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**Gert van der Hoek** · November 29, 2011, 05:24 AM

Re: Bird flu confirmed at Nepalese poultry farm

Bird flu confirmed in Bhaktapur

EKANTIPUR REPORT, NOV 29 -

Bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality in Bhaktapur district on Tuesday.

The Veterinary Epidemiology Center in Tripureshwor confirmed the disease at a local poultry farm of Chandra Bahadur Tamang, situated at the bank of Manahara River in the municipality.

An expert team dispatched from Department of Livestock Services under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives had initiated works in the disease prone areas from Tuesday morning.

Tamang had complained at the office of the livestock services after 35 of his chickens died on Nov 9 and 10.

A sample of the dead chicken was sent to England for test after the veterinary center suspected of the disease. The test has confirmed that the chickens died of Bird flu.

Meanwhile, more than 500 chickens and ducks have been killed in the area since early morning today.

Ekantipur

**Gert van der Hoek** · November 29, 2011, 08:18 AM

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1,300 chickens destroyed

BHAKTAPUR, Nov 29: Around 1,300 chickens and 200 ducks at Manohara Landless Squatters? Settlement have been destroyed Tuesday on the suspicion of bird flu.

A team of doctors from the Department of Health, Directorate of Animal Health, Division of Avian Influenza and Animal Rapid Response destroyed ducks and chicken by burying after killing with the use of poisonous substances.

According to Senior Veterinary Doctor and In-charge of the Team Dr. Narayan Prasad Ghimire, the team destroyed the ducks and chicken after detection of bird flu in chicken of the area.

Five chicken of local Chandra Bahadur Tamang had died on November 10 and 30 chicken on November 11. The Bird Flu was suspected after the dead chickens were tested at the Central Veterinary Lab, Tripureswor.

Dr. Ghimire further said the bird flu was confirmed after the sample of the chicks was sent to London, the UK, for the lab test. The chicken and ducks were destroyed today as per the government?s decision after the government received this information on Monday.

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**tetano** · December 1, 2011, 06:22 AM

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BHAKTAPUR: Officials in Bhaktapur are keeping a close watch on fowls in and around Madhyapur, Thimi, where fowls tested positive for bird flu virus, H1N1, recently.

The area covering Lokanthali Height in the East, squatters? village in the North, Manohara River in the West and the Bhaktapur main road in the South has been declared the bird flu-affected area.

Officials said the area will be closely monitored for the next 42 days.

When local Chandra Bahadur Tamang?s 35 chicken died, he had reported the incident to the Directorate of Animal Health on November 10-11. They were later found to have died of bird flu.

Residents in the affected area will not be allowed to rear any fowls during the 42 days, said a surveillance team under Shiva Bahadur KC, chief of District Veterinary Office, Bhaktapur, was in the area today to take stock of the situation.

The team found no fowls being reared in the area, said KC.

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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Bhaktapur+on+alert+after+bird+flu+scare&NewsID=311153

**Gert van der Hoek** · December 1, 2011, 10:10 AM

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Schools closed after bird flu outbreak

BHAKTAPUR, DEC 01 -

Twenty-five private schools at Lokanthali and Gatthaghar of Bhaktapur district have been closed after bird flu outbreak.

Secretary of Private and Boarding Schools Organisation Nepal (PABSON) Shree Krishna KC said that PABSON came up with the decision of closing the schools after the government did not take any precautionary measures at the disease-prone area.

The government is yet to deploy a health team at the outbreak areas, especially on the banks of Manohara River.

- कान्तिपुर समाचार

http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/12/01/capital/schools-closed-after-bird-flu-outbreak/344780/

**Ronan Kelly** · December 1, 2011, 06:20 PM

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Bird flu fear shuts 22 schools in Bhaktapur

Added At: 2011-12-02 12:05 AM Last Updated At: 2011-12-02 12:05 AM

RUDRA PANGENI/ISHWOR KAJI KHAIJU
Families in 40 houses around the 'bird flu zone' have already undergone check-up‚ with none testing positive. There was no need to shut schools or panic.

BHAKTAPUR: Fearing the spread of bird flu among children, 22 private schools in and around the ‘bird flu zone’ have announced the closure from Friday to Monday.

The schools were shut acting on public pressure though the public health officers of Bhaktapur and Kathmandu have put three-kilometer area around Lokanthali, where all the birds were culled and anti-virus pesticides sprayed on Tuesday, under surveillance.

Schools in Lokanthali, Kaushaltar, Gatthaghar and Balkot have been closed, as parents feared the spread of disease among the children while going to school.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Bird+flu+fear+shuts+22+schools+in+Bhaktapur++&NewsID=311280

**tetano** · December 2, 2011, 01:38 AM

Re: Bird flu confirmed at Nepalese poultry farm

Virus menace

T he detection of bird flu in the Valley, so close to a large human population centre is a cause for a serious concern but the government response to the outbreak so far is inadequate. Poultry farmer Chandra Bahadur Tamang had first complained on November 10 after 90 chickens in his farm died during the previous two days. But the government authorities only acted on November 29. The first test carried out here in Nepal had confirmed the presence of H5N1 virus, but then it was sent to Veterinary Laboratory Agency in the United Kingdom for reconfirmation. Being certain of the results is the right thing to do, but so is maintaining adequate surveillance in the area to check the spread of the virus during the period. The confirmation from lab test in UK had arrived late last Friday,

but government officials responsible for providing critical services, failed to act on the same day, and the day after, citing public holidays.
Even after the health officials decided to intervene on Sunday, the Rapid Response Team (RRT) of the Health Ministry didn’t follow the procedure properly. They culled suspected birds, but failed to maintain an effective quarantine of the area which will have to last for 42 days. The culling process itself shows negligence.
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- कान्तिपुर समाचार

http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/12/02/editorial/virus-menace/344805/

**Tonka** · December 2, 2011, 09:05 AM

Re: Bird flu confirmed at Nepalese poultry farm

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/nepal-issues-high-alert-against-bird-flu/921354.html

Nepal issues high alert against bird flu
PTI | 03:12 PM,Dec 02,2011
From Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, Dec 2 (PTI) Nepal government has issued high alert against bird flu after receiving confirmed reports of 'Avian Influenza' in dozens of chickens in Manahara river area of Bhakatapur district in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley. After some 90 birds died over the period of 2-3 days in a poultry farm in Manahara, the government had conducted tests on the birds which confirmed presence of bird flu, according to officials at the Department of Epidemiology under Health Ministry. Some 500 birds including 250 ducks and 75 chickens were killed and dozens of eggs were destroyed after the incident. The samples sent to the laboratory at VLA, Weybridge, UK confirmed the presence of H5N1 (Avian Influenza) virus in the birds, said the officials. A Rapid Response Team has been dispatched to the side immediately after the incident...more from the source.

**Gert van der Hoek** · December 2, 2011, 10:37 AM

Re: Bird flu confirmed at Nepalese poultry farm

Capital free of Bird-flu: Govt

KATHMANDU, DEC 02 - The government has claimed that all the samples taken for investigating for Avian Influenza (more commonly known as Bird-flu) have tested negative.

Organising a press conference in the Capital, the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) has claimed that there is no Bird-flu in the Capital and outside the Valley and there is no need to panic. The government has urged all to consume animal products.

?None of the samples collected from anywhere in the country has shown any trace of the disease. Henceforth, we urge all to consume animal (especially chicken) products without any hesitation,? said DLS Director General Nara Bahadur Rajwar.

The government since Wednesday had intensified investigation after some traces of the H5N1 virus were found at the poultry farm of Chandra Bahadur Tamang, on the bank of Manohara River in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality of Bhaktapur. Many poultry livestock were killed during the investigation.

The owners of the birds that were slaughtered got a total amount of Rs 39,862 as compensation. Officials had killed 308 chickens and ducks and destroyed 14 eggs and around 2 kg of poultry feed. Officials said no one in the area has developed symptoms of bird flu, while those who have been complaining of the symptoms have already been given ?symptomatic treatment?.

Posted on: 2011-12-02

Ekantipur.com

**Giuseppe** · December 2, 2011, 10:46 AM

Re: "Bird flu confirmed at Nepalese poultry farm" - False alarm?

[Source: OIE, full page: (LINK). Edited.]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

Information received on 02/12/2011 from Dr Ram Krishna Khatiwada, Programme Director , Directorate of Animal Health , Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kathmandu, Nepal

Summary
- Report type Immediate notification
- Start date 10/11/2011
- Date of first confirmation of the event 14/11/2011
- Report date 02/12/2011
- Date submitted to OIE 02/12/2011
- Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
- Date of previous occurrence 30/10/2010
- Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
- Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
- Serotype H5N1
- Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
- This event pertains to the whole country
New outbreaks
- Outbreak 1 - Manahara Phat, Madhyapur Thimi Municipality - 16, Bhaktapur, BAGMATI
  - Date of start of the outbreak 10/11/2011
  - Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
  - Epidemiological unit Village
  - Affected animals: Species ? Susceptible ? Cases ? Deaths ? Destroyed ? Slaughtered
    - Birds ? 396 ? 88 ? 88 ? 308 ? 0
    - Affected Population Backyard chicken and duck population
Summary of outbreaks
- Total outbreaks: 1
- Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
  - Birds - 22.22% - 22.22% - 100.00% - 100.00%
  - * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
Epidemiology
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
  - Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments
- Stamping out activity was completed on 29 November 2011 and cleaning and disinfection of the infected premises were completed on 30 November 2011.
- Post-operative surveillance activities are ongoing and no further cases in other areas have been detected so far.
Control measures
- Measures applied
  - Stamping out
  - Quarantine
  - Movement control inside the country
  - Screening
  - Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
  - Dipping / Spraying
  - Vaccination prohibited
  - No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
  - No other measures
Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) (National laboratory)
  - Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
    - Birds - polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - 14/11/2011 ? Positive
    - Birds - rapid tests - 14/11/2011 ? Positive
- Laboratory name and type Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE?s Reference Laboratory)
  - Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
    - Birds - reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) - 23/11/2011 ? Positive
Future Reporting
- The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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**Treyfish** · December 3, 2011, 10:58 PM

Re: "Bird flu confirmed at Nepalese poultry farm" - OIE

New bird flu video report from Nepal

Bird Flu found in Bhaktapur Dec 3, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg5C_VmphkE

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