How long does avian flu show symptoms?

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The name of avian influenza may have been unfamiliar to us before, but we used to treat it as a common chicken plague. However, a few years ago, after a protracted outbreak of avian influenza came down, the disease was known to the majority of Chinese people. It turns out that there is such a severe infectious disease in the animal kingdom. It's really terrible. How long does avian flu show symptoms? Let's talk about it

How long does avian flu show symptoms?

Avian influenza is caused by avian influenza virus, which can be parasitic on many poultry animals, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, waterfowls and seabirds. Infected poultry will die in large numbers. The virus can be transmitted through direct or indirect contact between humans and sick birds.

If avian influenza is not treated in time, the development of the disease will be particularly rapid, patients will have respiratory failure, pneumonia symptoms, more serious will appear pulmonary hemorrhage, renal failure and sepsis, and even coma or shock.

Avian influenza has a certain incubation period. Generally speaking, it occurs in one to three days, most of which are within seven days. Early bird flu patients will have fever symptoms, temperature is relatively low, lasting more than 39 degrees, but also accompanied by runny nose, cough, sore throat and other symptoms.

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There are many channels for the spread of avian influenza. If poultry get sick, people will spread it through contact with the secretions and excreta of infected poultry, through contaminated feed and water, and through the air, so special attention must be paid.