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More than 350,000 chickens in Almoguera (Guadalajara-Spain) incinerated because of the Flu (H7N7)
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LR / BC Sunday, October 11th, 2009 15:59
More than 30,000 chickens in Almoguera incinerated because of the Avian
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Ten workers and two vets have received preventive treatment with Tamiflu
More than 30,000 chickens are being slaughtered in Almoguera, a town south of Guadalajara, by the suspicion that they may be infected with Avian Influenza. Local sources have explained that the problem started about a week, but veterinarians have been treating animals. Seeing that there was no solution, have started slaughtering birds.
On Friday 9 October was when they started the mass incineration of all poultry infected, presumably by influenza A or avian flu, although the type of virus has not yet been confirmed by health authorities, still pending the outcome of the Laboratory tests.
So far the spread of bird flu in Spain was purely testimonial, with a single confirmed case, that of a loon found dead in Alava, who was first to test positive is the first to test positive for analytical 49,000 made, nothing more alert unleashed this zoonosis. But the spread of influenza in birds, it is possible and already known cases of infection in turkey farms in Chile.
Some people say that the cause could be a contagion outside the farm by wild birds.
So far, only one of the farms of the people has been affected, however, already has quarantined the remaining farms, two in the same locality and those in the nearby town of Mondejar. It has been recommended to farmers to withdraw from the market products that have circulated in recent days.
Although bird flu is spread with difficulty to humans, the authorities have preferred to err on the safe. For now, have made a huge ditch in the vicinity of the affected farm and are buried and quicklime thrown to the chickens that were infected. In addition, the Tragsa company has gone to Almoguera, is providing special cages in which hens are still alive are being incinerated.
Preventive treatment ten workers
The delegate of Health and Welfare, Juan Pablo Martinez Marqueta, confirmed that this medium has so far done a preventive treatment to ten workers on the affected farm and two veterinarians involved in the work of livestock control. "At the moment we provided Tamiflu and seasonal flu vaccine," said the delegate.
The economic consequences of this case are serious Almoguera because chicken farms maintained dozens of jobs in the locality and the area and are a traditional and powerful industry of these places of the Alcarria.
Almoguera Mayor Luis Godfather, claimed to have no official information about this case on the afternoon of Sunday (17:00 pm) and seemed upset by it. "The least we can do is warn the health authorities to the mayor, I say," he noted.
Source: Guada Qu?
LR / BC Sunday, October 11th, 2009 15:59
More than 30,000 chickens in Almoguera incinerated because of the Avian
News - Environment
Ten workers and two vets have received preventive treatment with Tamiflu
More than 30,000 chickens are being slaughtered in Almoguera, a town south of Guadalajara, by the suspicion that they may be infected with Avian Influenza. Local sources have explained that the problem started about a week, but veterinarians have been treating animals. Seeing that there was no solution, have started slaughtering birds.
On Friday 9 October was when they started the mass incineration of all poultry infected, presumably by influenza A or avian flu, although the type of virus has not yet been confirmed by health authorities, still pending the outcome of the Laboratory tests.
So far the spread of bird flu in Spain was purely testimonial, with a single confirmed case, that of a loon found dead in Alava, who was first to test positive is the first to test positive for analytical 49,000 made, nothing more alert unleashed this zoonosis. But the spread of influenza in birds, it is possible and already known cases of infection in turkey farms in Chile.
Some people say that the cause could be a contagion outside the farm by wild birds.
So far, only one of the farms of the people has been affected, however, already has quarantined the remaining farms, two in the same locality and those in the nearby town of Mondejar. It has been recommended to farmers to withdraw from the market products that have circulated in recent days.
Although bird flu is spread with difficulty to humans, the authorities have preferred to err on the safe. For now, have made a huge ditch in the vicinity of the affected farm and are buried and quicklime thrown to the chickens that were infected. In addition, the Tragsa company has gone to Almoguera, is providing special cages in which hens are still alive are being incinerated.
Preventive treatment ten workers
The delegate of Health and Welfare, Juan Pablo Martinez Marqueta, confirmed that this medium has so far done a preventive treatment to ten workers on the affected farm and two veterinarians involved in the work of livestock control. "At the moment we provided Tamiflu and seasonal flu vaccine," said the delegate.
The economic consequences of this case are serious Almoguera because chicken farms maintained dozens of jobs in the locality and the area and are a traditional and powerful industry of these places of the Alcarria.
Almoguera Mayor Luis Godfather, claimed to have no official information about this case on the afternoon of Sunday (17:00 pm) and seemed upset by it. "The least we can do is warn the health authorities to the mayor, I say," he noted.
Source: Guada Qu?
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