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**sharon sanders** · January 14, 2022, 10:04 AM

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**Shiloh** · January 14, 2022, 07:01 PM

Source: https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article110492

Avian flu in Burkina: 42 outbreaks confirmed in seven regions
Home > News > Politics • Lefaso.net • Friday January 14, 2022 at 11:05 pm

The ministers in charge of animal resources and health, Moussa Kaboré and Charlemagne Ouédraogo, hosted a joint press conference on the afternoon of this Friday, January 14, 2022, on the situation of avian flu in Burkina Faso.

Avian flu resurfaces in Burkina Faso. The announcement was made by the minister in charge of animal resources, Moussa Kaboré, on Thursday January 13, 2022 at the end of the Council of Ministers. The next day, together with his colleague from health and public hygiene, they hosted a press conference to provide additional information and sound the alarm.
“Burkina Faso has so far recorded 42 confirmed outbreaks of poultry mortality caused by an Influenza type virus of the H5N1 strain distributed in seven regions,” said Minister Moussa Kaboré.

This reappearance of the disease follows the epizootics of 2006 and 2015. Eight ECOWAS countries were affected by avian influenza between January and December 2021. With regard to the animal health situation in the sub-region, two hypotheses could explain the distribution of the disease in Burkina Faso, said Moussa Kaboré.
These are the introduction, through migratory birds, at assembly sites and water points and the introduction through the importation of poultry or fraudulent avian products from neighboring countries.

**sharon sanders** · January 15, 2022, 09:25 AM

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**Pathfinder** · January 15, 2022, 01:39 PM

Ministere Des Ressources Animales Et Halieutiques

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Posted15 January 2022, 12:56

AVIAN FLU:

At least 500,000 dead poultry in Burkina Faso

An outbreak of H5N1 was detected in the country in December, the government announced on Saturday.

At least 500,000 poultry have died or been slaughtered in Burkina Faso. An epidemic of bird flu was officially detected in the country in December, the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, Moussa Kaboré, announced on Saturday.

“At the end of December 2021, we noticed a high mortality of poultry on breeding sites in our country. The analyzes carried out by the national livestock laboratory have established the presence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, also called the avian influenza virus", declared Moussa Kaboré, specifying that it is "the highly pathogenic strain H5N1 of Avian Influenza”.

42 livestock outbreaks identified

On January 7, there were "about 500,000 dead poultry and more than 1.3 million lost egg pads", he said, adding that 42 breeding grounds, spread over seven regions, were counted. “In sites where the presence of the disease is confirmed by the veterinary or health services, poultry census, slaughter, incineration and burial of poultry and other dead birds,” he continued.

Faced with the progression of the epizootic, a response plan has been put in place. This involves surveillance of wild bird gathering sites and the capture of sick or injured birds. Biological samples will be taken from these animals and sent to a laboratory for analysis.

Livestock, the main source of savings in rural areas in Burkina, is the third source of foreign currency after gold and cotton for this country, which has a national poultry population estimated at 52 million heads.

( AFP )

Grippe aviaire – Au moins 500’000 volailles mortes au Burkina Faso

https://www.lematin.ch/story/au-moins-500000-volailles-mortes-au-burkina-faso-214376026641

Une épidémie de H5N1 a été détectée dans le pays en décembre, a annoncé samedi le gouvernement.

**Pathfinder** · January 24, 2022, 11:20 AM

Immediate notification
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with), Burkina Faso
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General Information

COUNTRY OR ZONE
COUNTRY

DISEASE
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with)

STARTED ON
14-12-2021

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
H5N1

CONFIRMED ON
29-12-2021

REASON
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
21-01-2022

LAST OCCURRENCE
28-11-2015

Epidemiology

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Unknown or inconclusive

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
Deaths occurred suddenly, with high mortality and morbidity reported in all poultry categories. The disease spread at an unprecedented speed. Risk factors such as poultry gatherings at sale points or fairs for the end-of-year celebrations, as well as the Harmatan, may have made health situation worse.
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Outbreaks

ob_95928 - Village of Nambé

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

STARTED ON
15-12-2021

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Farm

DETAILED CHARACTERISATION
-

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
39, 54, 69 weeks old Novogen laying hens in three houses. An up-to-date prophylaxis protocol against the main avian diseases including low pathogenic avian influenza was applied.

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Village of Nambé

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Centre

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Kadiogo

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Koubri

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 12.2462

Long : -1.3315

SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
Birds NEW Animal 150000 117842 117842 32158 0 0
TOTAL Animal 150000 117842 117842 32158 0 0
- NEW Animal 150000 117842 117842 32158 0 0
TOTAL Animal 150000 117842 117842 32158 0 0
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**sharon sanders** · January 25, 2022, 12:27 PM

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**Pathfinder** · February 8, 2022, 02:50 PM

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Avian flu in Burkina: "We risk losing the bicycle chicken, our local species"

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 2:07 PM

Avian flu is still in the chicken coops of Burkina, since January 2020. To date, more than one million poultry have been affected. 10 regions out of 13 are contaminated. A blow, while the country had launched the process of labeling bicycle chicken. This particularly popular breed, with more than 52 million head nationally, is threatened with repeated epidemics. In this instructive interview, the Director General of Veterinary Services, Dr. Adama Maïga, takes stock of the disease and above all provides advice.

What is the state of play of the epidemic at the end of January 2022?

At the end of January, the epidemic evolved because when we made the press release on January 13, then the press conference on the 14, we were at 7 regions affected. Today, we are at 10 regions affected out of the 13 in the country. These are the Center, Center-West, Center-South, Center-East, Central Plateau, Boucle du Mouhoun, Cascades, North, South-West, and East.

How was Burkina affected?

Burkina may have been affected in two ways. The first probability is migratory birds. In Burkina we have ponds in which wild ducks, for example, which are reservoirs of the disease, arrive. These ponds being in contact with domestic birds, our hens who come to the surroundings, can be a source of contamination.

We also have the porosity of our borders which intervenes. Already in December, almost all of Burkina's neighboring countries had declared avian flu. With fraudulent imports, people were able to go and buy chicks or eggs in Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, or Mali and return without going through official services, this too can be a source of contamination from Burkina .

Should we fear a high poultry mortality rate in Burkina?

When bird flu enters a flock of poultry, it causes 90 to 100% mortality. This is why if measures are not taken very quickly to contain the disease, we risk losing many of our poultry, especially our local species which is highly prized everywhere and which is the pride of Burkina because we are talking about chicken . bicycle . So if we don't take measures, by then, if the disease affects all regions, we risk losing this hardy species that we have.

What are the measures already taken by Burkina to circumscribe the evil?

It is first of all to control all the outbreaks identified in the different regions through the inventory of the remaining workforce, to carry out stamping out, to carry out the disinfection of equipment and buildings and to carry out a crawl space for at least less than a month in total to finally start restocking again. That is what concerns urgent measures.

But for those who do not have the disease, what is important is to avoid taking random chickens to mix with your herds because we do not know if they are sick or not. Unexpected visits should also be avoided. All of this can be a source of contamination. Once you notice mortalities in your chicken coop, you must notify the competent services quickly so that measures to take samples can be taken and to ensure if it is the disease so that it can be contained.

Is bird flu dangerous for humans?

It is dangerous for humans, but especially for people who are immunodeficient and who live in continuous promiscuity with poultry. We can contract bird flu without it being fatal. It can be accompanied by colds, coughs, body aches. The fear we have is that if our body gets used to the bird flu virus and there is recombination with the virus, for example Covid-19, it will create another form of virus which will be difficult to manage.

Otherwise, it is not by eating a chicken that is sick right away that you can get avian flu, no. It is only by being in constant contact with sick poultry and by not disinfecting that we can make the disease.

Burkina launched a few months ago the process of labeling chicken bicycles. What can be the consequences of avian flu on the business surrounding local chicken, especially its export?

Once avian flu is declared in a country, the export of poultry products is suspended. If it does not kill, we can at least eat what is healthy, well maintained, well cooked. As long as we are not going to declare that we have been able to control the disease and that it no longer exists in Burkina for at least a full year, we cannot export poultry products.

It is true that there is an economic cost. But in terms of exports, we don't really have large quantities exported, because we are more consumers than exporters. For poultry, apart from the Ivory Coast or the coastal countries where people export from time to time, there are really no other destinations.

For a young person who has his flourishing farm, in this period of uncertainty with the virus, what advice do you have for him, as a Doctor in the matter?

When you're a breeder, you have to be clean and conscientious about what you're doing. A breeder who lets anyone come into his farm is not a good breeder. A breeder who himself does not disinfect himself, goes in and out, he exposes his poultry to diseases, even if it is not avian flu. It will therefore be necessary to take measures to prevent the disease from entering the henhouse by setting up a device at the entrance.

Anyone who comes must disinfect themselves before entering. He must do the same before going out. If he had come with illnesses, he leaves them before going out, and if he found illnesses inside, he leaves them there before going out. It is only through these biosecurity measures and by regularly maintaining the breeding equipment that he can avoid getting the disease.

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Grippe aviaire au Burkina : « On risque de perdre le poulet bicyclette, notre espèce locale » - Studio Yafa - Information & Dialogue au Burkina Faso

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La grippe aviaire est encore dans les poulaillers du Burkina, depuis janvier 2020. A ce jour, plus d’un millions de volailles ont été touchées. 10 régions sur 13 sont contaminées. Un coup dur, alors que le pays avait lancé le processus de labellisation du poulet bicyclette. Cette race particulièrement prisée, avec plus de 52 millions […]

**sharon sanders** · February 9, 2022, 10:50 AM

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**Pathfinder** · February 14, 2022, 03:05 PM

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Avian flu in Burkina: "People should not be alarmed about the consumption of chicken, they will not die"

Home > News > Society • LEFASO.NET • Monday February 14, 2022 at 11h58min

The bird flu that has been breaking into homes in Burkina Faso since the end of 2021 continues to rage. Despite the measures announced by the State from the outset to quickly contain the disease, the number of bird flu victims is only panicking and the disease is gaining ground considerably. We handed our dictaphone to the director general of the veterinary service within the ministry in charge of animal resources, Dr. Adama Maïga, who gives us details on the situation of avian flu in Burkina Faso.

LeFaso.net: What is the assessment of avian flu at the present time at the national level?

Dr. Adama Maïga: It must be said that on the date of February 1, 2022 when we took stock, there has not been a great evolution. We were in ten regions affected out of the thirteen. The regions concerned were the Center, the Center-West, the Center-East, the Center-South, the Central Plateau, the North, the Boucle du Mouhoun, the Cascades, the East and the South-West. Here are the ten regions that are currently affected. Also on the same date, we were at 73 outbreaks and 126 farms affected by the disease.

Measures had been announced by the State in order to contain the disease. Have they proven effective?

As soon as we became aware of the disease in the localities, we issued orders declaring the infection. These decrees gave the conduct to be followed in front of each home. There is what we call the heart of the hearth which is the sequestration zone where we will proceed to the census of the poultry which are still alive, then to their slaughter and their incineration and burial, to the establishment of a lawsuit- slaughter report. This slaughter report is signed first by the owner. Then it is signed by the team leader in charge of the slaughter.

Lastly, by a person in charge of the village who will be considered as witness of the slaughter by making him note the slaughtered poultry and by making him countersign the first two signatures. We make copies of this report, one of which is sent to the owner, and the other to the general management of the veterinary service so that we can count all the places where there have been stamping-outs, assess the cost of the compensation and proceed with the compensation of the heirs.

As of today, as far as the Center region is concerned, six teams have already been mobilized and last week toured all the affected farms. They continued on Monday. Today, apart from other foci which were later affected, all the old foci have already been visited, there have been slaughters where there were animals and those where there were none have been disinfected. There is also the crawl space which must be applied, until the lifting of the decree declaring infection which will take place one month after the last outbreak.

Following the announcement of the disease, what was the consumer's reaction?

It must be said that since the announcement, the consumption of poultry has been reduced, but this is explained by the fact that people have not understood the disease very well. In reality, it is not by consuming poultry affected by avian flu that one can have avian flu. It is true that the disease is transmitted, it has symptoms, it can kill humans, but for it to kill it must affect an immunocompromised person. This means that they are very old people who, when there is a superposition of disease, their organisms are unable to fight to make them heal quickly.

It is only this category of people that the disease can kill. Otherwise, the rest may have some discomfort, headache, muscle pain, vomiting, cough that could turn into pneumonia. All of these illnesses can be cured. It is only serious when the person is immunocompromised. And even for this person to die, he must live permanently and continue with the sick poultry. This means sleeping with poultry and breathing the same secretions. It is not by being in contact only with the poultry that you will be sick in turn. Also, the virus of the disease is not too resistant to heat.

So, when the meat is well cooked, the virus does not remain. That's why people shouldn't be alarmed about eating chicken, they won't die of it. They can continue to consume. On the other hand, what is not recommended is to avoid eating dead poultry because we do not always know what it died of. This is what can lead to death. But for sick poultry, you just have to take precautions, protect yourself, handle well, prepare well and eat without problems.

Are there any breeders who have been compensated so far?

Compensation will only occur after having finished slaughtering all the farms concerned. We cannot compensate on a day-to-day basis. Compensation does not imply that after slaughtering the poultry you receive your money directly. Compensation varies from species to species. We first take stock of the situation of the affected farms before compensating. As soon as the money is available, we let the breeders know. Everyone comes with their PV to be compensated.

Not knowing when the disease will disappear, if we have to wait until the end of the disease before compensating the breeders, won't they experience difficulties?

When we knock down, we capitalize at the same time. It is the State that releases the money and the money is not raised so as to compensate at the same time all those whose poultry has just been slaughtered. In the document, we have provided 3 billion 387 million. This means that we will slaughter at least 1.5 million poultry and destroy at least two million eggs. It is this evaluation which gave this sum. We may not even reach these numbers. In 2015, we had planned four billion but in the end the compensation cost 900 million. So as long as the decree is not lifted by the High Commissioner, we cannot start breeding again.

What advice can you give farmers as the disease continues to gain ground?

The advice I can give them is to be extra vigilant because if the disease has not yet struck your hen house, you have to take measures to keep it that way. These measures are first to avoid unnecessary visits. In this period of illness, it is necessary to prohibit any movement that is not essential. Secondly, before entering his farm you have to disinfect yourself because you don't know where you have been. You have to disinfect your shoes, change your clothes before entering the farm.

As soon as we finish working, we also disinfect ourselves before going out to avoid spreading the disease if the farm is affected. Also, as soon as you notice that there is a mortality, you must very quickly notify the competent services which may be the public service or the private service, so that they can come and take the sample in order to check in the laboratory whether it is yes or no about the avian flu in your home. This will allow you to manage your breeding accordingly.

Interview by Erwan Compaoré
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**sharon sanders** · February 15, 2022, 06:52 AM

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