Humans and birds can die from avian "bird" flu. Up to 60% of humans who get avian flu can die.
No
Burt Flu The Bird with Bird Flu - 2005 was released on: USA: 11 December 2005
Yes, each year in the US approximately 36,000 people die from the flu; most did not have a flu vaccination.
Dogs are not susceptible to the H5N1 bird flu.
No, bird flu is a disease caught from birds.
Swine Flu
None. It has not been in the US so far.
Yes, all birds spread bird flu
Bird flu is another term used for avian influenza.
Swine Flu
Swine flu was first discovered in people working with pigs. Flu is a disease that is transmitted in various forms among people, pigs, and birds. Sometimes bird flu is transmitted to pigs, and sometime pig flu is transmitted to people. What actually happens is that a pig has pig flu and catches bird flu. A chromosome from the bird flu gets mixed with the pig flu and changes it to a different type of flu. Then a person with human flu catches pig flu. A chromosome with pig and perhaps bird flu mixes with the human flu. The flu is mainly human flu but contains pig and bird flu chromosomes. It got the name swine flu because people working with pigs caught it first. Because it has the pig and bird chromosomes, people with resistance to human flu, have less resistance to swine flu.