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    AVIAN INFLUENZA (33): UK (ENGLAND) H5 SUSPECTED, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
    ************************************************** **********************


    Date: Wed 19 May 2010

    Source: Japan MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
    [in Japanese, trans. & summ., edited]




    [Japan:] ban on poultry imports from Nottinghamshire, UK
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    The British Embassy in Japan informed MAFF, on the evening of 18 May
    2010, about a suspected seropositive test result (H5 subtype) in a
    duck farm in Nottinghamshire, England. Japan announced discontinuing
    imports of domestic fowl from Nottinghamshire, UK. "We are looking
    for additional information on the case."

    [Confirmation from the UK or otherwise is anticipated. - Mod.AS]

    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

    ~~~~ Twitter:@GertvanderHoek ~~~ GertvanderHoek@gmail.com ~~~

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    Re: UK- Nottinghamshire - bird flu suspected - H5

    Silence in the UK at Defra and in the press.

    The source of the report cited in ProMED is the website of the Ministry of Agriculture in Japan.

    I checked with 2 friends in Japan: no translation bug, no recycled news, the date and the year is: may 18, 2010,
    published may 19, 2010.
    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

    ~~~~ Twitter:@GertvanderHoek ~~~ GertvanderHoek@gmail.com ~~~

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    • #3
      Re: UK- Nottinghamshire - bird flu suspected - H5

      the import-stop measures of the bird from British Nottinghamshire county

      The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stopped import of the bird from this county
      because it had confirmed the bird flu(H5 sub-type) in the duck farm of British Nottinghamshire at May 18

      the course
      on the evening of May 18, the British Embassy informed

      measure
      the import-stop measures of the bird from British Nottinghamshire county
      MAFF ask for additional information of the bird flu from British

      notice
      ・MAFF stopped import of the chicken from British all county
      ・this measure is preventive measure against infection, not for food hygiene

      data
      in the year 2009, 34192 young birds from British

      Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries "MAFF" in Japan http://www.maff.go.jp/j/press/syouan/douei/100519.html (at Japanese)

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      • #4
        Re: UK- Nottinghamshire - bird flu suspected - H5 - NOT

        A message from DEFRA received via Twitter:


        DefraGovUK

        Hi @Dutchy123 ? there isn?t H5 in Nottinghamshire. The routine investigation is now closed -- testing ruled out a notifiable disease.
        ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
        Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

        ~~~~ Twitter:@GertvanderHoek ~~~ GertvanderHoek@gmail.com ~~~

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        • #5
          Re: UK- Nottinghamshire - bird flu suspected - H5 - NOT

          Thank you Dutchy and Makoto. A very interesting situation.

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          • #6
            Re: UK- Nottinghamshire - bird flu suspected - H5 - NOT

            Archive Number 20100520.1672
            Published Date 20-MAY-2010
            Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (34): UK (England) H5 - NOT

            AVIAN INFLUENZA (34): UK (ENGLAND) H5 - NOT
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            A ProMED-mail post
            <http://www.promedmail.org>
            ProMED-mail is a program of the
            International Society for Infectious Diseases
            <http://www.isid.org>

            Date: Thu 20 May 2010
            From: Ian Brown
            <i.h.brown@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk>


            Re: Avian influenza (33): UK (England) H5 susp., RFI
            ----------------------------------------------------
            Through programmes of active surveillance for notifiable avian
            influenza in domestic poultry we occasionally detect 'apparent'
            serological reactors (in accordance with the use of standard
            international methods) in a small number of birds in some flocks of
            domestic waterfowl. On a precautionary basis further immediate
            investigations are conducted in these flocks (which are temporarily
            placed under restriction until results are available) based upon
            clinical examination and sampling for virological testing (including
            by real-time RT-PCR) to rule out active infection.

            Investigations in the cited case have been completed with negative
            results and restrictions on this farm have been lifted.

            The active surveillance is part of an EU wide mandatory programme in
            domestic poultry for reportable AI.

            --
            Ian Brown
            Director of EU/OIE/FAO International Reference Laboratory and UK
            national laboratory for Avian Influenza
            VLA Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB
            <i.h.brown@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk>

            [We are most grateful to Dr Brown for the above 1st-hand and self
            explanatory clarification of the matter. Clearly the UK remains
            currently free of avian influenza.

            Further information on EU's surveillance for avian influenza in
            domestic poultry and wild birds is available at
            <http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/controlmeasures/avian/eu_resp_surveillance_en.htm>.
            - Mod.AS]

            [ProMED-mail would like to thank Barry Dyer
            <Barry.DYER@internationalsos.com> and Andrea Jones
            <andrea@allaboutresources.co.uk> for alerting us on the laboratory
            findings as well. - Mod.MPP]

            [see also:
            Avian influenza (33): UK (England) H5 susp., RFI 20100519.1652]
            ....................arn/ejp

            Twitter: @RonanKelly13
            The views expressed are mine alone and do not represent the views of my employer or any other person or organization.

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