Germany: H5N1 in small chicken flock in Brandenburg (Nord-East Germany)

[Coleman]

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First bird flu in poultry stock in Brandenburg
After the first one and a half years in the state of Brandenburg, another case of bird flu has been proven. In a private owner in the district Oberhavel were eleven chickens to the people for dangerous pathogens H5N1 disease, said a spokesman for the Agriculture Ministry Potsdam on Saturday. The Friedrich on the island of Riems, the diagnosis of Brandenburg state laboratories.

Potsdam (ddp-lbg). After the first one and a half years in the state of Brandenburg, another case of bird flu has been proven. In a private owner in the district Oberhavel were eleven chickens to the people for dangerous pathogens H5N1 disease, said a spokesman for the Agriculture Ministry Potsdam on Saturday.
The Friedrich on the island of Riems, the diagnosis of Brandenburg state laboratories.

It was the first case of bird flu in a poultry stock in the state of Brandenburg, said the spokesman. Previously, the pathogen in 21 wild birds have been proved. Since May 2006 was no longer the case occurred.

Of the eleven chickens from the private owner were indications that the five existing perishes. The remaining stock had been culled. Within a radius of three kilometers was a Sperrbezirk have been set up. The poultry stocks in this vicinity would present an official veterinarian checked.

[HenryN]

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H5N1 bird flu detected in chickens in eastern Germany

The Associated Press
Saturday, December 15, 2007
BERLIN: Two domestic chickens in eastern Germany have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, regional authorities said Saturday.
The birds were kept with nine other chickens in the Oberhavel region, northwest of Berlin, Brandenburg state's Agriculture Ministry said.
After several of the birds died, the remains of two of them were sent for testing on Friday. A federal lab confirmed that they were infected with the H5N1 strain, the ministry said.
The remaining birds were slaughtered, and poultry kept within a three-kilometer (two-mile) radius was being checked for the virus.
An outbreak of the disease at a poultry farm in Bavaria in August led to the slaughter of 160,000 birds. The previous month, the virus was detected in a domestic goose in the east of the country, and several cases have surfaced among wild birds this year.
The disease has ravaged poultry stocks in Asia, and scientists believe it spread to Europe and to Africa with migratory wild birds.
Though bird flu is difficult for people to catch, it has killed at least 206 people worldwide. Experts believe most victims were probably infected through direct contact with sick birds.

http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8758578

[HenryN]

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From Monsters and Critics.com


Health News
New outbreak of bird flu reported in Germany
By DPA
Dec 15, 2007, 14:45 GMT

Berlin - A rural area north of Berlin has been placed under quarantine after a new outbreak of bird flu led to the deaths of 11 chickens, authorities said Saturday.
Five of the birds died suddenly this week and the rest were put down after tests on Friday showed they were infected with the H5N1 virus that can also harm humans.
Following the positive tests, officials sealed off an area covering a radius of three kilometres in the Oberhavel region of Brandenburg, the state which surrounds the German capital.
A team of veterinarians was sent to the area to check on other flocks of poultry and determine what spread the virus.
Farmers and pet owners were told to keep their animals indoors until the danger had passed. It was the first outbreak of bird flu in the region after a series of false-alarms in the past.
There have been several cases of bird flu in Germany since the H5N1 virus resurfaced in the southern city of Nuremberg in June.
Although bird flu remains mainly an animal disease, experts fear the virus could mutate and spread among humans, becoming a pandemic that could kill millions of people.
More than 200 people have died of bird flu since 2003, according to figures released by the World Health Organization.
The most-common way to contract the H5N1 virus is through contact with infected fowl.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/health/news/printer_1381265.php

[Sally Furniss]

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BERLIN - The H5N1 strain of bird flu, which is lethal to humans, was found among birds kept in Brandenburg outside Berlin, media reports said Saturday.

Eleven bird kept in a coop were killed and a security zone of three kilometres (1.8 miles) was put in place, the reports said.

Several cases of H5N1 have been found in birds in Germany this year and the country was the scene of a widespread bird flu epidemic in 2006. The disease spread to mammals last year, infecting three cats and a marten

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/317646/1/.html

[HenryN]

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[AlaskaDenise]

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...Farm_Fall.html

Commentary

H5N1 on Farm in Germany

Recombinomics Commentary
December 17, 2007

A rural area north of Berlin has been placed under quarantine after a new outbreak of bird flu led to the deaths of 11 chickens, authorities said Saturday.

Five of the birds died suddenly this week and the rest were put down after tests on Friday showed they were infected with the H5N1 virus that can also harm humans.

Following the positive tests, officials sealed off an area covering a radius of three kilometres in the Oberhavel region of Brandenburg, the state which surrounds the German capital.

The above comments describe the re-emergence of H5N1 in northern Germany. Although Germany failed to identify H5N1 in wild birds prior to this poultry outbreak, the location of this outbreak is in the general vicinity of the multiple outbreaks in Poland (see satellite map). Poland also failed to find H5N1 in wild birds preceding these outbreaks, but H5N1 was found in wild birds in 2006 at locations between these recent poultry outbreaks in Poland and Germany.

Similarly, Germany found H5N1 in multiple wild bird outbreaks over the summer of 2007 as well as early 2006. The outbreaks over the summer signaled an active fall / winter period for Europe. In the past countries in western Europe failed to find H5N1 in the fall. However, H5N1 has already been reported in poultry in England and now there are outbreaks in Germany and Poland. The ealier outbreaks in Kuwait, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Krasnodar, England all trace back to the wild bird outbreak at Uva Lake in the summer of 2006.

It is likely that H5N1 is currently widespread in Europe, but surveillance in the region remains in the dismal category. Virtually all detection of H5N1, in wild birds and poultry has been in dead or dying birds. These detection failures again signal a need for a more sensitive assay. Russia has had the most success in detecting the current or former presence of H5N1 in wild birds by screening for genetic information with a PCR test, and also screening for H5 antibodies, which reflect earlier infections.

In the past various organizations have focused on negative data on PCR testing in live birds, which again fail to detect H5N1 in regions where it has been reported in dead or dying birds. The emphasis on this negative data remains a hazard to the world?s health.


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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Germany: H5N1 in small chicken flock in Brandenburg (Nord-East Germany)

machinetranslated

So far, no other signs of bird flu in Oberhavel

After the occurrence of vogelgrippe in a private chicken stock in northern Brandenburg there until Monday lunchtime no evidence of further disease. On Sunday had until late evening samples in ten kilometers wide observation area around the habitat has been taken, said a spokesperson for the district administration Oberhavel on Monday upon request. Apparently were no findings.

It must still awaited the clinical findings, said the spokeswoman. The samples were on Monday morning to the national laboratory in Frankfurt (Oder) has been sent. The outcome was the earliest on Monday evening. In the flocks in the three km wide eliminator of the pathogen was not found.

On Saturday was known that the first time in the state of Brandenburg, the bird flu in a poultry stock was demonstrated. In a private owner in Altglobsow at Fürstenberg / Havel several sick chickens which also dangerous for human pathogen H5N1. Both in the closed area or in the observation area is stable duty. It is also unclear how the virus to the chickens have been transferred.

It is the first case of bird flu in the state of Brandenburg in one and a half year. Previously, the pathogen in 21 wild birds have been proved. Since May 2006 this was no longer the case.

http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Aktuelle-Nachrichten//14658284/Bisher+keine+weiteren+Anzeichen+von+Vogelgrippe+in+Oberhavel

[yielddude]

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EU Says H5N1 Form Of Bird Flu Confirmed In GermanyLast update: 12/17/2007 12:34:46 PMBRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The European Union said Monday outbreak control measures were being put in place in Brandenburg, Germany, after the highly pathogenic H5N1 form of bird flu was confirmed in a flock of birds in the Germany city. The precautionary measures include the culling of poultry on the holding and the establishment of a 3-kilometer protection zone around the outbreak area. A 10-kilometer perimeter around the outbreak is being kept under surveillance. Global health officials worry the H5N1 virus that is currently circulating could eventually mutate into a strain that could pass easily from person to person, which could spark a human pandemic. -By Katharina Bart, Dow Jones Newswires; +32 2 741 1484; katharina.bart@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones NewswiresDecember 17, 2007 12:34 ET (17:34 GMT)

[HenryN]

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EU announces poultry cull after new bird flu outbreak in Brandenburg, Germany
<SMALL>17/12/2007 17:35 London Time | story 1182</SMALL>



BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission says it is taking precautionary measures after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in Brandenburg, Germany, over the weekend.
All poultry on the affected holding in Landkreis Oberhavel, north of Berlin, will be culled and poultry cannot be moved beyond a 3 km protection zone.
The EU will review the disease situation on Wednesday.
antonia.vandevelde@thomson.com
ava/slj

http://www.euro2day.gr/articlesfna/51781483/

[HenryN]

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AVIAN INFLUENZA (188): SAUDI ARABIA, GERMANY (BRANDENBURG)
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In this update:
[1], [2], [3] Saudi Arabia: ostriches
[4] Germany: (Brandenburg), backyard poultry

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[1] Saudi Arabia: ostriches
Date: Sat 15 Dec 2007
Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP) [edited]
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jMlFqVTTAs9vmz0cL2CmBCXkOk7A>


Saudi Arabia's agriculture ministry has ordered 13 500 ostriches to
be destroyed following a new outbreak of bird flu in the kingdom, the
Al-Watan newspaper reported on Saturday [15 Dec 2007].

The outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the disease that is dangerous to
humans was reported on Thursday [13 Dec 2007] evening at a farm in
the Al-Kharj region, 80 km (50 mi) south of Riyadh, the Arabic
language daily said.

Last month [November 2007], the Saudi authorities ordered nearly 4
million birds culled in the face of at least 14 separate outbreaks of
avian influenza.

There have been no reports of the disease spreading to humans in the
oil-rich desert kingdom.

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall

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[2] Saudi Arabia: ostriches
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007
Source: The Media Line [edited]
<http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=19904>


Saudi Arabia is deploying 49 000 security personnel in its holy
cities to maintain safety and security during the Hajj, the annual
pilgrimage to Mecca. More than 1.6 million Muslims have arrived in
the kingdom to take part in the event, which begins on Monday [17 Dec
2007]. Some 11 000 medical staff are also being stationed in the area.

[In addition to problems related to congestion and stampedes, seen
over the past few years], there are also issues of communicable
diseases, which need to be dealt with, most recently bird flu.

Saudi Arabia's Agriculture Ministry has ordered 13 500 ostriches to
be culled, following an outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu on a
poultry farm about 150 km (93 mi) from the capital, Riyadh. Since the
outbreak of the disease in November [2007] 4.5 million birds have
been culled in the kingdom.

Every Muslim who is physically able and has the financial means is
obligated to carry out the Hajj at least once in a lifetime.

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
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[In addition to avian influenza, another zoonotic disease, which has
to be taken into consideration during these days in Saudi Arabia, is
Rift Valley fever. Though not reported recently within the Kingdom,
this arthropod-borne disease, which since 1990 has been detected
several times in the Arab peninsula, has recently been spreading in
the Horn of Africa and Sudan, traditionally exporters of slaughter
animals. The Saudi authorities are said to have banned imports of
live ruminants from the affected countries. - Mod.AS]

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[3] Saudi Arabia: ostriches
Date: Mon 17 Dec 2007
Source: Arab News [edited]
<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=104725&d=17&m=12&y=2007& pix=k
ingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom>


Municipal officials in Riyadh have instructed poultry sellers and
restaurants not to sell ostrich meat following the discovery of bird
flu among ostriches a couple of days ago.

"Municipal inspectors are currently conducting raids on shops and
dining outlets in Riyadh that sell ostrich birds and ostrich meat,"
said Suliman Hamad Al-Buthi, chief of the Environmental Health
Department at the municipality.

"We've already managed to withdraw ostriches and ostrich dishes from
12 restaurants and 6 shops in the city," said Al-Buthi, adding that
the Agriculture Ministry culled 13 500 ostriches following a new
outbreak of bird flu, which was discovered on Thursday evening [13
Dec 2007] at a farm in Al-Kharj region, 80 km (50 mi) south of
Riyadh. So far 4 million birds have been culled following 14 separate
outbreaks of bird flu.

"The situation is, however, under control and there have been no
reports of the disease spreading to humans in the Kingdom," said
Al-Buthi. "We're still receiving emergency calls from Saudis and
residents asking us to visit them and find cases of the deadly
virus," he added.

Meanwhile, the 5 locations designated by Riyadh Municipality for the
dumping of poultry have so far received over 5000 live birds, which
have been culled and incinerated.

"Although, the situation is quickly returning to normalcy, we'll have
to wait for at least 60 days after the last detected case of bird flu
to declare the city, or for that matter the Kingdom, bird flu free,"
he said.

With bird flu typically flaring during the winter months, the virus
has also resurfaced in other parts of Asia. Human deaths have been
reported in Indonesia and China. Indonesia, the nation hardest hit by
the H5N1 virus, announced its 93rd death on Friday [14 Dec 2007]. The
WHO (World Health Organization) report also confirmed Myanmar's 1st
human case and said that 208 people have so far died worldwide.

Bird flu has also been discovered in birds in Brandenburg, Germany,
which was the scene of a widespread bird flu epidemic in 2006. A
total of 11 birds, which were kept in a coop, were killed and a 3 km
(2 mi) security zone was put in place [see item 4].

[Byline: M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan]

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
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[On top of the officially notified outbreaks in Saudi poultry and
ostriches, there have been media-derived reports on H5N1 in recently
imported falcons (see ProMED-mail 20071212.3997). ProMED-mail
published a request for information on these cases, which could have
been the source of infection in the Kingdom, but no response has been
forthcoming so far; our request is hereby repeated. - Mod.AS

The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Saudi Arabia can be accessed at
<http://healthmap.org/promed?v=24.1,44.5,5>. - CopyEd.MJ]

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[4] Germany: (Brandenburg), backyard poultry
Date: Mon 17 Dec 2007
From: Thomas Mettenleiter <thomas.mettenleiter@fli.bund.de>


HPAIV (highly pathogenic avian influenza virus) H5N1-infection in a
backyard flock in North-Eastern Germany
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A new case of HPAIV H5N1 infection in poultry was confirmed on 14 Dec
2007 in the Federal State of Brandenburg in North-Eastern Germany.

In a backyard flock of 11 layer chickens, 5 animals suddenly died.
Samples of 2 of the dead chickens were investigated at the regional
laboratory in Frankfurt-Oder showing highly positive results for H5
and N1 in real-time RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase polymerase chain
reaction) analyses.

The samples were immediately transferred to the OIE (World
Organization for Animal Health) and National Reference Laboratory for
Avian Influenza at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut. Real-time RT-PCR
specific for Qinghai-like strains of HPAIV (Hoffmann et al., 2007)
confirmed the presence of HPAIV H5N1 in these samples. Preliminary
results of the sequencing analysis of the HA-gene showed a close
relationship to HPAIV H5N1 isolates detected earlier in 2007 in
Germany (HPAIV H5N1 subclade 2.2.3; Starick et al., 2007). Further
molecular analyses are ongoing.

E. Starick
PD Dr. T. Harder
PD Dr. Ch. Grund
PD Dr. M. Beer
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. T. Mettenleiter
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Isle of Riems, Germany

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dr. med. vet. h.c. Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Praesident und Professor
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems
Germany
<thomas.mettenleiter@fli.bund.de>

[The state of Brandenburg can be located on the map at
<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/germany.pdf>. - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Avian influenza (187): Europe, Middle East, Asia 20071213.4010
Avian influenza (185): Saudi Arabia ex Asia falcons RFI 20071212.3997
Avian influenza (183): Benin, Poland, OIE, Saudi Arabia 20071206.3934
Avian influenza (181): Saudi Arabia, food safety 20071129.3857
Avian influenza (180): Saudi Arabia 20071129.3847
Avian influenza (179): Romania, Saudi Arabia 20071128.3841
Avian influenza (178): Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, S. Korea 20071126.3827
Avian influenza (175): UK (England), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) 20071120.3752
Avian influenza (174): Saudi Arabia, OIE 20071120.3750
Avian influenza (171): Saudi Arabia, UK (England) 20071114.3701
Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (38): Germany 20071211.3992
Avian influenza (152): Germany (Bavaria) 20070908.2963
Avian influenza (149): Germany (Bavaria) 20070830.2857
Avian influenza (148): Germany (Bavaria), domestic ducks 20070828.2818
Avian influenza (147): Germany (Bavaria) 20070827.2812
Avian influenza (146): Germany (Bavaria), domestic goose 20070826.2805
Avian influenza (145): Germany (Bavaria), Viet Nam 20070825.2794
Avian influenza (140): Germany (Bavaria), wild duck 20070812.2633
Avian influenza (138): Germany (Bavaria), duck 20070811.2622
Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (30): Germany 20070811.2612
Avian influenza (137): Germany (Bavaria), duck 20070807.2563
Avian influenza (136): Germany, Hungary, Italy 20070804.2531
Avian influenza (127): Germany (multistate), wild birds, OIE 20070710.2194
Avian influenza (126): Germany (Thuringia), Viet Nam 20070709.2185
Avian influenza (125): Germany (Thuringia), domestic goose, confirmed
20070707.2169
Avian influenza (124): Germany (Thuringia), domestic goose, susp. 20070707.2159
Avian influenza (123): Review, Germany, France, wild birds 20070706.2155
Avian influenza (122): Germany (Thuringia), France, Austria, wild
birds 20070705.2135
Avian influenza (119): Germany, France, wild birds, susp. 20070703.2116
Avian influenza (117): Germany, wild birds 20070629.2090]
...................................arn/mj/lm

[HenryN]

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12170707/H5N1_NE_Germany_Uva.html

[AlaskaDenise]

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...rmany_Uva.html

Commentary

Uva Lake Strain of H5N1 in Northeastern Germany

Recombinomics Commentary
December 17, 2007

The samples were immediately transferred to the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) and National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut. Real-time RT-PCR specific for Qinghai-like strains of HPAIV (Hoffmann et al., 2007) confirmed the presence of HPAIV H5N1 in these samples. Preliminary results of the sequencing analysis of the HA-gene showed a close relationship to HPAIV H5N1 isolates detected earlier in 2007 in Germany (HPAIV H5N1 subclade 2.2.3; Starick et al., 2007).

The above comments on initial sequence data from the H5N1 isolates from Germany indicate that the sequences are related to the Uva Lake sequences detected throughout Europe since the summer. These results are not a surprise. The sequences were first reported in a massive wild bird outbreak in the summer of 2006. The number of dead wild birds was on a par with the Qinghai Lake outbreak in central China. Qinghai lake is the largest lake in China, while Uva Lake is the largest lake in Mongolia. However, unlike the 2005 outbreak which was followed by the detection of the Qinghai strain in over 50 countries west of China in the following 12 months, the Uva Lake strain was only reported in Kuwait prior to the summer of 2007.

However, in the summer of 2007, the Uva Lake strain was first reported at a poultry outbreak in the Czech Republic which was quickly followed by detection in wild birds in the Czech Republic and Germany. The detection in Germany spread to multiple locations in central and southern Germany. Although all outbreaks were related to Uva Lake, each location represented an independent introduction.

These outbreaks were followed by wild bird outbreaks in France and domestic poultry in Germany. In the fall H5N1 was reported in poultry and wild birds in Krasnodar. The whooper swan and chicken sequences from Krasnodar were published and were 99.95% identical. The were also the Uva Lake sub-clade and were closely related to sequences from three of the wild bird outbreaks in Germany.

More recently, the sequences from domestic poultry outbreaks in England were described, and these sequences were also Uva Lake sequences closely related to the earlier outbreaks. The data described by the Fredrich Loeffler researchers indicates H5N1 in northeastern Germany is also the Uva Lake strain, which suggest that the recent outbreaks in adjacent Poland will also be the Uva Lake strain.

These data support the replacement of the various Qinghai sub-clades circulating in Europe between 2005 and 2007 with the Uva Lake strain, which has been the only strain reported in Europe since the summer. This replacement supports a influx via wild birds beginning in the fall of 2006, but circulating undetected throughout Europe until the summer of 2007.

The detection in the summer, followed by multiple reports in recent weeks predicts H5N1 infections in Europe will be widespread inn the upcoming months, and the infections will be almost exclusively the Uva Lake strain.

Similar sequences in Pakistan would not be a surprise.


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[Giuseppe]

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=-OIE, Immediate Notification Report, HPAI H5N1 in poultry, Germany=-

1) [AVIAN INFLUENZA, POULTRY, GERMANY, OIE, UPDATES] Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Germany

Information received on 17/12/2007 from Mr Werner Zwingmann, Ministerialdirigent, "Leiter der Unterabteilung Tiergesundheit und Lebensmittelhygiene", Bundesministerium f?r Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany

Summary
Report type Immediate notification
Start date 14/12/2007
Date of confirmation of event 15/12/2007
Report date 17/12/2007
Date submitted to OIE 18/12/2007
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 10/09/2007
Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
Report pertains to Defined zone within the country

New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak Location

* BRANDENBURG (Altglobsow 12065A070007, Gro?woltersdorf, Oberhavel)

Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
*Birds - 11 - 10 - 10 - 1 - 0
Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible removed*
*Birds - 90.91% - 90.91% - 100.00% - 100.00%
* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter
Description of Affected Population: backyard flock with laying hens for own consumption with no trading activity

Epidemiology
Source of infection

* Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures
Measures already applied

* Control of wildlife reservoirs
* Stamping out
* Movement control inside the country
* Screening
* Zoning
* Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
* Vaccination prohibited
* No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied

* None specified

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (National laboratory)
Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
*Birds - polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - 14/12/2007 - Positive

-

See more at http://ww.oie.int - EDITED.

[HenryN]

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="99%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>New German bird-flu case reported in Germany </TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="83%">Posted on : 2007-12-20 | Author : DPA
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<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>Berlin - A fresh bird-flu outbreak has been discovered in Germany, with a state laboratory confirming the presence of the H5N1 virus, an official veterinarian said Thursday. The infected bird was in a private hen-run at Bensdorf, a village 85 kilometres west of Berlin, said state of Brandenburg vet Hans- Georg Hurttig. All 30 fowls were immediately killed and removed.
He said scientists believed it was a spot outbreak only.
The case would only be declared official when a federal laboratory confirmed it. A Brandenburg spokesman said it was still officially considered a "suspected case."
A week ago, the avian influenza virus was discovered at Altglobsow, 75 kilometres north of Berlin, in a hen-run with 11 birds.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/162273.html

[HenryN]

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12200704/H5N1_Germany_Fall_Spread.html