Bird Flu

This page provides details of GRAIN publications, external documents and other resources on bird flu and their impact on small-scale farmers.

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GRAIN publications

GRAIN, "Bird flu in eastern India: another senseless slaughter", Against the grain, February 2008

GRAIN, "Bird flu: a bonanza for 'Big Chicken'", Against the grain, March 2007 (also available in Bahasa Indonesia)

GRAIN, "The top-down global response to bird flu," Against the grain, April 2006

GRAIN's principal report published end of February 2006: "Fowl play: The poultry industry's central role in the bird flu crisis", GRAIN Briefing, February 2006

Read the February press release (Feb 2006) (Available in Arabic too)

Read GRAINs letter about bird flu to the FAO (Feb 2006)

Translations

"Bird flu: a bonanza for 'Big Chicken'", is also available in Bahasa Indonesia, in French and Spanish 

Fowl play is available in French, Spanish and German (and German again) and Portuguese

External publications and resources

Industrial Livestock Production and Global Health Risks - FAO report, part of the Pro-poor Livestock Policy Initiative - This report provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the role played by industrial livestock in the development and spread of highly-pathogenic diseases. (added: July 2007)

Bird Flu - A virus of our own hatching by Dr M Greger

Multinational Monitor in their March/April issue have focussed solely on Bird Flu

Bird Life International - FAQ on Bird Flu

H5N1 - News and resources

FAO's Avian Influenza web pages

WHO Avian Influenza Fact Sheet

Martin Williams' web pages - H5N1 Poultry Flu and migratory birds

One Flu Over the Chickens Coop: Unanswered Questions (an article about bird flu in India) by Dr. Nitya Sambamurti Ghotge & Dr. Sagari Ramdas

Beyond Factory Farming Avian Flu Fact Sheet

Who flew? Report on the bird flu outbreak in India published by Down to Earth (http://www.downtoearth.org.in) and available in PDF here: (large file: 4 MB)

Joseph Keve,  Bird Flu in India : Whose chickens are they anyway?, Die Wochen Zeitung (Zurich)