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Re: Bangladesh - Fresh bird flu scare grips poultry sector
CommentaryOriginally posted by niman View Post
Confirmed H5N1 Near Dhaka Bangladesh Increases Concern
Recombinomics Commentary 19:48
December 17, 2008
Bangladesh has filed an OIE report which confirms the H5N1 outbreak in northern Bangladesh near Rangpur, as well as the more recent outbreak in and around Dhaka (see updated map). WHO had filed an update on the Rangpur outbreak, but at the time the serotype had not been confirmed. At this time an update on the Dhaka outbreak has not been released.
The outbreaks described in the OIE report have been associated with multiple culls. There have already been four in the Dhaka area, supporting rumors of spreading H5N1 in Bangladesh. These culling have been in the past few days and are geographically dispersed, so additional culls are likely.
Similarly, dead crows have been reported in the Malda area as well as additional areas of West Bengal, so additional spread is likely, including outbreaks in northern Bangladesh.
Moreover, in addition to widespread outbreaks in Assam, reports of excessive poultry deaths in multiple areas in West Bengal, as well as Delhi, raise concerns that H5N1 may soon spread throughout India (see expanded map).
."The next major advancement in the health of American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself"-- John Knowles, Former President of the Rockefeller FoundationComment
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Re: Bangladesh - Fresh bird flu scare grips poultry sector
CommentaryOriginally posted by niman View Post
Additional H5N1 Spread Near Dhaka Bangladesh
Recombinomics Commentary 12:48
December 17, 2008
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in Bangladesh reports H5N1 updates on its website. The December 16 update has one additional outbreak since the December 13 update, and that outbreak is in Gazipur, which is just north of Dhaka (see satellite map). This is the fourth outbreak in or around Dhaka this month and supports media reports of H5N1 in multiple locations in Bangladesh. Earlier this month there were two outbreaks in Rangpur in northern Bangladesh, close to outbreaks in western Assam or Malda, a border town in West Bengal.
H5N1 spread rapidly in Malda and is likely to cause additional outbreaks in Bangladesh. The large number of outbreaks and rapid spread in Assam, West Bengal, and Bangladesh, suggest additional outbreaks are likely.
Last season a child in Dhaka was H5N1 confirmed. In Malda, villagers and dogs are eating the H5N1 positive birds, raising concerns of additional spread to mammals, in addition to the spread to large numbers of dead crows in Malda.
."The next major advancement in the health of American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself"-- John Knowles, Former President of the Rockefeller FoundationComment
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Three countries report fresh H5N1 outbreaks
Lisa Schnirring
Staff Writer
Dec 18, 2008 (CIDRAP News) ? Authorities from Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Egypt reported that the H5N1 avian influenza virus has struck poultry again, according to new reports.
Kao Phal, an agriculture ministry official in Cambodia, said the virus was detected in poultry in a village in Kandal province, where a 19-year-old man got sick after handling a dead chicken, according to an Associated Press (AP) report yesterday. The outbreak is Cambodia's first since April 2007, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The man's illness was reported last week.
The ministry said three ducks and one chicken tested positive for the H5N1 virus and that veterinarians have culled about 320 birds to stop the spread of the disease.
Ly Sovann, an avian flu expert with Cambodia's health ministry, told the AP that the man is recovering but remains hospitalized.
Meanwhile, livestock officials in Bangladesh reported yesterday that the H5N1 virus struck two commercial poultry farms, one in Rajshahi district, in the northwestern part of the country near the border with India, and one about 30 miles northeast of Dhaka, the capital, according to a report from the OIE. The country's last outbreak occurred in late September, striking a different poultry farm in Rajshahi.
Veterinary workers culled 3,781 birds at the two farms to contain the outbreak.
Elsewhere, animal health authorities in Egypt reported on Nov 27 that they had detected the virus in chickens in Minya governorate in central Egypt, according to a report that appeared today on the Egypt-based Strengthening Avian Influenza Detection and Response (SAIDR) Web site. SAIDR is a Johns Hopkins University project designed to help Egypt coordinate avian flu efforts with its international partners.
The outbreak involved 15 backyard birds in a village in Minya's Beni Mazar district, according to the SAIDR report. The birds had been vaccinated in August.
Though the H5N1 virus is endemic in Egypt, the country's last reported outbreak occurred in mid-June among backyard birds in Luxor governorate, according to the OIE. The country's most recent human case, in a 16-year-old girl whose death was confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Dec 16, was in Asyut governorate, about 50 miles south of Minya.
According to an incident report on the SAIDR Web site detailing the veterinary investigation that followed the girl's death, several birds near her home had been sick or died before she got sick. Neighbors had discarded the dead birds in a nearby drainage ditch. The girl's family said they had recently bought and eaten two ducks. After one of the ducks died, the family quickly slaughtered the second one.
In other developments, animal health officials in India today said they sealed part of its border with Bangladesh to help control the spread of the H5N1 virus, according to a Reuters report. Anisur Rahman, animal resource minister of West Bengal state, told Reuters the border closure affects the crossing between Malda district, where authorities have culled about 10,000 birds following recent outbreaks, and Bangladesh.
He said the virus could have been spread by chickens and ducks smuggled from Bangladesh, Reuters reported.
India is also battling outbreaks in Assam state.
Meanwhile, an official from Indonesia's agriculture ministry told the Jakarta Post yesterday that the government plans intensive measures against avian flu for the next 3 years hopes to stamp it out by 2014, Xinhua, China's state news agency, reported yesterday.
Tjeppy D. Soedjana, the ministry's director general for animal husbandry, told the Post, "If all goes well, the nation will be free of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus by 2014."
According to Xinhua, he said the ministry has stopped the spread of the virus in only two of its 33 provinces: Gorontalo, in North Sulawesi, and North Maluku..
Agriculture ministry records show that 294 regencies in 31 provinces have had avian flu outbreaks so far this year, which is up from 158 regencies and 25 provinces hit by outbreaks last year, according to the Xinhua report.
In other avian flu news, officials in Germany on Dec 12 reported an outbreak of a low-pathogenic H5N3 virus at a commercial turkey farm in Cloppenburg, in the northwestern part of the country, according to an OIE report. The virus sickened 45 birds, and 8,400 others were culled to control the outbreak.
Authorities did not identify the source of the virus. In October an H5N3 virus was detected at a zoo and another site in Leipzig in eastern Germany, according to OIE reports.
See also:
Dec 17 OIE report on Bangladesh outbreak
Dec 12 OIE report on Germany's low-path outbreak
SAIDR veterinary investigation report
SAIDIR report on Egypt's H5N1 outbreak
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Avian Influenza - Situation in Bangladesh: 19 December 2008 [WHO]Avian Influenza - Situation in Bangladesh<CITE cite="http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section1027/Section2095/Section2462_13930.asp">Avian Influenza - Situation in Bangladesh: 19 December 2008</CITE>
19 December 2008 – Bangladesh
On 16 December 2008, The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh confirmed that poultry in two commercials farms, one in Rajshahi district, in the northwestern part of the country bordering India and one located to the northeast of Dhaka, the capital, tested positive for H5N1.
As of 16 December 2008, a total of 291 outbreaks had been recorded in 47 districts out of 64 districts.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Government of Bangladesh, reported that a total of 1,645, 827 chickens have been culled.
So far, the first and only human case of H5N1 infection occurred in January 2008.
For further information on poultry AI, please visit the following website: Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock www.mofl.gov.bd
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Health threat from bird flu again
THE threat of bird flu menaced Bangladesh in 2007 and the greater part of 2008. The contagion was considered under control only in recent months and after heavy losses from consumers' rejection and forced culling, the poultry industry here started showing signs of recovery. But bad news is again on the horizon from the reported outbreak of the disease in Indian states close to Bangladesh. With H5n1virus again ravaging the poultry population in the Indian neighbouring states, there are strong reasons for Bangladesh to fear reentry of the virus and afflicting its poultry industry.
According to reports, bird flu has been detected in thousands of dead chickens in the Indian state of West Bengal and 300,000 chickens and ducks culled in Assam. The danger stems from the fact that notwithstanding monitoring by security forces at the borders, chickens and eggs still find their ways into the country through the long and porous borders. Thus, vigil by BDR and other security forces need to be raised to the highest level to block such infected agents from passing into Bangladesh. Side by side, the people should be warned through the mass media to be vigilant.
The ominous news published in this paper on Thursday is that some 100 people in Assam have been hospitalised with fever and respiratory problems. They are suspected to have contracted bid flu. This is very alarming since all countries have been trying with a great deal of success to prevent the mutation of the disease from birds to humans. Millions of humans could die rapidly if the mutated form of the virus spreads among them which is possible in a densely populated country. Thus, Bangladesh has to be extremely efficient in checking the resurfacing of bird flu.
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Bird Flu Related Information up to 20 December, 20081. No. of Farms with confirmed H5 Virus 292
2. No. of Districts with Confirmed H5 Virus 47
(Upazilla-129, Metro Thana-14)
( Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayangonj, Tangail, Jamalpur, Jessore, Noakhali, Gaibandha, Magura, Rajbari, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Jaipurhat, Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon, Naogaon, Bagura, Feni, Pabna, Kurigram, Moulvibazar, Barisal, Rajshahi, Barguna, Natore, Patuakhali, Netrokona, Bhola, Khulna, Manikgonj, Gopalgonj, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Kustia, Jhinaidah, Norsingdhi, Bagerhat, Chittagong, Kishoregonj, Meherpur, Comilla, Shariatpur, Munshigonj, Chandpur, Satkhira, B. Baria)
3. No. of Culled Farms 552Dhaka-72 (Savar-60, Turagh-01, Demra-01, Mirpur-03, Shabujbagh-01, Lalbagh-01, Nobabgonj-02, Badda-01, Pallabi-01, Dhamrai-01), Gazipur-39, Jamalpur-14, Narayangonj-45, Tangail-18, Jessore-11, Noakhali-03, Gaibandha-05, Magura-01, Rajbari-05, Nilphamari-15, Dinajpur-31, Rangpur-09, jaipurhat-05, Lalmonirhat-04, Thakurgaon-07, Naogaon-03, Bagura-03, Feni-11, Pabna-08, Kurigram-01, Moulvibazar-01, Barisal-07, Barguna-16, Rajshahi-09, Natore-09, Patuakhali-02, Netrokona-01, Bhola-08, Manikgonj-13, Mymensingh-07, Gopalgonj-01, Khulna-15, Sylhet-03, Jhinaidah-04, Kustia-01, Narsingdhi-67, Bagerhat-09, Chittagong-28, Kishoregonj-08, Meherpur-02, Comilla-13, Shariatpur-01, Munshigonj-04, Chandpur-04, Satkhira-05, B.Baria-04)
4. Culled on 20/12/2008 ---
5. Culling up to 20/12/2008 16, 46, 492
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665 birds culled in NatoreComment
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updated map
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CommentaryOriginally posted by niman View Post
Confirmed H5N1 Spread to Natore Bangladesh
Recombinomics Commentary 00:57
December 22, 2008
The December 20 update from the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in Bangladesh includes an additional culling in Natore. The cumulative number of birds culled increased by 665, suggesting the outbreak is in a small backyard holding. The western border of Natore is 20 miles from the Murshidabad border in West Bengal (see updated map), and another 20 miles from the border with Birbhum, the first district to report H5N1 last season (see 2008 map).
Both Mushidabad and Birbhum have recently reported excessive poultry deaths, while Malda has confirmed H5N1, which has resulted in the culling of over 20,000 birds. Moreover, Malda reported hundreds of dead crows and excessive poultry deaths in blocks to the north of the confirmed outbreak in Englishbazar.
The confirmed H5N1 in Natore, Bangladesh near the West Bengal border suggests addition spread of H5N1 will be reported in the near term.
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WHO: Avian Influenza - Situation in Bangladesh: 22 December 2008
Avian Influenza - Situation in Bangladesh<cite cite="http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section1027/Section2095/Section2462_13930.asp">Avian Influenza - Situation in Bangladesh: 22 December 2008</cite>
20 December 2008 ? Bangladesh
As of 20 December 2008, a total of 292 outbreaks had been recorded in 47 districts out of 64 districts.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Government of Bangladesh, reported that a total of 1,646, 492 chickens have been culled.
The last four outbreaks occurred in the districts of Rangpur, Narsingdi, Gazipur and Natore.
So far, the first and only human case of H5N1 infection occurred in January 2008.
For further information on poultry AI, please visit the following website: Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock www.mofl.gov.bd
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The above comments confirm the daily updates from the MOFL (new outbreaks in four districts).Comment
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Source: http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=71881&cid=2
Birds being culled in Kurigram
Mon, Dec 22nd, 2008 11:43 pm BdST
Kurigram, Dec 22 (bdnews24.com) - Livestocks officials on Monday night started culling birds in 500 square metres area of a house of Balatari village of Kurigram municipality after they detected the bird flu virus .
The officials became sure about the presence of the deadly virus after testing before starting the culling at 8pm.
District livestocks official Nazrul Islam told bdnews24.com they would kill hens, ducks and pigeons and the eggs in every house in .
Islam said, "Two of Asad Mian's (deshi) hens died in Balatari village Monday morning. After testing in the laboratory of live stock department both the birds were found infected with flu."
Local live stock officials informed the head quarter in Dhaka about the infection, the decision of culling birds around Balatari village, in 500 meters, came in the afternoon, said Nazrul.
He said, "The cull is underway. Upazilla birds culling taskforce will go into every house of Balatari village throughout the night and cull all type of domestic birds and eggs."
The avian flu virus, H5N1 strain, was first detected in Bagladesh last year and the outbreak affected at least 47 of the 64 districts. A few hundred thousand birds were culled.
The virus also attacked some people who recovered later.
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