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    Bird flu confirmed at farm in Saga

    8:43 pm, February 05, 2017
    Jiji Press
    SAGA (Jiji Press) ? The Saga prefectural government on Saturday confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza at a chicken farm in the town of Kohoku.

    Forty chickens were found dead at the farm on Saturday morning, and a genetic test confirmed a highly pathogenic H5 bird flu virus in dead birds, according to officials of the prefectural government.

    This marked the 10th avian flu case at a domestic poultry farm this winter.
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    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    71,000 chickens culled in Saga as nation marks 10th bird flu case this winter

    KYODO, JIJI
    FEB 6, 2017

    SAGA ? The culling of roughly 71,000 chickens was completed over the weekend at two poultry farms in the town of Kohoku, Saga Prefecture, marking Japan?s 10th case of bird flu this winter.

    The prefectural government will take all necessary measures to prevent the infection from spreading, including by sterilizing infected farms and burying the dead birds and about 770,000 eggs.

    The cause of the outbreak was confirmed Saturday as the H5 avian flu virus. It was detected in dead birds at one of the farms through genetic testing.
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    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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      Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
      Japan
      Information received on 10/02/2017 from Dr Kazuo Ito, Director, International Animal Health Affairs Office, Animal Health Division, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
      Summary
      Report type Follow-up report No. 8
      Date of start of the event 28/11/2016
      Date of confirmation of the event 28/11/2016
      Report date 10/02/2017
      Date submitted to OIE 10/02/2017
      Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
      Date of previous occurrence 17/02/2015
      Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
      Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
      Serotype H5N6
      Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
      This event pertains to the whole country
      Related reports Immediate notification (29/11/2016)
      Follow-up report No. 1 (05/12/2016)
      Follow-up report No. 2 (19/12/2016)
      Follow-up report No. 3 (26/12/2016)
      Follow-up report No. 4 (10/01/2017)
      Follow-up report No. 5 (16/01/2017)
      Follow-up report No. 6 (25/01/2017)
      Follow-up report No. 7 (01/02/2017)
      Follow-up report No. 8 (10/02/2017)
      New outbreaks (1)
      Outbreak 1 Kouhoku-machi, SAGA
      Date of start of the outbreak 04/02/2017
      Outbreak status Resolved (06/02/2017)
      Epidemiological unit Farm
      Affected animals
      Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered
      Birds 70783 40 40 70743 0
      Affected population Poultry (broiler breeders)
      Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1
      Total animals affected
      Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered
      Birds 70783 40 40 70743 0
      Outbreak statistics
      Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost*
      Birds 0.06% 0.06% 100.00% 100.00%
      *Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
      Epidemiology
      Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
      • Unknown or inconclusive
      Epidemiological comments Outbreak 8 (Gifu, Yamagata-shi) ? follow up information of the previous reports On 8 February 2017, the movement restriction was lifted since 21 days had passed without any new outbreaks after control measures including stamping out had been completed. Outbreak 9 (Miyazaki, Kijo-cho) ? follow up information of the previous reports On 10 February 2017 shipment restrictions were lifted as there were not any positive results of the tests conducted after control measures including stamping out had been completed. Outbreak 10 (Saga, Kouhoku-machi) ? this report On 4 February 2017, the local veterinary service in Saga Prefecture received a notification from a domestic broiler breeders farm on an increase in the number of dead birds (40 birds on the same day). The samples from dead birds and live birds were confirmed to be influenza A virus positive by antigen-capture kits and to be subtype H5 by RT-PCR and RRT-PCR in Saga Livestock Hygiene Service Centre. Destruction of all the susceptible birds in the affected farm has been implemented. Movement and shipment restrictions are imposed on the farms within a radius of 3km and 3-10 km of the affected farm, respectively. On 6 February 2017, control measures including disinfection of the affected premises were completed and N-type was identified as N6 by NIAH.
      Control measures
      Measures applied
      • Movement control inside the country
      • Screening
      • Disinfection / Disinfestation
      • Quarantine
      • Stamping out
      • Vaccination prohibited
      • No treatment of affected animals
      Measures to be applied
      • No other measures
      Diagnostic test results
      Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result
      Saga Livestock Hygiene Service Centre (Local laboratory) Birds rapid tests 04/02/2017 Positive
      Saga Livestock Hygiene Service Centre (Local laboratory) Birds real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) 04/02/2017 Positive
      Saga Livestock Hygiene Service Centre (Local laboratory) Birds reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 04/02/2017 Positive
      National Institute of Animal Health (National laboratory) Birds gene sequencing 06/02/2017 Positive
      Future Reporting
      The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
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      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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