New Mutations Identified in #BirdFlu #Virus The virus, called #H5N1, has infected #cows in at least 36 #herds in nine states, raising fears that #milk could be infectious — concerns now largely put to rest — and highlighting the risk that many #viruses might jump across species on crowded #farms. A #genetic analysis sheds light on when the #outbreak began, how the virus spread and where it may be going. nytimes.com/2024/05/03/health/… archive.ph/8sQTX
Basically, vultures were very important in certain areas to remove cadavers from the area - such as countless cows raised by *lacto-vegetarians*. ...
An anti-inflammatory medicine was introduced about 3 decades ago to help treat cows (probably helps with milk production).
The substance stuck around in cows who died and were dumped "outside" or "elsewhere", as trash is often dumped.
Vultures ate dead "tainted" cows and also died.
As vultures died, other carrion eating animals came by and feasted, but they were not as nice as the vultures for the ecosystem and for the humans in the area.
Note that vultures often die because of eating poisoned animals, poisoned by humans. Lead, for example, is a common deadly poison left behind by bu
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"How human and ecosystem health are intertwined: Evidence from vulture population collapse in India"
Basically, vultures were very important in certain areas to remove cadavers from the area - such as countless cows raised by *lacto-vegetarians*. ...
An anti-inflammatory medicine was introduced about 3 decades ago to help treat cows (probably helps with milk production).
The substance stuck around in cows who died and were dumped "outside" or "elsewhere", as trash is often dumped.
Vultures ate dead "tainted" cows and also died.
As vultures died, other carrion eating animals came by and feasted, but they were not as nice as the vultures for the ecosystem and for the humans in the area.
Note that vultures often die because of eating poisoned animals, poisoned by humans. Lead, for example, is a common deadly poison left behind by bullets from hunters. Many animals deemed "pests" are poisoned and end up being eaten by a vulture who dies later. That's aside from the various poachers just outright killing vultures.
The collapse of vulture populations in India due to accidental poisoning prevented the scavenging of carcasses, worsening sanitation, and thus increasing human mortality
