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Friday > Archives > 2002 > July > July 12, 2002:
Hour Two: Avian Influenza
/ Cosmologist Janna Levin
An outbreak of avian influenza in Virginia has affected almost two
hundred farms, forcing the destruction of over four million chickens.
A state order has canceled all poultry shows and sales in the commonwealth.
While this outbreak does not pose a threat to humans, in 1997 a different
strain of avian influenza killed several people in an outbreak of
what became know as 'The Hong Kong Flu." We'll find out more
about the agricultural strain affecting the US.
Then, we'll turn our attention to the Big Questions in the universe
-- where'd it come from? Where's it going? How'd it get to be the
way that it is? Guest host David Kestenbaum talks with cosmologist
Janna Levin about her work, cosmology in general, and her book, "How
the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space."
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required).
Guests:
Robert Eckroade
Associate Professor, Poultry Pathology
Director, Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic
Laboratory System at New Bolton Center
Head, Laboratory of
Avian Medicine and Pathology
New Bolton Center
University of Pennsylvania Veterinary
School
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Janna Levin
Author,
"How the Universe Got its Spots" (Princeton University Press, 2002)
Advanced Fellow, Department
of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Cambridge University
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
BBC
News | A-B | Avian flu
VDACS
- Animal Health & Welfare - Avian Influenza
AAAP
Home Page
Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Avian
Influenza Fact Sheet, UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension
Ned
Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
Cambridge
Cosmology
Cosmology:
A Research Briefing
This segment produced by: Annette
Heist and Jesse Logan
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