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This time, since HPAI was found in commercial turkeys in Indiana on Feb. 3, another 50 outbreaks in commercial poultry and backyard flocks are confirmed Avian flu outbreaks, according to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Almost two dozen of the the 2022 outbreaks involve the backyard flocks of hobbyists, but the rest are HPAI outbreaks involving American commercial poultry concentrated in midwest and eastern states.
Avian flu is spreading around the world. During the opening weeks of 2022, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) found a total of 317 new outbreaks in poultry were reported by 25 countries and territories: Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Vietnam.
OIE data suggests that the spread of Avian flu peaks early in the year and then trails off through September when it begins to rise again.
One thing is certain, millions of birds are being euthanized. In 2014-15, more than 50 million birds were killed to control the virus.
Through advances in prenatal imaging and the field of immunology, the truly wondrous miracle that is pregnancy is now being more fully understood. Two aspects of pregnancy that your readers might be interested in knowing more about relate to the placenta and something known as fetomaternal microchimerism.
As many of your readers may know, the placenta is the organ through which the mother and prenatal child interface. The placenta is an organ that is attached to the inside of the uterus and connects to the prenatal child through the child’s umbilical cord.
What is not as well known about this organ is that the placenta is the only organ in human biology that is made by two persons, together, in cooperation. The placenta is ‘built’ from tissue that is part from mom, and part from the growing baby. Because of this, the placenta is referred to as a ‘feto-maternal’ organ. It is the only organ made by two people, in cooperation with providence. It is the first time mom and her baby come together, ...
