Netherlands - H5N8 Avian Influenza Outbreak - 150,000 Chickens Culled - No New Cases - Transport Ban Lifted

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Re: Netherlands - Avian Influenza in Hekendorp, Utrecht province - 150,000 chickens culled - High Pathogenic H5N8 - Nationwide transport ban

I was wondering whether some wild birds are maybe attracted to the poultry farms
by their odeur. The wind direction was right from a lake to a poulty farm in
Heinrichswalde and Hekendorp. They found the Baikal teals in Dongjing
and a big role of migratory birds in the outbreak in Korea,2014

can birds smell ?

http://mag.audubon.org/articles/birds/birds-can-smell-and-one-scientist-leading-charge-prove-it

> For more than a century nearly everyone believed birds sense of smell was poorly developed
> or nonexistent. They were wrong.

Frightened chicks vomit a foul-smelling orange liquid, likely becoming a less attractive
snack to a potential predator;

https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Avian_Sense.html

good: cranes, grebes, [Kranich,Haubentaucher]
the smells in air currents near their lofts help pigeons navigate

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21857925

pigeons only navigate well when they perceive environmental odours.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21753043

Penguins are attracted to dimethyl sulphide at sea.

> Olfactory and visual sensory mechanisms seem to play a critical role in migratory orientation
> and navigation

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Netherlands - Avian Influenza in Hekendorp, Utrecht province - 150,000 chickens culled - High Pathogenic H5N8 - Nationwide transport ban

OIE

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Netherlands

Information received on 16/11/2014 from Dr Christianne Bruschke, Chief Veterinary Officer , Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague, Netherlands


Summary

Report type - Immediate notification
Date of start of the event - 14/11/2014
Date of pre-confirmation of the event - 16/11/2014
Report date - 16/11/2014
Date submitted to OIE - 16/11/2014
Reason for notification - Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence - 2003
Manifestation of disease - Clinical disease
Causal agent - Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype - H5N8
Nature of diagnosis - Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to - a defined zone within the country

Outbreak 1 Hekendorp, UTRECHT
Date of start of the outbreak - 14/11/2014
Outbreak status - Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit - Farm

Affected animals
Species/ Susceptible/ Cases/ Deaths/ Destroyed /Slaughtered
Birds/ 150000/ 1000/ 1000/ 149000/ 0
Affected population Layer hens and breeding hens

OIE

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Re: Netherlands - Avian Influenza in Hekendorp, Utrecht province - 150,000 chickens culled - High Pathogenic H5N8 - Nationwide transport ban

Fouchier presumably knows the sequences and he thinks it were wild birds

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Renowned virologist and bird flu expert Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center in
Rotterdam explained it was a mystery how the virus had reached the Netherlands.
"We have no idea where it's coming from," he said, noting that the flu had "popped up,
out of nowhere, in farms without any poultry trade record with Asia".
Fouchier said that the infection likely came through wild waterbirds, such as ducks,
geese or swans, that had migrated from Asia and left droppings near the Dutch farm.
Fouchier said he did not expect other farms or humans to become infected as outdoor
poultry farms had been relocated indoors.

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Renowned virologist and bird flu expert Ron Fouchier said that British authorities had told European
authorities that their virus is the same H5N8 strain as found in Germany earlier this month and now
in the Netherlands.
"The UK virus is also similar to the German one, that would mean that it's the H5N8 strain,?
Fouchier told AFP.
An EU source told reporters that it is "most likely the same strain in all three places," the Netherlands,
Britain and Germany.
The source said "more outbreaks would not be surprising" in countries such as France, Spain and Italy
as the "disease might have come from swans migrating from north to south."

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Re: Netherlands - Avian Influenza in Hekendorp, Utrecht province - 150,000 chickens culled - High Pathogenic H5N8 - Nationwide transport ban

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/11/19/who-braces-for-bird-flu-spread-in-europe.html

WHO said the virus had most likely moved from Asia to Europe with migratory wild birds
So far, no cases of human infection have been detected, either in Asia or in Europe, Mumford said.
She acknowledged though that 'influenza viruses are very unpredictable, and it's very difficult
to tell what a new virus will do'.
she “absolutely” expected more bird flocks to fall sick.

http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/662086

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Netherlands - H5N8 Avian Influenza Outbreak - 150,000 Chickens Culled - No New Cases - Transport Ban Lifted

Netherlands: No new bird flu cases, transport ban lifted

18.11.14 @ 19:59

BY EUOBSERVER

The nationwide prohibition on transporting poultry, eggs, and poultry manure in the Netherlands has been lifted after tests showed no farms in a zone of 10 kilometres around the affected farm have been infected with bird flu. The restrictions on the 10-km zone remain in place for one month.

More in Dutch: Geen nieuwe vogelgriep gevonden, landelijk vervoersverbod ingetrokken

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Re: Netherlands - H5N8 Avian Influenza Outbreak - 150,000 Chickens Culled - No New Cases - Transport Ban Lifted

http://www.meatinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/17625/BREAKING:_Yorkshire_bird_flu_strain_identified.html

English Defra confirmed H5N8, same strain as in NL