Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=120180


AH1N1 viruses for the first time in pigs in Argentina
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Globovision / ABN
25/06/2009 12:38:40 AM

The influenza A H1N1 virus was first detected in pigs in a pig production in Argentina, reported on Thursday the National Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA) said in a statement.

The detection of an establishment located in the province of Buenos Aires (central-east) was made in the epidemiological surveillance activities carried out by the agency with other entities in the country, said the party.

Laboratory tests made in the Institute Malbr?n confirmed the presence of the disease from samples isolated from pigs, which were delivered by technicians from the National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA).

After the screening, were banned entry or exit of animals from the farm, which was under observation, according to a press release, which did not specify the exact location of the establishment.

Marcelo Blumenfeld, a member of the Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases, said that the detection of influenza in a pig becomes relevant only because the strain is identified in the same animal that has triggered the pandemic.

"It's common for pigs to have the flu, there is no obligation to denounce it. Even as it is alarming that the H1N1 virus, because it is a common type of which many variants exist," he warned.

The specialist explained that there are numerous alternatives within the H1N1 virus since there are 16 different H1 and nine N1 can be combined with each other.

A total of 21 people died in Argentina affected by the influenza A was confirmed since the first case of the disease in the country on May 7, according to the last Wednesday of the official party newspaper, which reported 1391 positive cases, 967 process in addition to the laboratory.

 

[hornblower]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

in another thread:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112396

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

Date: 2008-03-01
Argentina grows in pork

by Luis Carlos Reich
As a national campaign doubles the level of pigmeat consumption, a major integrator in Argentina adds more sows Argentina has one of the highest rates of per capita average annual meat consumption of any country in the world and the amount of pigmeat included in this total is increasing.

Of course, beef still leads on the quantity consumed. Its annual average of about 72.5kg per person compares with some 26.3kg for poultry products. Only about 8.2kg of pork was eaten per person/year in 2007. Nevertheless it must be pointed out that this level of pork consumption is double the amount recorded in previous years. The significant increase achieved during the past year has been due to a combined and thorough effort made by the Argentine administration and pig producers.

The Argentine government is trying by all means possible to divert part of the very high local consumption of cattle products to alternative meats, in order to have an additional availability to export beef. With producers, therefore, it has embarked on an aggressive advertising campaign to promote pork as one step towards this objective.

The campaign can already be seen to have yielded excellent results. There is more to come. According to a forecast quoted by an official of the Argentine Association of Pork Producers, an extra 4.5kg or more of pigmeat could be added to the average diet of Argentineans in the next 18 months. The form of consumption also needs to be noted. During the decade of the 1990s it was normal for processed pork products such as ham and salami to represent over 90% of the total pigmeat uptake in Argentina. Now the situation is almost completely reversed, with fresh pork comprising at least two-thirds of all the meat consumed.

With more pork arriving on the Argentine menu it is not surprising that pig numbers have been rising recently. Official data for 2006 show 3 million pigs slaughtered for consumption nationwide. In 2007 this increased to some 3.5 million. The producer association contributes an estimate that the breeding inventory has grown by approximately 15% since the start of 2007 and now stands at around 200 000 sows. Moreover, association representatives say they expect to see another 50 000 sows added nationally in the near future.

Industry investment to bring about the growth worked out at the equivalent of US$35 million in 2006, but then soared in 2007 to US$50 million. Due to these efforts, pork is becoming more competitive in price against other meats, especially beef. This factor, more than any other, generated the amazing consumption increase for the product during 2007. Availability also has improved. Today you can find pork on sale not only in supermarkets or wholesale suppliers, but also at the butcher's shop, something that was not common only a few years ago.

Argentina exports pork, too. Just 204 tons of meat and by-products were exported last year. Mainly these exports went to Hong Kong, Germany and bordering South American countries. Their value of US$3.5 million was 6% higher than in the previous year. PIGI



Biggest player starts more sows

Take note of the name Frigorifico Paladini. This family company is Argentina's biggest pork producer as well as a significant processor of pigmeat products. In recent months it has further extended its Argentine operations by adding another module of 5000 sows and a further 5000-sow extension is already in the planning stage.

Broad figures for Paladini in 2008 would suggest it now has 10 000 commercial sows in production, plus a 1500-sow multiplier herd. Expansion has been the recent aim because the company wants to produce all the pigs needed by its 25 000 tons/year processing activities. Traditionally, only about half the requirement was sourced from its own units. It is also experiencing a rise in demand for fresh pork, which has until now accounted for little more than 5% of output.

The latest addition on its production side is shown here (see page 12) in photos obtained with the help of turn-key provider Agpro Inc, which designed and supplied all the ventilation systems (manufactured by Hired-Hand in the USA) as well as various building materials. The new unit pictured under construction and with its first pigs is basically for 4800 sows, reports Juan Ayala of Agpro. Details of the multi-site installation are state-of-the-art, from the use of tunnel ventilation and evaporative cooling in all buildings at the sow herd to the decision to equip the finishing site with automatic sorters so pigs can be pre-sorted for market and for feeding plans.

The sow site has 2 gestation houses, one farrowing house and a boar stud for artificial insemination.

Paladini managers follow Isowean principles by taking the weaned pigs to a separate nursery. Each of the 2 nursery-site houses has 12 rooms. The pigs leave here for a finishing unit where there are 8 buildings. These are set up as a quad layout with 4 rooms of 1250 pigs under one roof. The finishing places also are in tunnel-ventilated houses. In addition to their auto-sorters they have automated feeding systems.


Updated: Jul 25, 2008 This article appeared in Pig International, March 2008. ?Copyright 2009, All Rights Reserved.

http://www.pig-international.com/ViewArticle.aspx?id=25568

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

Take note of the name Frigorifico Paladini. This family company is Argentina's biggest pork producer as well as a significant processor of pigmeat products

Paladini address is in Santa Fe, Argentina - NNE of Buenos Aires, by over 100 miles.

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[Shiloh]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

Source: http://www.easybourse.com/bourse-ac...s-get-h1n1-flu-but-no-increase-in-risk-691887


UPDATE: Argentina Pigs Get H1N1 Flu But No Increase In Risk
Thursday June 25th, 2009 / 20h11

By Shane Romig Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- With the number of human cases of A/H1N1 swine flu rapidly growing in Argentina, and the government reportedly considering declaring a public health emergency, the first sign of the disease in the Argentine pig population was confirmed Thursday.

At least five hogs in Argentina's populous Buenos Aires Province have tested positive for the H1N1 flu, according to the animal health and sanitation service, or Senasa. A 15-kilometer quarantine area has been imposed, with hogs from surrounding farms being tested, Senasa spokesman Carlos Chichizola said.

Chichizola noted that the presence of the disease in the pig population did not increase the risk to humans, adding that there is no danger from consuming pork. The infected pigs all recovered.

In fact, it's the pigs that are at greater risk from human contact, with Senasa working based on the hypothesis that the pig was made sick through contact with an infected human.

Argentina has been the most seriously affected country in South America by the so-called swine flu. On Wednesday, four more swine flu deaths were reported, raising to 21 the number of people who have died from the flu strain.

According to the Health Ministry, the number of confirmed swine flu cases rose by nearly 100 on Wednesday, to 1,391. Another 967 people are being tested due to suspicion that they may be infected.

The government is currently considering taking sweeping measures to control the disease, which is running rampant in the midst of the southern hemisphere's winter.

With mid-term elections slated for Sunday, any measures that would hinder the vote are unlikely. However, following the vote, the government could take such measures as closing areas where large numbers of people gather, local daily La Nacion reported Thursday, citing government sources. The closing of shopping centers, schools, cinemas and concerts is being considered, La Nacion said.

For now, health minister Graciela Ocana is recommending voters keep at least one-meter distance between themselves and others as they wait in line to vote and to stay in open, well-ventilated areas as much as possible.

According to the World Health Organization, swine flu has spread to 109 countries, infected 55,000 and killed 238 people since March. The WHO declared a global swine flu pandemic on June 11.

Canada has also reported cases of the disease in pigs.
-By Shane Romig, Dow Jones Newswires; 54-...; shane.romig@dowjones.com

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

They have about 1800 emloyees and practice very good environmental protection - see their website. I'd expect they do everything possible to protect their employees.

THE COMPANY l Environment



Frigor?fico Paladini S. A. is committed to environmental care; this is shown in daily work.


Frigor?fico Paladini S.A. is the only Argentine company in its type that as of December 2006 has certified its Environmental Management System under the ISO 14001:2004 Standard. We adopted this international standard as a guideline to set our environmental management system, which is DNV (Certification Body) certified at all the industrial plant of Villa Gobernador G?lvez.


Frigor?fico Paladini S.A. environmental policy:

The Board of Directors of Frigor?fico Paladini S.A. is committed to avoid environmental contamination, protect resources and the natural environment promoting sustainable development within the scope of its environmental management system.


We set environmental objectives and goals appropriate to our organization, to continually improve our environmental duties.

We are committed to comply with the environmental regulations in force as well as with other standards subscribed to by Paladini S.A.

We promote the efficient use of natural resources and avoid environmental contamination.

We train and involve our personnel in the responsible care for the environment.

From time to time we evaluate the fulfillment of this policy.

We teach this policy to all our personnel and make it available to the community and interested parties.


Effluent treatment:

The process applied at the facility and the effluent treatment pools enable an integral purification of waste liquids, improving their quality and making them adequate to be poured into the Paran? River without polluting it and complying with legal requirements.



Meat Flour manufacturing plant:

Inedible meat and bone waste are recycled through this process to be transformed in a high protein product extremely valuable for agricultural production.


Solid Waste Management:

Waste generated at the plant, such as timber, paper, plastic, cardboard, glass, metal, etc. is managed to make it useful and to minimize contamination through classification at origin, recycling, reuse and disposal at sanitary landfills.


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[mixin]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

With mid-term elections slated for Sunday, any measures that would hinder the vote are unlikely. However, following the vote, the government could take such measures as closing areas where large numbers of people gather, local daily La Nacion reported Thursday, citing government sources. The closing of shopping centers, schools, cinemas and concerts is being considered, La Nacion said.

For now, health minister Graciela Ocana is recommending voters keep at least one-meter distance between themselves and others as they wait in line to vote and to stay in open, well-ventilated areas as much as possible.

We'll see if cases jump substancially next week. I saw it said in another article that "millions" would be turning out for the elections.

 

[HenryN]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

Paladini address is in Santa Fe, Argentina - NNE of Buenos Aires, by over 100 miles.

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However, the pig farm with the infected pigs is right on the northwest corner of Buenos Aires. OIE gives the map coordinates out to four decimal poimts, which puts the marker on the roof of the farmhouse.

 

[KC]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

WHO Situation Update #54 (26 JUN 2009):

Argentina

1,391 Confirmed Cases.
21 Deaths.

Cumulative Change Since WHO Situation Update #53 (24 JUN 2009):

178 Additional Cases.
14 Additional Deaths.

 

[tyto]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

Second time Argentina issues alert over A(H1N1) in swine.

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) ? Argentina issued a nationwide alert on Friday after pigs in the country were confirmed to have the swine flu virus, health authorities said.

"We have detected clinical cases of the A(H1N1) influenza in a pig farm in Buenos Aires province, they have been confirmed by laboratory tests," the national farm and food standards agency Senasa, said.

Thousands of people have contracted the virus in Argentina and 137 people in the country have died.

Senasa said the outbreak announced on Friday was the second time the disease had been found in pigs in Argentina -- the first case of infection in pigs was detected in June in the same Argentine province.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090717/wl_afp/healthfluargentina_20090717163530

 

[HenryN]

Re: Argentina: A/H1N1 Detected for 1st time in pigs

Map of second outbreak

http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/flu...=-35.12215510643694&lon=-58.8427734375&zoom=9