Undiagnosed die-off, herons-Spain (Valencia)

[ukcz]

Spanish Deputy Prime Minister States There Are No Bird Flu Cases
12 February 2006

Madrid. In connection to published information about first bird flu cases registered in Italy and Greece Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandes de la Vega quickly clamed the people by stating there are no bird flu cases in Spain yet, El Mundo newspaper reads.

Minister de la Vega said the government has taken all necessary measures to combat spread of bird flu and therefore there is no need to worry.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=135&newsid=82535&ch=0&datte=2006-02-12

[Note: There needs to be a "doh!" or a "tosser" icon!]

[Cautel]

Re: Spain

From typicallyspanish.com
National
Spain to increase controls on migratory birds amid Bird Flu fears this Spring
By h.b.
Mon, 13 Feb 2006, 17:39
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/printer_2572.shtml


Spain is to increase controls on migratory birds to try and avoid the arrival of Bird Flu.

Following the cases in Italy and Greece, and also in Nigeria, Spain will now double its control on the birds. Environment Minister, Cristina Narbona, says the plans are in line with those being enforced elsewhere in Europe.

It?s thought the Nigeria case in particular puts Spain on the route for migratory birds this Spring.

The Environment Ministry is to work with the Agriculture and Health Ministries to see what additional controls can be enforced.

Action protocols are also being established to indicate what should be done in the case that the virus reaches Spain, designed to isolate and quarantine an affected area as quickly as possible.


? typicallyspanish.com

[Theresa42]

Analysis to a duck died in Pamplona in case it had the aviaria influenza

babelfished from Spanish:

Analysis to a duck died in Pamplona in case it had the aviaria influenza

A duck appeared died Saturday in the evening in the lake Pamplon?s of Mendillorri has activated the procedure against possible cases of aviaria influenza in Navarre, informs east Sunday the press into the region, cuysa authorities have sent samples from the corpse to Madrid to be analyzed.

It will make the laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, located in the locality of Algete and whose experts will determine if the duck suffered the aviaria influenza. The central Government admitted days back that the arrival to Spanish territory is "probable" from migratory coming from Nigeria and infected birds with the virus of the aviaria influenza.

http://actualidad.tiscali.es/articulo.jsp?pos=2&sub=1&content=442917

[Bruce]

Spain: Birds, two possible cases

The authorities are investigating two possible cases of bird flu in Spain By m.p. Sun, 19 Feb 2006, 23:31 http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news...cle_2703.shtml The government of Navarra has initiated the protocol established for the bird flu virus, after a duck was found dead on Mendillorri Lake in Pamplona. Photo - EFE.
Analyses for the HN51 bird flu virus are being carried out on the bodies of two birds, which were found dead in La Rioja and Navarra over the weekend.

The first bird, a duck, was found near Mendillori Lake in Pamplona on Saturday. The results of the analyses of its body are expected to be completed on Monday. The Navarra government say the analyses are being carried out under the protocol established a year ago after bird flu first appeared, and which has been activated on previous occasions in the region. They believe the duck is not migratory, and belongs to a species which normally lives on the lake.

The regional government of La Rioja confirmed on Sunday that a migratory bird, which reports say could be a heron, was found dead on the banks of a river in Anguciana.

[DB]

Agriculture Minister calls for calm as more dead birds are found in Spain

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news...cle_2733.shtml
Agriculture Minister calls for calm as more dead birds are found in Spain
By m.p.
Mon, 20 Feb 2006, 23:28

There have been another two cases of dead birds found in Spain, since the three cases reported in La Rioja, Navarra and M?stoles at the weekend.
Three swans and twenty or so pigeons have been found dead in Le?n, and the bodies of another two wild birds were found in the Delta del Llobregat. All the bodies are being analysed for possible infection with Bird Flu.

The government and health experts have made a plea for calm, and the Agriculture Minister, Elena Espinosa, has issued a reminder that 5,500 analyses have been carried out on the bodies of dead birds in the past year, and the results in all the cases were negative.

The European Commission has voted against financial aid for countries where sales of poultry have dropped amid fears of Bird Flu contagion.

[Texanna]

Undiagnosed die-off, herons-Spain (Valencia)

UNDIAGNOSED DIE-OFF, HERONS - SPAIN (VALENCIA) (02)
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006
From: Pablo Nart <<mailto:pablo.nart@gmail.com>pablo.nart@gmail.com >


[ProMED post 20060208.0418, published on 8 Feb 2006, included media-derived
information on die-off of herons in Valencia, Spain. The potential aetiologies
mentioned included, among others, avian influenza and poisoning. ProMED-mail
raised the possibility that the birds might have been Cattle egrets( _Bubulcus
ibis_) rather then herons, and asked for results of laboratory tests. No
response has been obtained.

A follow-up, applying media search and personal enquiries, was kindly carried
out by Pablo Nart, who reported the following data on 16 Feb 2006. We regret
the delayed in posting. - Mod.AS]


Samples from the affected birds were sent to different laboratories in the
country for toxicological, pathological, and microbiological examination. The
Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) Central Laboratories in Algete, Madrid
(Laboratorio de Sanidad y Produccion Animal) is in charge of analyzing and
reporting all samples collected in Spain where avian influenza is suspected.
Results are pending.

The affected birds were, indeed, Cattle egrets (Garza bueyera, _Bubulcus
ibis_). It appears that, given the rather indiscriminate eating habits of
these birds, similar episodes are not uncommon in the area.

The Valencia wetlands, Albufera, where this event was reported, was classified
in October 2005 as an avian influenza risk area. Consequently, systematic
surveillance is applied there, including regular fecal and blood sample
collection from susceptible species.

The following web-sites were consulted:
<http://servicios.lasprovincias.es/va...ias/CValencian
a/200510/27/VAL-SUB-129.html>

<http://servicios.lasprovincias.es/va...ias/CValencian
a/200510/27/VAL-CVA-128.html>