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Vet admitted to hospital for bird flu test

 
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:43 pm    Post subject: Vet admitted to hospital for bird flu test Reply with quote

A vet involved in the outbreak of bird flu in Suffolk has been admitted to hospital to be tested for the HN51 virus. Probably just a precaution.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well it's not to be sneezed at...
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apparently He is now OK
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes, he apparently flew through the tests.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SantaFefan wrote:
yes, he apparently flew through the tests.


He is very egg cited to be given the all clear.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

and was glad he didn't CHICKEN out. Embarassed


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The vet was very appre-hen-sive as he suspected fowl play but happily that has been ruled out as the exposure he was subjected to was considered a poultry amount.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bernard Matthews has sent him a Turkey as a get well present.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The press will be hugely disappointed that he's in the clear.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
Bernard Matthews has sent him a Turkey as a get well present.



that knocked the stuffing out of me....
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There has been another vet in hospital.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
There has been another vet in hospital.


Oh yeah? What's wrong with him then?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
mark occomore wrote:
There has been another vet in hospital.


Oh yeah? What's wrong with him then?



They thought he looked like a Turkey Laughing

I dont know Proberly a cold?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so it's cold turkey for him then...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He has proved to be negitve.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
He has proved to be negitve.


And if it isn't proven to be negitve it could possibly be positve. You never know.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He must have been very 'close' to his patients - I thought he would have been cluck off for that
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Caught gobbling, eh?
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