"A Japanese ostrich flock is the source for flu mask ingredients.
TOKYO -- Prevention of swine flu may soon come from a surprising source: ostriches.
Yasuhiro Tsukamoto, a professor of veterinary science at Kyoto Prefectural University, keeps a herd of 500 ostriches on a farm in Western Japan.
He isn't breeding the birds for their meat, skins or feathers, but for their melon-sized eggs -- which he doesn't eat.
He instead injects the ostriches with avian flu antigens (weakened viruses), then harvests the antibodies they produce in their eggs."
http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/ostrich-japan-flu-healthcare-business-swine.html
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