{"id":826,"date":"2023-02-03T14:19:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=826"},"modified":"2023-02-03T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:19:55","slug":"bird-flu-outbreak-might-create-cannibal-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=826","title":{"rendered":"Bird Flu Outbreak Might Create Cannibal Chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The UK is dealing with the worst outbreak of bird flu in decades, health experts are also warning to be on the lookout for \u201ccannibal chickens.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the idea of cannibalistic chickens may sound like something from a 1950s B horror movie, experts warn it is a very real possibility as poultry farms go into total lockdown to contain the flu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the risk of confined fowl turning on one another, a lockdown on the poultry appears necessary after reports of the outbreak had farmers ushering their livestock indoors and away from the potentially cannibalistic virus that could affect the birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/05\/chickens-in-coop-flipped.jpg\" alt=\"Bulletin #2113, Pecking and Cannibalism by Hens: How to Stop It? - Cooperative Extension Publications - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2017\/05\/chickens-in-coop-flipped.jpg\" alt=\"Bulletin #2113, Pecking and Cannibalism by Hens: How to Stop It? - Cooperative Extension Publications - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Potential antidotes and vaccines would not be \u201cterribly effective\u201d against the current strain.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Experts warn that the chances of cannibalistic chickens is worryingly high.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These fears come as Anthony Allen of Cotswolds Chickens told BBC Radio 4 that \u201cthe biggest issue it presents to chicken keepers\u201d is that there may not be enough room to keep their poultry safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allen added that farmers \u201cmay not necessarily have a covered outdoor area to keep chickens\u201d and warned of \u201ccannibalism\u201d in \u201cconfined spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chicken expert said that \u201cunder lockdown conditions that, the chickens should be kept inside and undercover, and that does present problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not the least of which, Allen says, is \u201ckeeping chickens in confined spaces can bring all sorts of issues which can end in cannibalism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allen also said that the situation \u201cisn\u2019t ideal, but clearly, we have a problem, and we have to do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Echoing his comments, Dr. Christine Middlemiss, the UK\u2019s Chief Veterinary Officer, said that there was a \u201cvery live, global discussion\u201d on the vaccination of chickens but that it only happens in \u201cvery exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the current rate, the Chief Veterinary Officer said that available vaccines for poultry would not be \u201cterribly effective against this current strain,\u201d the Daily Telegraph reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worries over cannibal chickens come as more than 200 cases have been confirmed on commercial premises and in pet birds since October last year,&nbsp;The Sun&nbsp;reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK is dealing with the worst outbreak of bird flu in decades, health experts are also warning to be on the lookout for \u201ccannibal chickens.\u201d&nbsp; While the idea of cannibalistic chickens may sound like something from a 1950s B horror movie, experts warn it is a very real possibility as poultry farms go into total lockdown to contain the flu.&nbsp; Despite the risk of confined fowl turning on one another, a lockdown on the poultry appears necessary after reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":827,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}