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    India tests chickens for bird flu after deaths

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    KOLKATA, India, May 8 (Reuters) - Indian authorities were testing dead poultry for bird flu in an eastern state after more than 3,000 birds were found dead, officials said on Tuesday.

    The dead chickens were found over the past two days at poultry farms in remote Matigara village in West Bengal, close to the border with Bangladesh that has witnessed several outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu virus in fowl this year.

    An official in the Indian capital said post-mortems of the birds done by investigators revealed the most likely cause of death was Newcastle disease along with infectious bursal disease.

    "But some samples have been sent to Bhopal for further tests for avian influenza as a matter of precaution," said Upma Chawdhry, joint secretary of the federal Department of Animal Husbandry, referring to a state laboratory in the city of Bhopal.

    Matigara village in West Bengal's Darjeeling district is 25 km (16 miles) from the Bangladesh border.

    Healthcare workers buried hundreds of birds in huge pits at poultry farms in the area and sprayed disinfectant over the sites.

    Chawdhry said that a poultry farm with about 11,000 birds had been affected. West Bengal said it was not taking any chances.

    "We have sealed the entire border with Bangladesh to stop any one trying to sneak poultry into India," Anisur Rahaman, West Bengal's animal resources development minister, said in Kolkata.

    West Bengal shares a 2,200 km (1,370 mile) porous frontier with Bangladesh.

    New Delhi was praised by international agencies for its handling of bird flu outbreaks in western India last year, especially giving quick compensation to farmers.

    Bird flu has killed more than 170 people since late 2003, according to the World Health Organisation. At least 200 million birds have died. (Additional reporting by Kamil Zaheer)

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    Re: India - H5N1 Poultry May 8 +

    Panic in Siliguri as 5,000 chickens die<STARTARTICLETITLE>
    By: <STARTAUTHOR>PTI<STARTAUTHOR> <STARTPHOTOGRAPHER><!-- PHOTOGRAPHER --><STARTPHOTOGRAPHER>
    <DATE>May 8, 2007<DATE>
    <HR width=445 color=#e8e8e8 noShade SIZE=1><TABLE cellSpacing=6 cellPadding=0 width=458 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><STORYTAG><TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=5 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><COLUMNISTIMAGE><!--Columinist Image--><COLUMNISTIMAGE>Siliguri: A bird flu scare has gripped this town and its adjoining areas after some 5,000 poultry birds died in a private farm here during the past four days.<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>
    The owner of the Raj Aziz Poultry Farm, which has over 20,000 birds and chicks, has fled, the police said today. <O:P></O:P>
    The matter came to light today when people complained to the police station at Matigara near here about the stench from the farm, prompting Block Development Officer Sanat Mondal to rush there. Mondal found the carcasses of nearly 2,000 poultry birds. <O:P></O:P>
    The staff deserted the farm in panic and only a chowkidar was found there, the police said. <O:P></O:P>
    Alarmed at the large-scale death of birds, the health department rushed a team of experts to the farm to assess the situation. <O:P></O:P>
    Officials said the local administration was taking steps to detect the cause of the deaths. The dead birds were immediately buried on the orders of Darjeeling's District Magistrate Rajesh Pandey. <O:P></O:P>
    The farm at Patharghata on the outskirts of this town has the capacity to hold 20,000 birds and used to export full-grown chickens to neighbouring Bangladesh, the people claimed. <O:P></O:P>
    Mondal said the farm's owner used to bring chicks from Malda through Bangladesh. <O:P></O:P>
    Pandey said the administration had taken the matter seriously and steps were under way to address the situation, adding there was no cause for panic. <O:P></O:P>
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      Re: India - H5N1 Poultry May 8 +

      Federal laboratory of India to test poultry for bird flu
      05/08/2007

      As thousands of chickens died in eastern India, the farm workers left a poultry farm and a federal laboratory claimed to test some of the birds for bird flu, an official and a news report said Tuesday.

      More than 2,500 chickens died at a farm in the Darjeeling region in recent days, said Rajesh Pandey, the region's top government official.

      Some of the dead chickens have been sent to a federal testing center in the central Indian city of Bhopal, Pandey said, adding that the other dead birds will be buried.

      "We don't know what has caused the deaths of the chickens, but we are not taking any chances," he told The Associated Press by the telephone. "We are not drawing any conclusion, but we are on full alert."

      Health officials discovered the dead birds after neighbors complained of a stench coming from the farm, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

      The farm workers had fled, PTI said.


      India confirmed an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in the west last year, but declared itself bird flu free after culling hundreds of thousands of chickens. No human cases were reported.

      H5N1 has jumped to humans in several outbreaks worldwide, largely in Asia, since late 2003, killing at least 172 people, according to the World Health Organization.

      As thousands of chickens died in eastern India, the farm workers left a poultry farm and a federal laboratory claimed to test some of the birds for bird flu...
      ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

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        Re: India - H5N1 Poultry May 8 +

        Poultry deaths: Bengal takes precautions

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        <TABLE width="100&#37;" bgColor=#d0f0ff border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Initial post-mortem reports do not suggest bird flu: Minister </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

        <HR color=lightblue noShade>The private farm where deaths occurred has been sealed
        Surveillance on border intensified to curb smuggling of birds
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        Kolkata: Surveillance has been stepped up in poultry farms across West Bengal following the death of 2,500 poultry birds in a private farm near Siliguri in north Bengal over the past four days.
        "Even though the initial post-mortem reports do not suggest bird flu as the cause, we are not taking chances. Samples have been sent to the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory in Bhopal and a report is expected within five days," the Animal Resource Minister Anisur Rahman told The Hindu here on Tuesday.
        The month-long vigil along the State's border with Bangladesh to curb the smuggling of chicks and birds from that country — where there have been reports of bird flu attacks — has also been intensified, Mr. Rahman said.
        "All the required precautionary steps are being taken and there is no cause for alarm," he added.
        However, news of the deaths caused panic in Siliguri and reportedly affected the sale of chicken in the local market.
        The farm where the deaths occurred is about 25 km from the Indo-Bangladesh border. It has been sealed.
        "Initial reports suggest that the deaths might have been caused by Ranikhet disease; the probability of bird flu is very low," the Minister added.
        Employees of the farm have undergone medical check-ups, according to the local authorities, who added that the farm was overcrowded. The dead birds have been buried according to the instructions of the district administration. http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/09/stor...0910740500.htm
        Last edited by Sally Furniss; May 8, 2007, 05:31 PM.
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          Re: India - H5N1 Poultry May 8 +

          Originally posted by treyfish View Post
          Poultry deaths: Bengal takes precautions

          "Initial reports suggest that the deaths might have been caused by Ranikhet disease; the probability of bird flu is very low," the Minister added.
          Employees of the farm have undergone medical check-ups, according to the local authorities, who added that the farm was overcrowded. The dead birds have been buried according to the instructions of the district administration. http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/09/stor...0910740500.htm
          The above should read that the probabilty of bird flu BEING REPORTED is very low.

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            Re: India - H5N1 Poultry May 8 +

            'Chicken deaths not due to bird flu'

            10 May, 2007

            NEW DELHI: The animal husbandry department has ruled out bird flu as the cause of death of 2,350 chicken at a poultry farm in Matigara near Siliguri on Tuesday.

            Post-mortem examination of the dead birds, in a regional avian laboratory in Jalpaiguri, found that the birds died of Ranikhet and Newcastle diseases. The farm, where the deaths sparked a bird flu scare on Tuesday, has already been quarantined.

            Not taking any chances, especially because Matigara village is just 25 km from Bangladesh, which is reeling under an H5N1 bird flu outbreak having resulted in the culling of 132,000 chickens in 52 farms of 10 districts, two samples of the dead chicken have been sent to the high security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal for confirmation against avian influenza.

            Results are expected in four days after real-time PCR tests are conducted on the samples.

            Speaking to TOI, Darjeeling district magistrate Rajesh Pandey said areas in and around the farm have already been disinfected.

            A red alert in the surrounding areas has been sounded with the Border Security Force told to be extra vigilant. Pandey was, however, unaware whether Ranikhet or Newcastle diseases had earlier led to death of chickens in the farm in Matigara.

            Science News: The animal husbandry department has ruled out bird flu as the cause of death of 2,350 chicken in Siliguri.
            ?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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              Re: India - H5N1 Poultry May 8 +

              Originally posted by Dutchy View Post
              found that the birds died of Ranikhet and Newcastle diseases
              Ranikhet = Newcastle.

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