"I don't think there's any reason to be concerned whatsoever," Stallknecht said. "These are very conservative worst-case scenarios. To say that, even under the worst-case scenarios, this is a safe thing to do is really saying a lot." It can't hurt to take precautions, Bartelt-Hunt said. There are currently no official guidelines for how to get rid of infected bird carcasses. The new work suggests that the bodies should get covered quickly to raise their temperature. It might also be worth making the landfill more acidic or basic to deactivate the virus as quickly as possible. "In general, waste disposal is one of those things that's just: Out of sight, out of mind," Bartelt-Hunt said. "Once it gets there, people tend to think it's just gone and they don't have to worry about it ... It's hard to say if waste disposal is this huge unknown red flag out there, but I think having some consistent guidelines is important." Related Links: |
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