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    Bird Flu virus detected in Jhapa, again

    Kantipur Report

    JHAPA, Feb 20 - Bird flu has been detected in a village of Jhapa district in eastern Nepal on Friday.

    H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, the causative agent of the dreaded bird flu, has been detected in a chicken sample collected from Sharanamati VDC of the district, spokesperson at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Hari Dahal said.

    The virus was detected in a chicken imported from India.

    Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is set to organise a press conference to give further information about the outbreak.

    Nepal had managed to remain unscathed by the avian virus even after it was traced in neighboring villages of India and the first outbreak of the disease was confirmed in mid-January.

    After the first outbreak of the disease in the country on Jan. 16, the government had declared emergency in the area that lied within a radius of ten kilometre from the quarantine office in Kakarbhitta of Jhapa.

    Posted on: 2009-02-20

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    Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal (2/20/2009) [WAHID Interface - OIE]
    Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

    Information received on 20/02/2009 from Dr Mainali Purushottam Prasad, Joint Secretary, OIE Delegate, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives , Kathmandu, Nepal

    -- Summary
    Report type Follow-up report No. 2
    Start date 08/01/2009
    Date of first confirmation of the event 16/01/2009
    Report date 20/02/2009
    Date submitted to OIE 20/02/2009
    Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
    Date of previous occurrence 12/1996
    Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
    Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
    Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced)
    This event pertains to the whole country
    Related reports
    * Immediate notification (16/01/2009)
    * Follow-up report No. 1 (28/01/2009)
    * Follow-up report No. 2 (20/02/2009)

    -- New outbreaks

    - Outbreak 1 - Sharamatinamati, Jhapa, MECHI
    Date of start of the outbreak 17/02/2009
    Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
    Epidemiological unit Village
    Affected animals: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
    - Birds - ... - 150 - 150 - 0 - 0
    Affected population backyard poultry

    -- Summary of outbreaks
    Total outbreaks: 1
    Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
    - Birds - ** - ** - 100.00% - **
    * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
    ** Not calculated because of missing information

    -- Epidemiology
    Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    * Unknown or inconclusive

    -- Epidemiological comments
    Culling of birds is expected on 21 February 2009.

    -- Control measures
    Measures applied
    * Quarantine
    * Movement control inside the country
    * Zoning
    * Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
    * Vaccination prohibited
    * No treatment of affected animals
    Measures to be applied
    * Stamping out

    -- Diagnostic test results
    Laboratory name and type Central Disease Investigation Laboratory (National laboratory)
    Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
    - Birds - polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - 20/02/2009 - Positive
    Laboratory name and type Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE?s Reference Laboratory)
    Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
    - Birds - real-time PCR - 20/02/2009 - Positive

    -- Future Reporting
    The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.
    -
    <cite cite="http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=7812" >WAHID Interface - OIE World Animal Health Information Database</cite>

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      The execution of more birds in the area affected by bird flu in eastern Nepal


      Kathmandu, February 24, 2009 (Xinhua)

      The rapid response teams and published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to control the spread of bird flu, the execution of 1035 chickens and 10 ducks, 53 pigeons and 205 eggs destroyed in the area and the surrounding areas Ruebary Charanamaty the village of Jhapa district in eastern Nepal by Monday.
      ووفقا لموقع ((نيبال نيوز دوت كوم)) اليوم (الثلاثاء) فان عمليات إعدام الطيور بدأت يوم الاحد بعد اعلان المنطقة المحيطة برويمارى "منطقة مصابة بانفلونزا الطيور".



      According to the website ((Nepal News online)) today (Tuesday), the culling operations began on Sunday after the announcement of the surrounding area Bruimary "area infected with bird flu."
      ومن المتوقع ان تنتهى العملية قريبا حيث لا توجد مزارع دواجن كبيرة فى المنطقة.





      Process is expected to end soon, as there is no large poultry farms in the region.
      ويتوقع وجود 9 آلاف دجاجة في القرية.
      It is expected the presence of 9 thousand chickens in the village.
      ونشرت وزارة الزراعة والتعاونيات 50 فنيا بالمنطقة المتضررة بانفلونزا الطيور لمنع تفشي فيروس اتش 5 ان 1 .



      And published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 50 technical area affected by bird flu to prevent the spread of HIV, 5, 1.
      ونجحت نيبال فى الحفاظ على سلامتها بعيدة عن إنفلونزا الطيور حتى بعد ان تفشى فى القرى المجاورة فى الهند.



      Nepal has succeeded in maintaining its integrity is far from avian flu, even after the outbreak in the neighboring villages in India.
      وبعد الانتشار الأول للمرض فى البلاد فى 16 يناير الماضى، اعلنت الحكومة حالة الطوارئ فى المنطقة.



      After the first deployment of the disease in the country in January 16 last, the government declared a state of emergency in the region.
      وقالت وزارة الزراعة والتعاونيات انه سيتم اتخاذ اجراءات للسيطرة على الفيروس.



      The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will be the adoption of measures to control the virus.
      وفي منطقة الطوارئ سيتم تدمير كل الطيور ومنتجات الطيور والمواد المستخدمة في انتاج الدواجن .



      In the emergency will be the destruction of all birds and bird products and materials used in the production of poultry. [/left]

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        IRIN - NEPAL: Bird flu returns
        NEPAL: Bird flu returns

        KATHMANDU, 24 February 2009 (IRIN) -

        Bird flu has reappeared in Jhapa District, nearly 500km south-east of the capital, Kathmandu, despite government efforts to control the deadly virus.


        The Himalayan nation confirmed its first case of the H5NI virus on 16 January.

        Barely a week earlier the government reported that the risk had been contained after culling more than 28,000 chickens and other birds in the area.

        But on 20 February, the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Kathmandu and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Reference Laboratory, Weybridge, in London confirmed the H5NI strain in six chicken samples collected from a poultry farm in Sharamati Village Development Committee (VDC) in the district. The samples had been sent to the labs after 150 chickens died.

        ?Our rapid response team [RRT] has been working actively to control the virus,? said senior government official Hari Dahal, a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), which is leading control efforts.

        According to the agriculture minister, the rapid response teams have culled more than 1,000 chickens, ducks, pigeons and eggs in the areas around Sharamati.

        Places including Pathnapada, Biringkhola, Tangandubba and Mechetole, near the Indian border in the south, have been declared emergency areas.

        The government hopes to complete the culling process soon given that there are not many poultry farms with more than 9,000 chickens.

        Growing concerns
        However, even government officials expressed concern that as a landlocked country, Nepal remained at risk given its geographical proximity to China and India, which have a history of bird flu epidemics.

        A week ago, a team of experts from the UN Crisis Management Centre-Animal Health (CMC-AH) warned of significant risks after visiting affected areas in the eastern region in the first week of February.

        They stressed the urgent need for more laboratory equipment and upgrades for effective diagnosis. In addition, there was a crucial need for active surveillance.

        Officials told IRIN the government was already planning a three-month-long surveillance campaign in the affected areas. It has also banned the transportation of poultry products countrywide.

        The MOAC has issued strict instructions to officials to quarantine border areas, with particular attention to the Nepal-India border, which stretches about 1,800km in the south.

        Meanwhile, the west of the country has also been put on high alert, according to officials.

        "There is no case of bird flu virus but we have been taking extra precautions to avoid any risks,? said Muni Lal Chaudhary, chief of the western region?s Regional Livestock Quarantine Office.

        He explained that active testing of poultry had started on farms in Banke, Bardiya and Dang districts and others, more than 500km west of the capital.

        At the same time, government teams have been mobilised to alert local communities about the potential dangers.

        According to the World Health Organization (WHO), since 2003 there have been 408 confirmed human cases of avian influenza worldwide, of whom 254 died.

        WHO remains concerned that the H5N1 virus might mutate or combine with a highly contagious seasonal influenza virus to spark a pandemic that could kill millions of people.

        nn/ds/mw
        Theme(s): (IRIN) Avian Flu, (IRIN) Early Warning, (IRIN) Health & Nutrition
        [ENDS]
        -
        <cite cite="http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=83112">IRIN Asia | Asia | Nepal | NEPAL: Bird flu returns | Avian Flu Early Warning Health & Nutrition | News Item</cite>

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          Saturday, February 28, 2009

          Bird flu feared as hundreds of chicken die near Biratnagar


          Two days after the government completed its culling and killing operation of poultry and poultry products in Sharanamati VDC of Jhapa to control bird-flu detected in the area a week ago, almost 1,000 chickens in farms in Tankisinuwari of Morang district have died sending a pang of panic among the locals.
          Some 400 chickens belonging to Dinesh Sitaula and 600 chickens belonging to Kiran Kafle died on Friday and Saturday, news reports said. The chickens started salivating and had swollen heads before they died, said the owners. The locals are scared of a bird-flu outbreak with flocks of chicken dying.
          Initial investigation on the samples have tested negative to bird-flu, according to technicians from the Regional Animal Disease Diagnosis Laboratory (RADDL), Biratnagar.
          Veterinary technicians have collected samples of the dead chicken for further investigation. The samples have been brought to Kathmandu for further tests. nepalnews.com Feb 28 09
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            400 chickens die in Mahottari; investigation on to find the cause
            Some 400 chickens belonging to Chitra Bahadur Shrestha in Gaushala VDC of Mahottari have died in the past one week.
            Samples are being tested to ascertain the reason for the death of the chickens. Locals are panicked as a local veterinary doctor expressed suspicion of bird flu.
            Some samples have been sent to Regional Animal Disease Investigation Laboratory in Janakpur and blood samples have been sent to Kathmandu on Monday for the tests.
            Doctors have urged the locals not to consume chicken and import poultry products from India as a precautionary measure.
            Last week 1,000 chickens had died of Newcastle disease in two poultry farms in Morang. nepalnews.com Mar 03 09


            http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/200...r03/news07.php

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              <table class="lan18" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="97%"><tbody><tr><td class="hei22" valign="bottom" height="25"> Sudden death of chickens sparks bird flu fear in south Nepal
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              </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="97%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="48%">www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-03 11:36:06 </td> <td class="hui12" align="center" width="26%"> </td> <td class="hui12" align="center" width="12%"> Print</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody><tr> <td height="20">
              </td> </tr> </tbody></table>  KATHMANDU, March 3 (Xinhua) -- More than a dozen chickens belonging to two poultry farms in south Nepal district died of an unidentified disease triggering fear of bird flu outbreak in the area, local newspaper The Himalayan Times reported on Tuesday.
              The chickens died in the farms owned by Ramdev Mandal in Mirchaiya and Ramsewak Mahara in Materwa in Siraha district, some 150 km south of Nepali capital Kathmandu.
              Eleven chickens from Mahara's farm and eight from Mandal's farmdied on Sunday night, the report said.
              The District Livestock Service Office of Siraha has sent a team of veterinarians equipped with necessary medicines to the area, according to Dr. Mohammad Mustafa of the office.
              "The chickens might have died of cold. However, the reason for the deaths could be ascertained only after tests," he said.
              Ram Kripal Shah, deputy assistant technician at Area Livestock Service Office, Ramnagar Mirchaiya, said the area was under close watch.
              Meanwhile, meat-sellers in the area have started selling chicken at a reduced price, suspecting that the chickens might have died of bird flu.



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                No bird flu found in central region of Nepal - Xinhua
                No bird flu found in central region of Nepal

                www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-04 11:15:06
                KATHMANDU, March 4 (Xinhua) --

                The Central Regional Livestock Directorate has said the bird flu virus has not been found in the central region of Nepal till date, The Kathmandu Post reported on Wednesday.


                Organizing a press meeting here on Tuesday, the Directorate said the bird flu virus has not been detected in the Central Region and necessary alertness has been maintained to fend off the possible menace.

                The Directorate said the ban on import of the poultry and its products are in effect, adding that there has reported any illegal import.

                Moreover, it has kept the livestock employees and police on alert round the clock on the border areas from where the poultry is being entered into the central region.

                After the first outbreak of the disease in the country on Jan. 16, the government had declared emergency in affected area of Sarnamati village in Jhapa district in eastern Nepal.

                Editor: Xiong Tong
                -
                <cite cite="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/04/content_10940713.htm">No bird flu found in central region of Nepal _English_Xinhua</cite>

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                  hat tip Kobie -

                  Sell of chicken banned


                  Kantipur Report



                  HETAUDA, March 13 - In a bid to control a potential bird flu epidemic, a meeting of the Regional Bird Flu Disease Control Coordination Committee held on Wednesday has banned the selling of local chickens in weekly market and in open public places. The meeting also decided to ban import on birds and poultry. According to the provision made by the Committee, people associated with import/export of bird and poultry must carry a quarantine certificate.


                  Posted on: 2009-03-13 04:06:59



                  Kantipur Daily is Nepal's no 1 Nepali news portal and Kantipur Daily's official website. This delivers the latest breaking news and information on latest top stories, national, international, politics, sports, business, finance, entertainment, photo-gallery, audio, video and more.

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                    Source: http://news-en.trend.az/world/wnews/1468132.html

                    Unidentified disease kills 800 chickens in eastern Nepal
                    09.05.09 10:06

                    An unidentified disease killed around 800 chickens at Nawalpur in Sarlahi district in eastern Nepal, the National News Agency RSS reported on Saturday, according to Xinhua.
                    It is learnt that those chickens were kept at a local farm in the district, some 150 km east of Kathmandu.
                    With the bird flu fear still doing the rounds in the district, local residents have been concerned due to the death of farm birds.
                    Veterinarian Dr. Sushil Adhikari said he is clueless about the sudden death of the chickens.
                    Poultry entrepreneur Deepak Ranabhat said they are panicked following the incident.
                    The local administration had banned the import of poultry products from India.
                    But a local, Ajay Shrestha, said that despite the ban, chicken are being imported from the neighboring country.

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                      Source: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/in...s&news_id=6017

                      Govt lifts bird flu ban


                      PRABHAKAR GHIMIRE
                      KATHMANDU, June 8: The government has lifted over three month-long ban on farming and transportation of poultry products in Mechi Municipality, where the first case of bird flu was detected.

                      A cabinet meeting on Friday took the decision after two surveillance teams comprising experts and technicians found no sign of the avian influenza within the radius of 10 km of Mechi customs office -- the flashpoint of bird flu. The first case of bird-flu was detected on January 16 in a small non-commercial poultry farm.

                      "The cabinet took the decision as per our proposal to ease the ban on farming and movement of poultry in the affected area as we didn?t find any case of bird flu during a 90-day surveillance," Dr Hari Dahal, spokesperson at the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives (MoAC) told myrepublica.com on Sunday.

                      The Department of Livestock (DoL) had, a couple of week ago, recommended to the MoAC to lift the ban immediately after the completion of more than three months of surveillance in the affected area.

                      Prabhakar Pathak, DoL director general, said the recommendation was made after studying reports submitted by district-level and central-level surveillance teams.

                      The government had maintained strict restriction on taming and transportation of fowls within a three km radius of the affected area and kept close watch on symptoms of bird flu within the radius of three to 10 km.

                      Pathak also said that the DoL is also preparing to made recommendation to lift the ban on poultry farming and transportation of poultry products in Sharanamati VDC of Jhapa -- where the second bird flu case was detected on February 22.

                      As per the existing Bird-flu Control Order 2007, the government can lift ban on farming and transportation of poultry products in the bird-flu affected area if a 90-day surveillance finds no new case of recurrence of the disease.

                      prabhakar@myrepublica.com

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