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    Duitsland meldt vogelgriep H5N1 in Brandenburg

    15 februari 2013

    Op een eendenbedrijf in de Duitse deelstaat Brandenburg is vogelgriep H5N1 aangetroffen. Bij een routinecontrole zijn antistoffen gevonden.

    Vanavond wordt bekend gemaakt of het gaat om een laag pathogene (milde) of een hoog pathogene variant.

    De gebruikelijke voorzorgsmaatregelen zijn genomen.

    machinetranslation

    15/02/2013

    Avian influenza in M?rkisch Oderland, crisis center in the country set up

    Potsdam - In District M?rkisch Oderland ducks in a fattening farm the H5N1 virus (avian influenza) has been confirmed. The reason for the official tests were evidence of antibodies in ducks as part of self-monitoring of the operation, which indicated an infection. The stock was otherwise no clinical abnormalities. Immediately after learning of the self-check results of the operation was the stock on 14 February 2013 blocked by the competent veterinary authority and instituted the other official investigations.

    "The district, the Ministry has informed immediately. All necessary measures to contain and control have been initiated. There is close cooperation and continuous exchange of information, "said Consumer Protection Minister Anita Tack. The country has set up a crisis center to coordinate the disease control measures at the country level. The other provinces, the federal government and the Brandenburg districts were informed.

    By the State Laboratory Berlin-Brandenburg positive samples were immediately forwarded to the Reference Laboratory (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Riems) to confirm the examination and identification of the pathogenicity (aggressiveness) forwarded the pathogen. The result is expected today in the evening. In any case, a killing in stocks is necessary to prevent transmission to other stocks and wild birds.

    The cause of the infection is still unclear. The necessary investigations have been initiated. The veterinary office of the county is supported by the Task Force of the country, which began its work today and is in close contact with the veterinary M?rkisch Oderland.

    Last H5N1 was detected in poultry in Brandenburg in 2007 in highly pathogenic form.

    Ministry of Environment, Health and Consumer Protection

    Location of Brandenburg State and M?rkisch Oderland district
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    Re: Duitsland meldt vogelgriep H5N1 in Brandenburg

    Vogelgriep H5N1 in Brandenburg is milde variant

    15 02 2013

    Het Friedrich-Loeffler Instituut bevestigde vrijdagavond de vondst van he H5N1 virus op een eendenbedrijf in Brandenburg.

    Het gaat om een milde, laag pathogene variant, aldus een woordvoerder van het Ministerie van Volksgezondheid.


    translated from German

    Bird flu confirmed in less dangerous H5N1 variant

    15.02.2013

    Potsdam / Greifswald (AP) - The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) on the Baltic island of Riems Friday evening confirmed the avian flu findings in Brandenburg.

    A duck farm near Seelow was infected with the H5N1 virus, said the Ministry of Environment.

    "However, it was only the low pathogen variant confirmed by the Institute," said ministry spokeswoman Alrun Kaune-N?sslein to the news agency dpa.

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

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