Hungary finds H5 bird flu virus in poultry

[Theresa42]

Hungary finds H5 bird flu virus in poultry
Friday, June 9, 2006 12:13:00 PM

Hungary's animal health authorities have found the H5 avian flu virus in domestic poultry, but it was not clear yet whether it was the deadly H5N1 subtype, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.

"The H5 virus type has been found in domestic poultry," Agriculture Ministry spokesman Andr?s D?k?ny told Reuters, without going into details.

The ministry will hold a press conference at 15:00 local time on the tasks currently lying ahead of Hungary in the fight against bird flu.

http://www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=2&i=8476

[DB]

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's Agriculture Ministry said on Friday that it suspects that a bird flu outbreak in domestic poultry is a deadly strain of the H5 virus.

"The suspicion is that it is highly pathogenic H5," Deputy Chief Vet Lajos Bognar told a press conference on Friday and ordered the slaughter of 300,000 birds.

It said the outbreak of the virus was found at a farm with more than 3,000 geese.

Bognar said the suspicion did not imply that it was the H5N1 strain of the virus and that tests needed to be conducted at Weybridge in the UK.

[DB]

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Bognar said the suspicion did not imply that it was the H5N1 strain of the virus and that tests needed to be conducted at Weybridge in the UK.

Apparently Hungary doesn't have the capabilities to test for H5N1 in their own country.

I find this to be rather interesting.

[Theresa42]

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Highly pathogenic strain of bird flu detected in Hungary, says EU
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 9-Jun-2006 22:56 hrs

Hungarian authorities have detected a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu in a flock of domestic geese although tests are yet to show whether it is the deadly H5N1 strain.

The European Union's executive arm said Friday officials have slaughtered all 2,300 geese in the flock and are also culling poultry and ducks within a one kilometer (mile) radius of the site in Bacs-Kiskun, southern Hungary.

Samples had been sent to the European Union's reference laboratory in Weybridge, outside London, to determine whether the outbreak is the H5N1 avian influenza virus.

If confirmed, it would mark the fifth outbreak of H5N1 in domestic poultry in an EU state after earlier cases in France, Sweden, Germany and Denmark. Outbreaks of H5N1 have also been detected in wild birds in thirteen EU countries.

More than 120 people have died from bird flu since late 2003, most of them in Asia, and world health officials fear that the H5N1 virus could mutate into one spread via human-to-human contact. ? AFP

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/123456.asp

[Bruce]

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