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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 341524" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>Have you ever seen a flock of snow geese sitting on the ground.&nbsp; They are packed in like cord wood.&nbsp; Same for wild birds at every bird feeder ever put up.&nbsp; I don't think proximity of domestic birds is much different than the proximity of wild birds.&nbsp; My point is that it is the wild birds that are the reservoirs for bird flu and it is impossible to treat/deal with that big of a disease source, so why not attempt to breed resistant turkeys, chickens, ducks, and other domestic poultry so we don't have to lose meat and egg supplies every time the wild birds infect a domestic flock.&nbsp; Killing off every bird in a flock ENSURES that any resistant birds that would have survived the outbreak is lost.&nbsp; Thereby ENSURING maximum susceptibility of domestic poultry to bird flu.&nbsp; It doesn't make sense to me.&nbsp; High Pathogenic bird flu has a stated mortality of up to 90%.&nbsp; That means that 10% of a 100000 bird flock could possibly be resistant and survive.&nbsp; Why not breed those birds with those resistant traits and help improve the domestic flocks disease resistance and durability?&nbsp; They kill every bird right now which eliminates that opportunity for improvement.&nbsp; I think it's a flawed response with nothing but negative results.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 341524, member: 314"] Have you ever seen a flock of snow geese sitting on the ground. They are packed in like cord wood. Same for wild birds at every bird feeder ever put up. I don't think proximity of domestic birds is much different than the proximity of wild birds. My point is that it is the wild birds that are the reservoirs for bird flu and it is impossible to treat/deal with that big of a disease source, so why not attempt to breed resistant turkeys, chickens, ducks, and other domestic poultry so we don't have to lose meat and egg supplies every time the wild birds infect a domestic flock. Killing off every bird in a flock ENSURES that any resistant birds that would have survived the outbreak is lost. Thereby ENSURING maximum susceptibility of domestic poultry to bird flu. It doesn't make sense to me. High Pathogenic bird flu has a stated mortality of up to 90%. That means that 10% of a 100000 bird flock could possibly be resistant and survive. Why not breed those birds with those resistant traits and help improve the domestic flocks disease resistance and durability? They kill every bird right now which eliminates that opportunity for improvement. I think it's a flawed response with nothing but negative results. [/QUOTE]

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