Philippines: 40,000 chickens culled in Nueva Ecija town - Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N6 confirmed by OIE

[Shiloh]

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/948010/...rd-flu-poultry


40,000 chickens culled in Nueva Ecija town
By: Armand Galang - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:15 PM November 27, 2017

CABIAO, NUEVA ECIJA ? Workers culled 42,000 chickens in a village here on November 21, provincial administrator Alejandro Abesamis, confirmed on Monday, but neither he nor local officials had explained why.

Cabiao is near San Isidro, one of two towns quarantined in August by the Department of Agriculture due to bird flu infestations that forced veterinarians and poultry owners to destroy about 300,000 birds there.

Sources said the chickens were raised by a poultry farm in Barangay Concepcion here. There are 15 poultry farms operating in Cabiao, five of which have been inactive since September, local government records showed.

Dr. Soledad Garcia, municipal veterinary officer, would not comment on the birds? destruction, saying she was prohibited from discussing issues by the protocol established after the August bird flu incident...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/da-to-...n-nueva-ecija/


DA to conduct random tests on poultry farms in Nueva Ecija
By Jasper Y. Arcalas -
November 28, 2017


The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) will soon conduct random laboratory tests on farms surrounding a poultry farm in a Nueva Ecija town where about 40,000 birds were culled, according to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Pi?ol.

Pi?ol issued the statement after receiving reports that ?at least 40,000 birds? were culled in a poultry farm in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, by the owner. He also said he has ordered the implementation of the Department of Agricultures (DA?s) revised avian-influenza (AI) protocol in the area as a preventive measure.

?The [agriculture secretary] commends the farm owner and the local veterinary officials for their vigilance. While waiting for confirmatory tests, they took it upon themselves to act,? he said in a statement on Monday.

?This is the kind of spirit that we need. There is, therefore, no reason to be alarmed. Also, the DA-BAI will now be implementing new protocols in handling cases like this,? Pi?ol added.

Under the revised AI protocol, the DA-BAI will only conduct culling operations in bird flu-affected farms. The DA has removed the 1-kilometer control area and the 7-km quarantine radius.

?Other farms surrounding the area will be subjected to random tests. [And] there will be no curtailment in the movement of stocks,? he said.

?These new protocols are in line with international standards and approved by the industry stakeholders during the last [Philippine Council on Agriculture Fisheries] meeting. The DA is in full and complete control and necessary safeguards are in place,? Pi?ol added.

A news report said on Monday workers in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, culled some 42,000 birds, but local officials were mum on the incident. The culled birds were raised in Barangay Concepcion.

Local officials could not comment on the incident because under the AI Protection Program. Manual of Procedures of 2016, only the DA chief may announce that bird flu struck an area, upon the recommendation of the BAI-Animal Health and Welfare Division...

[Shiloh]

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/949174/...d-had-bird-flu


NUEVA ECIJA CASE
DA: 42,000 chickens culled had bird flu
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:03 AM December 02, 2017

CABANATUAN CITY?The 42,000 chickens that were culled and buried last week in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija province, were infected with avian flu, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi?ol said here on Friday.

Pi?ol said that the infection had been confined to a poultry farm in Barangay Concepcion in Cabiao, following the culling on Nov. 21. He blamed the smuggling of chickens from towns that were quarantined in August, when the first bird flu cases were reported.

?Yes, there was an incidence of bird flu in that farm in Cabiao, and we have already culled [every infected bird] ? There is no reason to be alarmed,? Pi?ol told members of Butil Farmers? Party here...

...Pi?ol did not identify the flu strain that affected the Cabiao farm, but said it affected only chickens.

He also said there was no cover-up of the incident in Cabiao. He said the impact of the first bird flu infections had crippled the poultry industry, so the government was careful and did not want to blow the cases out of proportion.

But tests were being conducted in farms surrounding the affected poultry in Cabiao, he said...

[Commonground]

Bird-flu case in Cabiao to delay resumption of chicken exports

December 4, 2107
Exporters would have to wait until the first quarter of 2018 for the Philippines to regain its bird flu-free status, after a new case of avian influenza (AI) was discovered in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija.

The discovery of AI in a layer farm in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, reset the country?s countdown to bird flu-free status. Under the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Heath, or OIE, a country will only be declared free from bird flu if it would not report any outbreak within 90 days after the final disinfection of the affected areas.
-snip-
On December 1 Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Pi?ol confirmed that a poultry farm in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, was hit by bird flu, resulting in the culling of at least 40,000 layers.
-snip-

He disclosed that he received reports of ?unusual chicken mortalities? in the Cabiao farm on November 12, and received confirmation that it was caused by bird flu on the same day. Pi?ol said the strain that hit the Cabiao farm was also H5N6.
continued: https://businessmirror.com.ph/bird-flu-case-in-cabiao-to-delay-resumption-of-chicken-exports/

[Pathfinder]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Philippines

Information received on 21/12/2017 from Dr Enrico Garzon, Assistant Secretary for Livestock, Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, Quezon City, Philippines

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 4 Date of start of the event 24/07/2017 Date of confirmation of the event 07/08/2017 Report date 21/12/2017 Date submitted to OIE 21/12/2017 Reason for notification First occurrence of a listed disease Manifestation of disease Clinical disease Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N6 Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Necropsy This event pertains to a defined zone within the country Related reports Immediate notification (11/08/2017) Follow-up report No. 1 (23/08/2017) Follow-up report No. 2 (25/08/2017) Follow-up report No. 3 (04/09/2017) Follow-up report No. 4 (21/12/2017)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 District IV, Cabiao, NUEVA ECIJA Date of start of the outbreak 11/11/2017 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 42000 27675 27675 14325 0

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Birds 42000 27675 27675 14325 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Birds 65.89% 65.89% 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

Control measures Measures applied Movement control inside the country Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Screening Quarantine Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Zoning Disinfection Ante and post-mortem inspections Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals Measures to be applied Traceability Control of wildlife reservoirs Process to inactivate the pathogenic agent in products or by-products

Diagnostic test results Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result Animal Disease Diagnostic and Reference Laboratory (ADDRL) (National laboratory) Birds real-time PCR 16/11/2017 Positive

Future Reporting The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

...

http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=24973