese, gulls followed in fish, brown-headed gulls and other waterfowl on.
Since 2005, four Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences on "'15 'information science database" application of the model project "diseases such as avian influenza comprehensive information platform and emergency warning system" and explore the e-science environment to carry out interdisciplinary research in the Qinghai Lake area began joint research. Since then, the birds in Qinghai Lake had on there is no "privacy" of life.
Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve Authority Star Chi recalls, "At the time of death of wild birds is particularly serious, and we laid some video on the probe, even to capture the first Qinghai Lake birds suffering from avian influenza disease situation, then We made a record, and in a timely manner to the Qinghai-related disease epidemic prevention and control department to report the situation. "Qinghai Lake outbreak of avian flu this place, when the matter in the world, also caused a sensation, foreign to found in Qinghai Lake This virus is defined as the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, was also called it "Qinghai Lake" virus.
http://www.chinareports.org.cn/Article/NYHB/201111/39005.html

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