SWAN GPS WILL HELP TRACK BORD FLU SPREAD
September 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WHOOPER swans are being fitted with portable solar-powered GPS tracking devices transmitting information about migration habits to scientists worried about wild birds spreading avian flu. The disease has rampaged through many Asian countries' poultry sectors, throwing expensive demands on local health and veterinary services, and although livestock movements are primarily responsible for spreading the virus, wild birds are also carriers, especially swans. The UN Food & Agricultural Organisation, the US Geological Survey, the Wildlife ...
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