Agricultural Development and Vector-Borne Diseases (FAO - HABITAT - UNEP - WHO, 1996, 91 p.): Topic H: Influence of livestock: H.5 Egrets in an irrigated rice field

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Agricultural Development and Vector-Borne Diseases (FAO - HABITAT - UNEP - WHO, 1996, 91 p.)

Topic H: Influence of livestock

		List of slides
		H.1 Water buffaloes in rice fields, Tamil Nadu, India
		H.2 Household suffering from visceral leishmaniasis. North India
		H.3 Use of rice fields as pasture land between cropping cycles, USA
		H.4 Hoof prints in pasture lands providing breeding sites for floodwater mosquitoes, USA
		H.5 Egrets in an irrigated rice field

H.5 Egrets in an irrigated rice field

Slide H.5 Egrets in an irrigated rice field

Egrets and other birds can be reservoirs of viruses and transport them over large distances. Some ecologists have speculated that with global climate change, migratory birds may change their routes and may introduce arboviral infection in areas where they now do not occur.