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Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
Possible cull at second farm
14 November 2007 | 11:05
POULTRY farmers in Suffolk rearing turkeys, geese and chickens were today facing their nightmare before Christmas after bird flu was confirmed in the county.
The strain of the disease found at a farm on the Suffolk/Norfolk border was confirmed as being H5N1 - the form of disease which has caused human fatalities in other parts of the world.
Birds were expected to be culled at a second farm, thought to be on the Norfolk side of the county border, as a precaution after a contact moved between the two premises. There is no indication that the disease has been found anywhere else.
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
Possible cull at second farm
14 November 2007 | 11:05
POULTRY farmers in Suffolk rearing turkeys, geese and chickens were today facing their nightmare before Christmas after bird flu was confirmed in the county.
The strain of the disease found at a farm on the Suffolk/Norfolk border was confirmed as being H5N1 - the form of disease which has caused human fatalities in other parts of the world.
Birds were expected to be culled at a second farm, thought to be on the Norfolk side of the county border, as a precaution after a contact moved between the two premises. There is no indication that the disease has been found anywhere else.
The news prompted restrictions to be placed on poultry farmers in Suffolk and sparked fears for the market in specialist meats for Christmas.
William Shipp has 8,000 free-range chickens at his farm in Henley, near Ipswich and is affected by restrictions imposed after the discovery of bird flu.
Today he said: ?We haven't heard anything officially yet, but my son has been looking up about bird flu on the computer.
?My birds can still go out, but we have to feed and water them inside so we don't attract any wild birds to the site which can spread the disease.?
The big question worrying experts was: how did bird flu arrive on a farm in the heart of Britain's poultry industry?
The animals hit were a flock of free-range turkeys and geese being fattened at Redgrave Hall Farm, near Diss, for the specialist Christmas market.
They are kept outside, allowing them to be sold as free range, but also allowing them to come into contact with wild birds.
There is a lake at Redgrave Park which is popular with wildfowl and at this time of the year it is home to thousands of migrating birds from continental Europe.
The type of bird flu is the same as that identified in Germany and the Czech Republic earlier this year, prompting fears it could have been brought in by wild birds.
A cull of 5,000 turkeys, more than 1,000 ducks and 500 geese on the infected rearing site at Redgrave Park farm was continuing today, Defra said.
It began yesterday after the alarm was raised on Sunday by poultry producer Gressingham Foods, based in Woodbridge but with farms throughout East Anglia, following turkey deaths at the farm.
Protection and surveillance zones, set at 3km and 10km respectively, and a wider restricted area covering the whole of Suffolk and much of Norfolk have been put in place.
They restrict the movement of birds and require them to be housed and isolated from wild birds.
A report by Defra into the last outbreak of H5N1 at the Bernard Matthews poultry plant in Holton, Suffolk, in February also initially blamed wild birds but it was later decided the most likely source of the infection was imported turkey meat from Hungary.
Cieran Nelson, RSPB spokesman at the society's regional headquarters, said he understood the geese on Redgrave Lake were not migratory, with them staying at the location all the year round.
?It should be innocent until proved guilty as far as wild birds are concerned. It is presumptuous to point the finger in their direction at this stage,? he said.
Mr Shipp said he was not convinced bird flu was brought in by migrating birds.
?It's a long way for a sick bird to get from Germany to Suffolk,? he said.
IPSWICH butcher George Debman has already seen the supply of local meat vary significantly over the last year as farming has been hit by a series of crises.
And he warned that the Christmas favourite - free range turkey - could be difficult to find this year.
?The problem is for producers that they are being told to take their birds inside and that means they can't be free-range any more,? he said.
?I don't think this will undermine public confidence in the poultry industry - but it could encourage people to order earlier to ensure they get what they want.?
The region's largest poultry show should have been held this weekend at Trinity Park, allowing butchers to place their Christmas orders with farmers, but that has now been cancelled.
Mr Debman, who runs Debman Butchers in Cliff Lane, said: ?I'm lucky, I get my turkeys from a farm in Essex and they aren't affected by restrictions at the moment.?
Defra are to cull four more turkey flocks as potentially ?dangerous contacts? close to the latest outbreak of bird flu.
It was decided to slaughter a total of 23,000 turkeys, which are linked to the source of the first case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu as a precaution.
An official with Defra said that the birds in the four flocks to be culled are not showing signs of the disease but the culling will be carried as soon as possible to prevent potential spread of the virus.
All the flocks are within the existing restriction zone, which covers the whole of Suffolk and three districts in Norfolk - South Norfolk, Breckland and Norwich.
The first case of bird flu, which was confirmed yesterday as the H5N1 strain by the government's acting chief vet, Dr Fred Landeg,
Was detected in a flock of 5,000 free-range turkeys at Redgrave Poultry on a Redgrave Park Farm, Redgrave.
No decision has yet been taken about the 30,000 geese which are being reared for the Christmas market by Gressingham Foods, which owns Redgrave Poultry.
The ?dangerous contact? cull only involves turkeys and it is thought that most of the flocks are linked to the Woodbridge-based Gressingham Foods operations.
Defra also allowed movement of poultry to slaughter in the two zones, the 3km and 10km zones, subject to licence.
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
H5N1 Avian Influenza update:
precautionary culling on four further premises
Following initial epidemiological work and veterinary assessment, four further premises have been identified as Dangerous Contacts. All poultry on these premises will be culled as a precautionary measure. These premises are within the existing Restricted Zone. This action is in line with our contingency plans and takes into account the level of assessed risk at this early stage in the outbreak.
In addition, some general licences to address immediate welfare issues in the area covered by the zones are being issued today.
Acting Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg said:
?At this stage we have not confirmed disease on any of these four premises. This is a precautionary measure taken to prevent any potential spread of the disease.
?I must stress again that poultry keepers in the area must be extremely vigilant, practice the highest levels of biosecurity and report any suspicions of disease to their local Animal Health office. ?
The strain of Avian Influenza present at the Infected Premises near Diss was confirmed yesterday as the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. This strain is similar to that found in Germany and the Czech Republic during the summer. Further characterisation of the virus is in progress. A full epidemiological investigation into the source of the outbreak is underway.
The national ban on bird gatherings remains firmly in place. Movement restrictions apply in the Protection, Surveillance and Restricted Zones. It has been decided today to allow some low-risk movements under general licence, including the movement of poultry to slaughter from outside the Surveillance Zone to inside and the movement of table eggs to designated packing centres for distribution. In addition, the movement of day old chicks out of the Surveillance Zone may be permitted under specific licence from Animal Health.
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
Chief vet faces toughest role yet After less than a week in the job, the UK's top vet already finds himself facing one of the biggest challenges of his career.
Fred Landeg took over as the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture's acting chief veterinary officer last Friday.
Two days later word began to trickle into his department of a possible bird-flu epidemic near at a farm on the Suffolk/Norfolk border.
By Tuesday, the outbreak had been confirmed as H5N1 - the most deadly strain - by which time his department had already swung into action.
Exclusion zones were declared, thousands of birds were culled, and strict restrictions on the movement of poultry were declared across the region.
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Mr Landeg himself embarked on a punishing round of media interviews.
His job? To explain why the restrictions were necessary; to give some background on how the disease might have spread; and most importantly to reassure the public his officers had the situation under control.
Luckily for the 59-year-old former livestock vet he had been down this road before. Leading role
Last February, as Head of Defra's Veterinary Exotic Diseases Division, he played a leading role during the last major outbreak of avian flu at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm.
His department won plaudits for the swift and effective response way it handled the situation.
"That particular outbreak was handled and put to bed very quickly," says Jonathan Long, who covered the story as livestock editor for Farmers Weekly.
"Defra vets moved quickly; they put in place existing contingency plans and it all worked - simple as that."
It added to Mr Landeg's growing reputation as an efficient trouble-shooter, and followed his role during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis, when he was given the temporary post of Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer.
Shortly after the Bernard Matthews outbreak was contained this year he was rewarded with promotion as deputy to Defra's then chief vet Debby Reynolds. Experience
Married with three sons, Mr Landeg will bring to his current role years of experience as a state veterinary officer.
Although he spent a short period at the start of his career in private practice, since 1975 he has worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, and then its replacement Defra.
He has held a variety of posts within the ministry, working as a field veterinary officer in Essex, and a senior ministry vet in both Preston and Reading. He has a particular interest in exotic veterinary diseases.
Fellow vets speak highly of his experience and knowledge.
David Catlow, former president of the British Veterinary Association said: "I have personally known Fred for much of his professional career and can confirm that he is highly thought of by his peers."
"He has an immense practical understanding of animal health at farm level, is very experienced in epizootic disease control - both delivery and policy - and is very personable."
Mr Landeg will need all these qualities and more to reassure those have most to lose from the current bird-flu outbreak - Britain's poultry industry.
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
More culls in bird flu outbreak Poultry on four further premises are to be culled after the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in turkeys on a Suffolk farm.
Government vets said the birds were being slaughtered as a precautionary measure and it was not yet known if they had contracted the virus.
A cull of 6,500 birds is continuing at the farm, near Diss, where the infection was discovered on Sunday.
Protection and surveillance zones have been set up around the affected site.
Officials have been investigating any "dangerous contact" with other flocks through human, wild bird or poultry movement.
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said there were more than four million registered poultry within the surveillance zone, with a further 25 million within the restricted zone covering Suffolk and most of Norfolk.
A Defra spokeswoman said animal health officials were trying to establish who had come on and off the infected premises as well as tracking any poultry movements to and from the site.
Acting chief vet Fred Landeg had said on Tuesday there would be no hesitation in culling poultry on other premises which were suspected of being at risk.
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A national and a local disease control centre have been established in Bury St Edmunds, with text messages sent to all bird keepers nationwide - especially in the restricted zones on the poultry register.
All poultry farmers in the area are being asked to remain vigilant and report any signs of infection.
Defra confirmed on Tuesday that the virus found in turkeys on Redgrave Park Farm was the highly-contagious H5N1 strain.
A 3km (1.9 mile) protection zone and a 10km (6.2 mile) surveillance zone have been set up around the affected site.
The slaughter of 5,000 turkeys, 1,000 ducks and 500 geese at the premises, which began on Tuesday, is continuing.
Mr Landeg had said his department was keeping an "open mind" about how the virus reached the farm, but added that early indications were that is was related to outbreaks in the Czech Republic and Germany - which suggested a wild bird source.
The affected birds were free-range - meaning they had access to the outdoors and were located near a lake used by a number of wild fowl. Christmas turkeys
Redgrave Poultry Limited, a subsidiary of Gressingham Foods which operates the farm, has issued a statement in which it said it had continued to fully co-operate with Defra over the outbreak.
It also said the farm was seasonal and prepared birds for Christmas.
But the company's operations director, Geoffrey Buchanan, stressed that no infected birds had entered the food chain.
The news of the outbreak is the latest blow to farmers who are already dealing with bluetongue and foot-and-mouth disease.
But the National Farmers' Union's poultry board chairman, Charles Bourns, said he did not think there was a danger of turkey shortages over the busy Christmas period.
"This is a disease on the one farm, and I don't think it is going to get out and kill five million birds, most of which are indoors and should have no contact with wild birds," he said.
There was a H5N1 outbreak at a turkey farm, at Holton in Suffolk, in February.
Although a report by Defra into that outbreak initially blamed wild birds, it later concluded the most likely source of infection was imported turkey meat from Hungary.
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Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
UK fights bird flu with additional poultry cull
14 Nov 2007
By Nigel Hunt
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Britain's farm ministry, battling to fight the spread of deadly H5N1 bird flu, said on Wednesday it would cull poultry at four mnore sites as a precaution.
"This is a precautionary measure taken to prevent any potential spread of the disease," Acting Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg said, adding there were no confirmed cases at the four premises.
The ministry began on Tuesday to cull thousands of birds at a turkey farm on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in eastern England where the virus has been confirmed.
The virulent H5N1 strain has killed more than 200 people worldwide since 2003 and millions of birds either have died from it or been killed to prevent its spread.
Landeg said the four premises have been identified as "dangerous contacts."
He did not provide further details but industry sources have said employees at the infected farm are believed to have worked at other premises.
Britain's farm ministry has imposed a 3-km (2-mile) protection zone, 10-km (4-mile) surveillance zone and a wider restricted zone. In these areas, poultry must be isolated from wild birds and there are movement restrictions.
Landeg said all 4 premises are within the restricted zone.
Britain had an outbreak of the H5N1 virus strain in February at a turkey.farm in Suffolk, eastern England.
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
November 14, 2007
Lax biosecurity at organic farm may have allowed virus to spread
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Industry sources said last night that workers at Redgrave Park Farm, near Diss, Norfolk, had also spent time at the other farms, both of which are within the 1.9-mile (3km) protection zone. It is being suggested that routine cleansing and disinfecting between holdings was not a priority and that facilities were basic.
There is concern that 45,000 free-range geese may be infected. Fred Landeg, the acting chief veterinary officer, said that an immediate cull would be ordered if there was any evidence that there had been ?dangerous contacts? between flocks and farms.
There was disbelief in the poultry industry and among ornithologists that, despite government warnings of the high risk of avian flu transmission during the spring and autumn migration periods, the free-range birds were not kept away from wild birds at an ornamental lake on the farm.
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<!-- END: Module - M63 - Article Related Attachements -->Redgrave Poultry, a subsidiary of Gressingham Foods, which runs the farm operation, said that it had tried to keep the birds separate but that there were circumstances when wild birds could mingle with free-range turkeys. However, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said that the Government stepped up testing of wild birds this autumn and not one tested positive for the virus.
Dr Landeg called on poultry keepers and hobby farmers to be vigilant and to maintain rigorous disinfection procedures. They should also report any suspect symptoms in their birds. He called on those with flocks of fewer than 50 birds to sign the Government?s poultry register to get updated information about the disease.
Dr Landeg is keeping an open mind about the source of the disease and checks are being made on the movements of people and vehicles to see if there is any link with southern Germany or the Czech Republic.
The virus can be spread easily on lorry tyres or crates used for transporting birds if they come into contact with infected faeces. Some birds arrived at the premises about a month ago, but their origin is not yet known. Other poultry companies are conducting audits to see if they may be linked with the infected premises.
Bernard Matthews, which is just recovering from the H5N1 outbreak that hit its Holton turkey plant in February, disclosed last night that it had suspended contracts with litter and feed suppliers that conducted business at Redgrave Park Farm.
Redgrave Poultry has made clear that no birds from the farm had entered the food chain. The infected bronze turkeys were eight weeks old and due to be slaughtered in the week before Christmas.
Hilary Benn, the Rural Affairs Secretary, told MPs that officials were doing their utmost to make sure the disease did not spread, but that there could be other undisclosed cases in the area.
The Tories accused the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of financial mismanagement because, they claimed, local authorities were being forced to slash animal health budgets this year despite a series of farm animal disease crises. Production line 860m Number of chickens reared for the table in Britain each year 1.3m Tonnes of chicken meat produced from these birds 17m Turkeys reared for meat 19m Ducks reared for meat 100,000 Geese reared for Christmas market 23kg The amount of chicken meat eaten by the average Briton each year, plus 3kg of other poultry, such as turkey, duck and goose ?3.5bn The total value of poultry retail, of which fresh chicken accounts for ?2.1bn ?375m What the Christmas turkey market is worth 20 weeks The lifespan of a free-range turkey ? factory-farmed birds are slaughtered from 12 weeks
Source: Times database
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
U.K. Kills Poultry on 4 Farms After Bird Flu Outbreak (Update1)
By Alex Morales
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``At this stage we have not confirmed disease on any of these four premises,'' Acting Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg said today in a statement e-mailed by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, or Defra. ``This is a precautionary measure taken to prevent any potential spread of the disease.''
The avian flu outbreak is the fourth of the year in the U.K. and the second to be confirmed as the H5N1 strain, which has killed more than 200 people in a dozen countries since 2003, according to the World Health Organization in Geneva. British farmers have also been hit by cattle diseases bluetongue and foot and mouth this year.
All four farms are in a restriction zone that covers the whole of Suffolk and most of neighboring Norfolk, Defra said. The ministry yesterday said it would kill about 6,500 turkeys, ducks and geese on the farm near Diss where the disease was confirmed. Measures were taken to limit the movement of birds and eggs.
``I must stress again that poultry keepers in the area must be extremely vigilant, practice the highest levels of biosecurity and report any suspicions of disease to their local animal health office,'' Landeg said.
Defra yesterday set up a 3-kilometer (2-mile) protection zone and a 10-kilometer surveillance zone around the farm near Diss. A national ban was put on bird shows and pigeon racing.
To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Morales in London at amorales2@bloomberg.net . Last Updated: November 14, 2007 08:12 EST
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
Birds culled on four more farms
14 November 2007 | 15:09
POULTRY from four more farms in the Diss area were being culled on Wednesday as a precaution against the spread bird flu.
All four farms are in the restricted zone - and the culls were being undertaken although there was no evidence that any birds on them had been infected with the virus.
The action was being undertaken because there had been a ?Dangerous Contact,? with known movements between them and Redgrave Hall immediately before bird flu was discovered on the farm on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk.
Three of the farms are just over the border in south Norfolk, and one is in the Suffolk village of Botesdale - next to Redgrave.
All are owned by Redgrave Farms Ltd.
Operations manager Geoffrey Buchanan said: ?There is a direct link between Redgrave Park farm and these four other farms as they share the same farming staff.
?Each farm is too small for a dedicated staff, so a small team of people runs this cluster of farms.
?Despite bio-security measures when entering and leaving the farms and the fact that there are no results to indicate the presence of Avian Influenza at these farms, Defra has decided that there is the possibility of a direct link.
?While naturally saddened to see so many birds culled, we fully agree that the primary concern has to be the containment of the outbreak.
?In total, 22,000 free range turkeys will be culled, in addition to the birds at Redgrave Park farm.?
Mr Buchanan added: ?We would also like to respond to some of the speculation about the cause of the outbreak.
?Redgrave Park is a free range farm where birds are kept in paddocks during the day and have housing available for night time.
?All of their feed and water is provided indoors in order to discourage wildfowl. The turkeys are prevented from accessing the lake on the property by permanent electrified fencing, empty ground and a farm road.?
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snip from Guardian:
Reports that Gressingham Foods, based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, had been buying in poults, or day old chicks, from the Czech Republic - where there had been H5N1 outbreak earlier this year - were also being investigated.
"There is no indication yet that this is the case. We will be investigating imports and possible movements," said Landeg.
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) in Norfolk Confirmed, November 12 +
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2007
Source: ITN
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</a--><!--googleon: index--><!--/c:if-->They are Stone House Farm in West Harling, Norfolk; Bridge Farm in Pulham, Norfolk; Grove Farm in Botesdale, Suffolk; and Hill Meadow in Knetishall, Suffolk.
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</a--><!--googleon: index--><!--/c:if-->Mr Buchanan said: "There is a direct link between Redgrave Park and these four other farms as they share the same farming staff.
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</a--><!--googleon: index--><!--/c:if-->"Despite biosecurity measures when entering and leaving the farms and the fact that there are no results to indicate the presence of avian influenza at these farms, Defra has decided that there is a possibility of a direct link.
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</a--><!--googleon: index--><!--/c:if-->"While naturally saddened to see so many birds culled, we fully agree that the primary concern has to be the containment of the outbreak."
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