Avian Health Network, Inc. ™ ANNOUNCES Have a Heart, By Doing Your Part!

Avian Health Network, Inc. ™ ANNOUNCES Have a Heart, By Doing Your Part!

Have a Heart, By Doing Your Part! AHN is pleased to announce the "Valentine Treasure Drawing". The "Valentine Treasure Drawing" is the first drawing of the "StopPDD 2003" fundraising campaign. The winner will receive a $250 gift certificate that has been donated by Grey Feather Toy Creations.

(PRWEB) December 25, 2002

Avian Health Network, Inc. ™ ANNOUNCES

Have a Heart, By Doing Your Part!

Avian Health Network, Inc. ™ (AHN), a non-profit charitable organization is pleased to announce the “Valentine Treasure Drawing”™. Tickets for the drawing will be placed on sale 28 December 2002 and close on 27 February 2003 at 6pm (EST).

The Valentine Treasure Drawing™ is the first drawing of the ‘StopPDD 2003’™ fundraising campaign. Ticket costs are $15 each or two (2) for $25. The winner will receive a $250 gift certificated that has been donated by Grey Feather Toy Creations (http://www. greyfeathertoys. com (http://www. greyfeathertoys. com)). The winner will be announced on 1 March 2003 at the StopPDD™ website (http://www. StopPDD. org (http://www. StopPDD. org) ™). For additional information please visit http://www. stoppdd. org/Drawings/dwg_explan. htm (http://www. stoppdd. org/Drawings/dwg_explan. htm)

Proceeds generated by the ‘Stop PDD 2003’™ campaign will go to help subsidize the research of the Emerging Diseases Research Group, (EDRG) Dr. Branson W. Ritchie's multi-disciplinary team at the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine. EDRG isolated and is studying a virus that appears to be causally linked with PDD.

PDD (Proventricular Dilatation Disease) is a deadly wasting syndrome that afflicts wild and domesticated birds worldwide. When birds are not isolated, as in the case of flocks, the effects of irreversible neural and gastrointestinal damage can spread from carrier to carrier like wildfire.

Avian Health Network, Inc. ™, is a not-for-profit, charitable organization engaged in raising public awareness about PDD as well as funds for advancing avian disease research. URL: www. StopPDD. org ™

The website StopPdd. org is the only website authorized by Avian Health Network, Inc. and is the only web page representing Avian Health Network, Inc. Please see http://www. StopPDD. org/copyright. htm (http://www. StopPDD. org/copyright. htm) for copyright and trademark information.

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