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  • Netherlands - Avian Influenza H5N8 in Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland province - 43,000 chickens culled

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    Bird flu in Ter Aar

    News | 20-11-2014

    In Ter Aar (Zuid-Holland) is a holding with three stables set in total around 43,000 laying hens bird flu (avian influenza, AI). All chickens are immediately culled. This is based on European rules. The depopulation is by the Dutch Food and Consumer Authority (NVWA).

    It is with this infection to an H5 strain of bird flu. It is not yet clear whether it is a low pathogenic or a highly pathogenic variant. Further analysis by the CVI must determine this. It is expected that the results of this analysis are at the earliest morning at the end of the day. This writes Dijksma Minister of Economic Affairs in a letter to the Parliament.

    Again standstill poultry transport throughout the Netherlands
    Measures Due to the recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Hekendorp taken immediately to prevent further spread. Precaution applies from Thursday, November 20, 2014 14:00 pm a total ban on transporting poultry and other poultry, eggs, poultry manure and used bedding from poultry and from poultry farms and slaughterhouses. For mixed farms with poultry applies these bans also for other animals from other animals of those companies. And manure This prohibition applies to up to 72 hours.

    guard duty
    Also the cover requirement for hobby farmers of poultry and other birds for this period of up to 72 hours reset. For commercial poultry farms that requirement already applies to at least December 18, 2014.

    Visitors policy and ban on hunting
    In this period also applies a rating scheme on all poultry farms and mixed farms with poultry. Also applies to the Netherlands a ban on hunting the animals. Too, and a collective exhibition ban ban for poultry and other birds.

    10-kilometer zone
    Is a 10 km zone established around the company in Ter Aar. Within this area are four other poultry farms. These companies are sampled and tested for bird flu.

    Zuid-Holland Province; Ter Aar is not far from Hekendorp/Oudewater in Utrecht Province
    Rijksoverheid
    "Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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    Re: Netherlands - Avian Influenza H5 in Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland province - 43,000 chickens culled

    Avian Influenza: 4 nearby farms in Ter Aar not contaminated

    In Dutch:Omroep West
    "Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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      Re: Netherlands - Avian Influenza H5 in Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland province - 43,000 chickens culled

      wind direction Rotterdam, 2014/11/01-2014/11/21
      196,191,191,182,161,158,169,181,169,182,121,
      156,144,137,142,151,111,58,80,90,87
      rain

      wind direction Amsterdam, 2014/11/01-2014/11/21
      182,188,185,174,144,150,158,175,153,176,122,
      144,132,131,142,200,108,66,96,103,94





      Der Zwergschwan ist der Hauptverd?chtige bei der Verbreitung der Vogelgrippe
      Das sagt ein Professor f?r Virologie Ron Fouchier

      swan's intake of pondweed tubers when they arrive in fall
      Nolet et.al. 2001a
      sugar beet
      Nenetskiy reserve



      Bart A. Nolet, Abel Gyimesi. (2013) Underuse of stopover site by migratory swans.
      Journal of Ornithology 154, 695-703.
      Online publication date: 1-Jul-2013.
      CrossRef

      Abel Gyimesi, Bart van Lith, Bart A. Nolet. (2012) Commensal Foraging with Bewick's Swans Cygnus bewickii Doubles Instantaneous Intake Rate of Common Pochards Aythya ferina. Ardea 100, 55-62

      (2008) MOVEMENT OF FORAGING TUNDRA SWANS EXPLAINED BY SPATIAL PATTERN IN CRYPTIC FOOD DENSITIES.


      Attached Files
      I'm interested in expert panflu damage estimates
      my current links: http://bit.ly/hFI7H ILI-charts: http://bit.ly/CcRgT

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        Re: Netherlands - HP Avian Influenza H5N8 in Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland province - 43,000 chickens culled

        Central Veterinary Institute confirms via Twitter HP H5N8 strain in this second outbreak in the Netherlands.

        CVI Wageningen UR ‏@CVIWUR 2m2 minutes ago
        #Vogelgriep Ter Aar hoogpathogeen H5N8 http://ow.ly/EEmaI
        Avian Flu in Ter Aar H5N8

        Published november 21 2014 - Central Veterinary Institute

        CVI has assessed the bird flu virus in Ter Aar is caused by a highly pathogenic H5N8 strain. There are no other farms in the 10 km radius circle around Ter Aar found with bird flu.


        CVI
        Last edited by Gert van der Hoek; November 21, 2014, 05:24 AM. Reason: added press release CVI
        "Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights that must be our call to arms"
        Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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        • #5
          Re: Netherlands - Avian Influenza H5N8 in Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland province - 43,000 chickens culled

          OIE-report

          Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
          Netherlands


          Information received on 21/11/2014 from Dr Christianne Bruschke, Chief Veterinary Officer , Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague, Netherlands

          Summary

          Report type - Follow-up report No. 1
          Date of start of the event - 14/11/2014
          Date of pre-confirmation of the event - 16/11/2014
          Report date - 21/11/2014
          Date submitted to OIE - 21/11/2014
          Reason for notification - Reoccurrence of a listed disease
          Date of previous occurrence - 2003
          Manifestation of disease - Clinical disease
          Causal agent - Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
          Serotype - H5N8
          Nature of diagnosis - Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
          This event pertains to - a defined zone within the country
          Related reports - Immediate notification (16/11/2014)
          Follow-up report No. 1 (21/11/2014)

          New outbreaks (1)
          Outbreak 1 (HPAI 2014-02) - Ter Aar, ZUID-HOLLAND
          Date of start of the outbreak - 19/11/2014
          Outbreak status - Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
          Epidemiological unit - Farm

          Affected animals
          Species / Susceptible/ Cases/ Deaths/ Destroyed/ Slaughtered
          Birds/ 43000/ 100/ 100/ 42900/ 0
          Affected population - Layer hens and partly free range
          "Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights that must be our call to arms"
          Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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