How you can protect from Bird Flue ?

Please abide by the following suggestions to protect from Avian influenza / Bird flue------
1) Don't take any food or drinks in the bird's premices.
2) Use special dress when you enter in to the birds premices. That should be washed with soap after work daily .
3) Bird cages & rooms should be washed with bliching or lime water at least thrice in a week.
4) Use immuno modulator medicines like " garlic" etc.
5) If you like to bring new birds to your cage please put it to quarentine for 15 days. If after quarentine those birds are healthy then you may put in to your old cage. Either those should be burried with lime.
6) When you bring edible eggs from the market . Make lime water , wash those eggs & the bags properly with that lime water then put those eggs to the egg busket; boil those eggs properly , then eat.
7) When you bring Poultry meat from the market , that meat should cook properly , it should be better to cook it by pressor coocker. The bag should be washed with soap water. Do not put your hand to mouth at the time of handling the rough meat.
Dr Swapan kumar Sur.
BVSc&AH. MVPH.
vetswapan@yahoo.com