{"id":476,"date":"2020-09-16T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duehus.dk\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:11:28","slug":"duer-og-smitte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/duehus.dk\/en\/duer-og-smitte\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigeons and infection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beautiful pigeons<\/h1>\n

Beautiful pigeons<\/h1>\n

Beautiful pigeons<\/h1>\n

Beaux pigeons<\/h1>\n

Palomas hermosas<\/h1>\n

\nBeautiful pigeons<\/h1>\n

alhamam aljamil<\/h1>\n

Kauniit kyyhkyset<\/h1>\n

Bellissimi piccioni<\/h1>\n

Lindos pombos<\/h1>\n

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L\u00e6s interviev med fotografen Andrew Garn\u00a0 h\u00e9r.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pigeons and infection<\/h1>\n

One of the arguments for wanting to fight pigeons is: they are carriers and can transmit infection to humans.<\/p>\n

If you want to use that argument, then you have to change the word "pigeons" to "all birds", as we are surrounded by millions of birds in the public space, all of which should be potential carriers, and we should therefore be constantly exposed to risk of infection. However, the likelihood of infection is, according to a number of studies, very, very low. If the claim was true, then we should not only concentrate on fighting pigeons, but extend the fight to all birds. It is completely unnecessary. Exotic birds, which people keep in their private homes, and birds bred in industrial agriculture, on the other hand, may carry some risk of transmitting certain diseases to humans.<\/p>\n

The following quotes support does not<\/strong> the allegation of pigeons and infection:<\/h5>\n

Mike Everett, spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds<\/strong>\u00a0i England\u00a0udtalte i \u2019The Big Issue Magazine\u2019, februar 2001: “Hele den her ‘rotter med vinger’ ting er\u00a0en gang f\u00f8lelsesladet nonsens. Der er none<\/strong> evidence that they (pigeons) spread disease. \u201d<\/p>\n

As the head of the veterinary services<\/strong> Speaking to the House of Commons in London in 2000 about reducing the number of pigeons in Trafalgar Square, he was asked if the large number of pigeons in the square posed a health risk to humans. The head of the veterinary services replied to Parliament that they did in his opinion does not<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Charlotte Donnelly,\u00a0amerikansk ekspert n\u00e5r det g\u00e6lder bek\u00e6mpelse af fugle,<\/strong> skrev i en rapport bestilt af Cincinnatis milj\u00f8beskyttelsesr\u00e5d: “Sandheden er, at langt de fleste mennesker er i ringe eller ingen sundhedsm\u00e6ssig risiko fra duer og de\u00a0har sandsynligvis\u00a0en st\u00f8rre risiko for at blive ramt af et\u00a0lyn end at p\u00e5drage sig en alvorlig sygdom fra duer.”<\/p>\n

Guy Merchant, Director of a consulting firm regarding. birds<\/strong>\u00a0siger, n\u00e5r talen falder p\u00e5 overf\u00f8relse af sygdomme fra duer til mennesker: “Hvis vi troede alt, hvad vi l\u00e6ser i medierne om\u00a0sundhedsm\u00e6ssige risici forbundet med duer, og den farceagtige propaganda distribueret af skadedyrsbek\u00e6mpelsesindustrien, ville vi aldrig forlade vores hjem. Kendsgerningen er, at der sandsynligvis er en st\u00f8rre risiko for menneskers sundhed ved at spise intensivt opdr\u00e6ttede kyllinger og \u00e6g fra supermarkeder, eller have kontakt med k\u00e6ledyr s\u00e5som katte, hunde og eksotiske fugle i bur, end der er fra kontakt med duer.”<\/p>\n

Dr. David A Palmer (BVSc., MRCVS)<\/strong> stated in an article entitled 'Pigeon Lung Disease Fatality and Health Risk from Ferals': \u201cIt is clear that if one has a compromised immune system, e.g. in the form of a specific allergy or a lung disease that causes breathing difficulties, then one will react to anything that may be irritating to the bronchi and lungs. But it is really absolute nonsense for a popular daily newspaper to claim that pigeons pose a health hazard and probably need to be removed for the nation's health. \u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. David Taylor (BVMS FRCVS FZS) <\/strong>udtaler: \u201cI mine 50 \u00e5rs professionelle arbejde som dyrl\u00e6ge kan jeg ikke huske \u00e9t tilf\u00e6lde af en human zoonose (sygdom der kan\u00a0smitte fra dyr til mennesker<\/em>)\u00a0relateret til duer.\u00a0 P\u00e5 den anden side kender jeg, og har set mange\u00a0eksempler p\u00e5, human sygdom relateret til kontakt med hunde, katte, kv\u00e6g, aber, f\u00e5r, kameler, undulater, papeg\u00f8jer, kakaduer, akvariefisk og endda delfiner.”<\/p>\n

The three centers The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, the New York City Department of Health,\u00a0<\/strong>and the Arizona Department of Health<\/strong>\u00a0er alle enige om, at sygdomme, som er associeret til duer, repr\u00e6senterer ringe eller ingen risiko for mennesker. \u201cVi har aldrig dokumenteret en smitte fra due til menneske i staten Arizona.\u201d udtaler Mira J. Leslie, staten Arizonas dyrl\u00e6ge med speciale\u00a0i folkesundhed.<\/p>\n

Steve Harris, BBC Wildlife<\/strong>: \u201cWhy do pigeons get such a bad publicity? Why are pigeons considered to be full of diseases that will kill you if you so much as come near one? Unfortunately, the answer is: greed<\/strong>! Skadedyrbek\u00e6mpelsesfirmaer anskuer duer som en uendelig kilde til indt\u00e6gt (fordi bek\u00e6mpelsesmetoderne er uhyre ineffektive i det lange l\u00f8b) og de spreder misinformation og overdriver alt \u2013 og derved g\u00f8r de folk angste for og uempatiske i forhold til duer. P\u00e5 de fleste kommunale hjemmesider er der en side om duer og sygdom, og de angiver altid, at duer udg\u00f8r en sundhedsrisiko.\u00a0Man ser imidlertid aldrig n\u00e6vnt nogen ny videnskabelig forskning, der seri\u00f8st underbygger deres p\u00e5stande (det samme g\u00e6lder skadedyrbek\u00e6mpernes hjemmesider)\u201d.<\/p>\n

An organization working to preserve pigeons at Trafalgar Sqare<\/strong> skrev: \u201dHvis der var nogen reel risiko for, at duer overf\u00f8rer sygdomme til mennesker, ville vi se epidemier blandt dueopdr\u00e6ttere der laver konkurrencer med duer og tilbringer megen af deres tid i st\u00f8vede duerum. Vi ville ogs\u00e5 se alle, der er involveret\u00a0i rehabilitering af duer\u00a0p\u00e5 hospitaler for\u00a0vilde dyr verden over, falde om\u00a0p\u00e5 stribe. Kendsgerningerne taler for sig selv. Duer spreder ikke sygdomme, og hvis\u00a0man fremf\u00f8rer, at vi\u00a0m\u00e5\u00a0slippe af med duerne, fordi\u00a0de er ‘potentielle smittespredere’, s\u00e5 har\u00a0vi brug for at slippe af med alle vildtlevende fugle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Association of Pigeon Veterinarians<\/strong> (sammenslutning af dyrl\u00e6ger, der arbejder med brevduer) udsendte en udtalelse som svar p\u00e5 et sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l om duers eventuelle p\u00e5virkning af menneskers helbred. Udtalelsen konkluderer: “\u2026opdr\u00e6t, opbevaring, og tr\u00e6ning af duer udg\u00f8r efter\u00a0vor viden ikke st\u00f8rre\u00a0sundhedsfare end hold af andre husdyr eller k\u00e6ledyr.”<\/p>\n

A biologist from a Belgian animal welfare association who has prepared a report on pigeons in urban space stated: <\/strong>There is absolutely no danger to public health. Pigeons cannot transmit either paratyphoid or tuberculosis to humans. Avian tuberculosis does not pose a danger to humans either.<\/p>\n

Scientific research in Germany and the Netherlands, by Dr. GM Dorrestein, <\/strong>professor i patologi ved University of Utrecht, har vist, at brevduer, som er vendt tilbage til naturen, ikke frembyder nogen risiko for folkesundheden. Paratyfus og tuberkulose bliver ikke videregivet til mennesker af duer, og det er yderst sj\u00e6ldent at papeg\u00f8jesyge (ornithose) ses overf\u00f8rt – det kan til geng\u00e6ld ske ved kontakt med eksotiske fugle.\u00a0\u00a0En form for fugletuberkulose, der i meget sj\u00e6ldne tilf\u00e6lde kan forekomme hos duer, er ikke skadelig for mennesker. Kun daglig intensiv kontakt med duer, deres fjer og deres ekskrementer kan f\u00f8re til \u201dduepasser-lunger”, en form for allergi, der let kan behandles.<\/p>\n

(Findings on the health situation of free-roaming city pigeons; Dr. GM Dorrestein, Vakgroep Veterinaire Pathologie (faculty of veterinary pathology), University of Utrecht. With R. Korbel and D. Schneeganss, Institut f\u00fcr Gefl\u00fcgelkrankheiten (institute of poultry diseases) , Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Munich).<\/em><\/p>\n

Zoonosis in birds, lecture presented at the World Veterinary Conference, Lyon 1999; Dr. GM Dorrestein, Drs M. van der Hage, Faculty of Veterinary Pathology, University of Utrecht.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bird flu and pigeons
<\/strong>Some foreign and domestic newspapers wrote years ago that bird flu could be transmitted via pigeons. It conducted a series of experiments whose results showed that pigeons are resistant or minimally susceptible to infection with HPAIV and NPAIV, and play no or minimal epidemiological role in the spread of virus. Please check:<\/p>\n

Pathogenicity of a Hong Kong-origin H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus for emus, geese, ducks, and pigeons.<\/strong>
Perkins LE, Swayne DE<\/p>\n

\u201dPigeons were inoculated intranasally with A\/chicken\/Hong Kong\/220\/97 (H5N1) highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. They seemed resistant to infection not showing any clinical signs or\u00a0gross and histologic lesions and the virus was not re-isolated\u201d.<\/p>\n

Susceptibility of pigeons to avian influenza.<\/strong>
Panigrahy B, Senne DA, Pedersen JC, Shafer AL, Pearson JE<\/p>\n

Pigeons were inoculated with non-pathogenic avian influenza virus and highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. The pigeons remained clinically healthy and virus was not re-isolated \u201d.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the company performs Chrisal<\/em> completely undocumented the following:<\/strong> \u201cThe excrement belongs to one of the most dangerous sources of infection - at all. Diseases such as bird flu and salmonella are just a selection of the dangers of infection \u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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