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**Treyfish** · December 16, 2010, 11:47 PM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

Japan-Bird flu suspected in dead swans Tomiyama Takaoka Zoo

Toyama Prefecture, on May 17, two birds of a feather from a mute swan was found dead in zoo moat of the castle park Takaoka Takaoka Koziyou city, came out and announced that tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza in the rapid test.

If 強Mare suspicious after conducting a detailed examination the county samples Institute of Animal Health (Tsukuba, Japan) sent to determine whether the final infection.
Takaoka said, around 15:08 am on 16 minutes, one wing of the adult mute swan was fed moat, zoo officials discovered that a dead chick feathers. Simple test was at Seibu Livestock Hygiene Service, the negative adults, chicks were positive. Currently, more tests are livestock hygiene service center in the eastern city of Toyama Prefecture.

10,11,13 this month have been found in dead birds is also a mute swan each day. Mute swan was found in 10 and 11 days, were tested for not eating animals, the chicks were dead in the rapid test was negative for 13 days.
December 17, 2010 http://translate.google.com/translat...ogle.com&twu=1

**Shiloh** · December 18, 2010, 09:07 AM

Re: Japan - H51 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

Source: http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-mar...try-farm-kyodo

H5N1 Bird Flu Detected In Wild Swan Near Infected Poultry Farm Kyodo

TOTTORI, Japan -(Dow Jones)- The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in what appeared to be a wild swan that died earlier this month in the western Japan city of Yonago, local officials said Saturday, Kyodo News reported...

... Meanwhile, the H5 strain of influenza has been detected in one of the two dead swans found Thursday in a park in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, local government officials said Saturday. The bird had subsequently tested positive for bird flu in a preliminary check.

Toyama is located northeast of Tottori, and both face the Sea of Japan.

Officials of the local government are also conducting a further investigation into suspected cases of bird flu infection after another swan was spotted swimming feebly Saturday in the same park...

**makoto** · December 19, 2010, 02:58 AM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

18 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://www.pref.toyama.jp/cms_sec/16...4/00376242.pdf http://www.pref.toyama.jp/cms_sec/16...4/00376244.pdf

17 Dec.,
found "sickly" mute swan
livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-western caught swan at 16:30 PM
simple-test was negative at 19:00 PM
after death, swan transferred to livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-eastern
18 Dec.,
Zoo staff found "sickly" young mute swan on the morning
*young mute swan can't swim
livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-western caught young swan at 13:30 PM
simple-test was negative at 14:50 PM

the number of the dead: 7 swans died
note: mute swans were 1 year and 7 month old, 7 month old
sankei news http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsankei.jp.msn.com%2Fregion%2F chubu%2Ftoyama%2F101218%2Ftym1012181555000-n1.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

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18 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://www.pref.toyama.jp/cms_sec/16...4/00376245.pdf PDF

Toyama prefecture held response Headquarters meeting
from PDF
spot: Takaoka castle site park, Takaoka city, Toyama prefecture
situations: about 160 birds at castle site park, 10 birds at moat

details
16 Dec,
zoo staff found 2 dead mute swans at 08:15 AM
livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-western detected positive from young swan by simple-test at 11:00 AM
dead swans transferred to livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-eastern at 12:10 PM
livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-eastern began examination at 12:30 PM
for additional references, the livestock hygiene service center examined live swan' specimens by PCR at 16:00 PM
but it undecidable, because the virus were not enough
also　National Institute of Animal Health "NIAH"　can't decision at 20:00 PM

17 Dec.,
Zoo closed
Takaoka city disinfected Zoo at 10:00 AM
Takakazu Ishii, Governor of Toyama prefecture announced H5　suspicion at 10:00 AM
governor of Toyama prefecture and mayor of Takaoka conducted an on-site inspection of hygiene management at 14:30 PM
1st test was undecidable at 16:30 PM

18 Dec.,
2rd test was positive at 11:30 AM(1/8 specimens) and PCR ran
specimens transferred to National Institute of Animal Health at 13:50 PM
3rd test was positive at 11:30 AM(7/7 specimens)
detected H5 by PCR at 17:00 PM, confirmed H5
establishment of response headquarters at 18:00 PM
Toyama prefecture held response Headquarters meeting at 19:00 PM

from now on
(1) to farms etc
1) on-the-spot inspection: within 10 km radius from the spot
there is 37 places; 5 farms, 6 educational facilities, and 26 animal caretakers
term; 18 Dec to 7 Jan
2) surveillance, collecting bird dropping at bird area
3) surveillance or on-the-spot inspection
all farms; 28 farms, 89 educational facilities, and 177 animal caretakers
4) distribute the disinfectant to 28 farms

(2) to Zoo
1) slaughter disposition; 10 birds at moat
2) disinfection of Zoo
3) surveillance of birds
4) net; contact preventive with birds

(3) to residents
1) health consultation service
2) wild fowls consultation service
3) farm consultation service
4) information service

sankei news http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
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18 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...2F00376246.pdf

18 Dec., slaughter disposition; 10 birds(mute swan, duck etc) at 22:20 PM
yomiuri online http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

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**makoto** · December 19, 2010, 09:55 AM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

19 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.fr/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p ref.toyama.jp%2Fcms_sec%2F1612%2F00010084%2F003762 78.pdf PDF

National Institute of Animal Health confirmed virulent virus, highly pathogenic
This virus is very similar(more than 99 %)to the virus detected in Ônuma

99.7 %(chunichi web)

details http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=156879 via ironorehopper
nhk news http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...947951000.html
nikkei http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
yomiuri online http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
jiji com http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
mainichi jp http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
chunichi web http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
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**tetano** · December 19, 2010, 04:33 PM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

2ND LD: Tottori, Toyama pref. experts check for other signs of bird flu+

Experts from the Tottori prefectural government on Sunday found 16 dead birds in the city of Yonago during field surveys conducted to look for signs of abnormalities in wild birds after the detection of a strain of the highly pathogenic avian flu virus in a dead swan in the prefecture.

The experts said they will send the birds to Tottori University to investigate whether they were infected with the deadly bird flu virus.

About 20 animal specialists patrolled roads, stretches of coastline and other areas within a 10-kilometer radius of a house in Yonago where the infected swan was found, and within a 10 km radius of a poultry farm hit earlier by bird flu in the neighboring city of Yasugi in Shimane Prefecture, officials said. The house and the farm are about 7 km apart.

The Tottori prefectural branch of the Wild Bird Society of Japan also conducted an emergency survey of rivers and lakes in the western Japan prefecture but did not found any dead or dying birds, they said.

The swan -- a wild young tundra swan -- was found ailing on Dec. 4 on the balcony of the house in Yonago and died the next day. The DNA structure of the H5N1 strain of flu virus it was carrying was "partially identical" to that confirmed at the farm in Yasugi early this month, suggesting there was a link, a university expert said Saturday.

Meanwhile, in Toyama Prefecture, where the H5 strain of bird flu was detected in one of two dead swans found Thursday in a park in the city of Takaoka, experts from the Toyama prefectural government watched around 2,000 migratory birds through binoculars at a botanical garden in the city of Toyama and visited poultry farms in Takaoka.

The experts also conducted on-site inspections at chicken farms and facilities including the prefecture's farming research center to check that they had been adequately disinfected and bird nets were being used properly to prevent the entry of wild birds.

Samples from the infected bird, a mute swan, have been sent to the National Institute of Animal Health in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, for tests to determine if the virus is virulent, local officials said.

In the wake of the bird flu infections in Tottori and Toyama prefectures, the Hyogo prefectural government also said it has decided to stop displaying white storks, designated as a special national treasure, raised at its park in Toyooka, to prevent contact with infected wild birds. Hyogo Prefecture is adjacent to Tottori Prefecture.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

**makoto** · December 20, 2010, 02:26 AM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

20 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p ref.toyama.jp%2Fcms_sec%2F1612%2F00010084%2F003763 10.pdf
http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...sakuhonbu1.pdf

20 Dec.,
found dead golden pheasant(chinese pheasant) at 08:45 AM in the castle site park' Zoo
dead bird transferred to livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-western
simple test was negative at 11:00 AM
and dead bird transfers to livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-eastern

and MOE and Toyama prefecture made an inspection of castle site park
collected droppings

sankei news http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
webun http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

20 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...2F00376479.pdf

20 Dec., 3 officers of MOE made an inspection of castle site park, Tajiri reservoir at 14:30 PM
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20 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture　http://www.pref.toyama.jp/cms_sec/16...4/00376613.pdf　PDF

viral isolation result: 96 hours
mute swan died on 16 Dec

1, #4 trachea; HA: negative, simple-test: negative
2, #4 trachea; HA: negative, simple-test: negative
3, #4 cloaca; HA: negative, simple-test: negative
4, #4 cloaca; HA: x32, 43 hours, simple-test: positive
5, #5 trachea; HA: negative, simple-test: negative
6, #5 trachea; HA: negative, simple-test: negative
7, #5 cloaca; HA: negative, simple-test: negative
8, #5 cloaca; HA: negative, simple-test: negative

**Shiloh** · December 20, 2010, 10:32 PM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

Source: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0101221a3.html

Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010

Toyama bird flu strain deemed highly lethal

TOYAMA (Kyodo) The highly infectious H5 avian flu virus found in a dead swan in Toyama Prefecture is very lethal and extremely close to the strains that infected birds in Shimane Prefecture and Hokkaido, the National Institute of Animal Health said late Sunday...

...The DNA sequence of the virus found in Toyama was 99.7 percent identical to that of the H5N1 strain seen in Yasugi, and the national institute in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, was expected to clarify its type Tuesday, officials said...

**makoto** · December 21, 2010, 07:44 AM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

21 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...2F00377004.pdf

National Institute of Animal Health confirmed HPAI A(H5N1)

mainichi jp http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

**makoto** · December 23, 2010, 04:11 AM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

22 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p ref.toyama.jp%2Fsections%2F1612%2Ftori_influenza%2 Ffiles%2F221222nogyogizyutsu1.pdf
http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...sakuhonbu1.pdf

golden pheasant

the 1st virus isolation test 48 hours was negative
now, the 2nd virus isolation test 96 hours
the result will be announced on 24 Dec

and MOE made an inspection of castle site park
collected total 283 droppings(20 and 22 Dec)

mainichi jp http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

24 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://www.pref.toyama.jp/sections/1...yogizyutsu.pdf

golden pheasant

the 2nd virus isolation test 96 hours was negative

**makoto** · December 25, 2010, 12:27 PM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

25 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://www.pref.toyama.jp/sections/1...yogizyutsu.pdf

25 Dec.,
found dead copper pheasant(phasianus soemmerringii ijimae) at 08:45 AM in the castle site park' Zoo
dead bird transferred to livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-western
simple test was negative at 12:20 PM
and dead bird transfers to livestock hygiene service center of Toyama-eastern
virus isolation test running

the result will be announced on 27 Dec

copper pheasant;
birthday: 7 Jun 2010
arrives at zoo: 8 Dec 2010
sexuality: ♀
place: pheasant cage

sankei news http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsankei.jp.msn.com%2Flife%2Fbo dy%2F101225%2Fbdy1012251705001-n1.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2
knb news http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...1225_26572.htm
mainichi jp http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

27 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...yogizyutsu.pdf

copper pheasant

the 1st virus isolation test 48 hours was negative
now, the 2nd virus isolation test 96 hours
the result will be announced on 29 Dec

mainichi jp http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

29 Dec., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/transl...yogizyutsu.pdf

copper pheasant

the 2nd virus isolation test 96 hours was negative

**makoto** · January 6, 2011, 01:47 AM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture

5 Jan., press release by Toyama prefecture http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p ref.toyama.jp%2Fsections%2F1612%2Ftori_influenza%2 Ffiles%2F221227-1nogyogizyutsu.pdf

283 droppings were negative
*collected droppings 20 & 22 Dec

the surveillance to within a 10-kilometer radius of the Zoo terminates if there is no re-outbreak until 7 Jan
and the Zoo reopens on 8 Jan

however, Takaoka city keeps under surveillance because the poultry farmer takes thought for the infection spread

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yomiuri online http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2
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**makoto** · January 7, 2011, 09:15 PM

**makoto** · February 27, 2011, 02:24 AM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture confirmed

Swan getting Kitakikô ready

swan waits for the time at Tajiri pond
yomiuri online
tajiri pond plz see #7

yomiuri online http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yomiuri.co.jp%2Fe-japan%2Ftoyama%2Fnews%2F20110221-OYT8T01155.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

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**makoto** · March 10, 2011, 06:45 PM

Re: Japan - H5N1 at castle site park in Toyama prefecture confirmed

"Kitakik?" fly away to the north begins at Tajiri pond

1st flock
a flock of 36 tundra swans flew away into the northern sky on 9 Mar
KNB

knb http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/eng...=JAEN&wb_dis=2

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