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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (912)	10/19/2004 5:04:38 AM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

Last season there was a leopard and tiger at another zoo in Thailand. This season's outbreak seems to be much worse. This tiger farms has 400 cats. 53 are positive for H5N1, but I suspect that number will increase. 5 zoo workers are being tested. Results expected later today recombinomics.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (912)	10/21/2004 5:23:41 AM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

Now the issue of crocodile deaths has been raised recombinomics.com The zoo buys 15 tonnes of chickens daily and has 100,000 crocodiles, but would not directly reply to questions on crocodile deaths.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (912)	11/3/2004 5:37:35 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

It looks like the number of tiger deaths continue to rise even though the tigers have been treated with antivirals, including Tamiflu (the main component in the US drug arsenal to combat an avian pandemic) recombinomics.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (912)	11/11/2004 2:36:54 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

WHO is now talking about vaccinating the entire world! Chance of a H5N1 / H9N2 recombinant taking over the world grows stronger each day recombinomics.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (912)	11/20/2004 3:39:18 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

Promed has posted data on Tamiflu treatment of tigers in Thailand recombinomics.com The drug (which is the only real anti-viral availablke for H5N1) did not prevent the deaths of 102 tigers by euthanasia. Another 45 died from the virus. It is not clear how many, if any, of the surviving tigers were actually exposed to the virus.