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Re: H5N1 bird flu found in dead wild bird in Germany
DJ bird flu/Upper House of Parliament shifts loosening the stable obligation FRANKFURT (AP) -- ways of the numerous new cases of the dangerous bird flu the Upper House of Parliament shifted loosening the stable obligation for poultry first. The land agency corresponded thereby on Friday in Berlin to a request of Land of the Federal Republic minister of economics Horst Seehofer. Meanwhile the specialists of the Friedrich Loeffler institute (FLI) on the Baltic Sea island Riems worked on Friday with high pressure on the identification of the bird flu virus, by which a house goose is stricken in Thuringia. As FLI spokeswoman Elke Reinking communicated on request, was to be certain still in the course of the daily whether it concerns the aggressive type of exciter H5N1, which can become dangerous also humans. The goose in the district Saalfeld/Rudolstadt would be in this year in Germany the first utilizable animal, which became to strike from the epidemic. The authorities and scientist were accordingly alarmed on Thursday. The veterinary centre of the district one field south resin determined the outbreak of the poultry plague with game birds officially. FLI spokeswoman Reinking explained, who risk of "moderately" to "highly" raised and had thereby fourth of five stages of the risk evaluation reached. Because of the infected house goose in the stable concerned in hall field nine further animals, four ducks and five geese, as a precaution were killed. Furthermore around the discovery sites of infected birds prohibited areas were furnished and a stable obligation was arranged. After the find of approximately 190 dead game birds at artificial lake the Kelbra at the national border to Thuringia had been proven with 38 animals the H5N1-Virus. After now the valid protection regulation far according to Upper House of Parliament resolution the authorities may not permit exceptions of the stable obligation, if the gefluegelhaltung in a restricted area takes place. Also in direct proximity of an area, in which wildly living wading and water birds meet, or in direct proximity of poultry large-scale enterprises must remain permanent chickens, truthaehne, ducks and geese in the stable. Was planned to change the regulation in such a way that the strict Aufstallungspflicht applies only to the restricted areas sollte.DJG/apo (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 06, 2007 04:19 ET (08:19 GMT)
DJ bird flu/Upper House of Parliament shifts loosening the stable obligation FRANKFURT (AP) -- ways of the numerous new cases of the dangerous bird flu the Upper House of Parliament shifted loosening the stable obligation for poultry first. The land agency corresponded thereby on Friday in Berlin to a request of Land of the Federal Republic minister of economics Horst Seehofer. Meanwhile the specialists of the Friedrich Loeffler institute (FLI) on the Baltic Sea island Riems worked on Friday with high pressure on the identification of the bird flu virus, by which a house goose is stricken in Thuringia. As FLI spokeswoman Elke Reinking communicated on request, was to be certain still in the course of the daily whether it concerns the aggressive type of exciter H5N1, which can become dangerous also humans. The goose in the district Saalfeld/Rudolstadt would be in this year in Germany the first utilizable animal, which became to strike from the epidemic. The authorities and scientist were accordingly alarmed on Thursday. The veterinary centre of the district one field south resin determined the outbreak of the poultry plague with game birds officially. FLI spokeswoman Reinking explained, who risk of "moderately" to "highly" raised and had thereby fourth of five stages of the risk evaluation reached. Because of the infected house goose in the stable concerned in hall field nine further animals, four ducks and five geese, as a precaution were killed. Furthermore around the discovery sites of infected birds prohibited areas were furnished and a stable obligation was arranged. After the find of approximately 190 dead game birds at artificial lake the Kelbra at the national border to Thuringia had been proven with 38 animals the H5N1-Virus. After now the valid protection regulation far according to Upper House of Parliament resolution the authorities may not permit exceptions of the stable obligation, if the gefluegelhaltung in a restricted area takes place. Also in direct proximity of an area, in which wildly living wading and water birds meet, or in direct proximity of poultry large-scale enterprises must remain permanent chickens, truthaehne, ducks and geese in the stable. Was planned to change the regulation in such a way that the strict Aufstallungspflicht applies only to the restricted areas sollte.DJG/apo (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 06, 2007 04:19 ET (08:19 GMT)
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