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Re: BANGLADESH: Return of the bird flu threat
Re: BANGLADESH: Return of the bird flu threat
Bird flu: 18,000 chickens culled in Savar, barisal
No human infection case detected so far in country-Bird flu costs poultry industry Tk 40b
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Sunday February 24 2008 00:41:09 AM BDT[/FONT]
Microbiologists and physi-cians at a roundtable here Saturday said there is no reason for the people to get panicked about avian influenza as there is no human infection case in Bangladesh(News TodayBD)
although it has already cost the country Tk 4,000 crore, reports UNB.
"Bangladesh''s poultry industry of Tk 10,000 crore has already suffered a loss of Tk 4,000 crore due to bid flu," Dr Jahangir Alam, Director General of Livestock Research Institute, told the roundtable.
Watchdog, an NGO, and Breeder''s Association of Bangladesh jointly organised the roundtable titled ''Bird Flu and Solution'' at the Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon.
Professors of Microbiology and Hygiene of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh Dr Md Mansurul Amin, Dr Md Shahidur Rahman Khan and Dr Md Alimul Islam jointly presented the keynote paper titled ''Avian Influenza/Bird Flu in Bangladesh: Prevalence and Prevention'' at the programme.
They stressed the need for creating awareness about the avian influenza among the people, including the poultry workers, sellers, buyers and veterinarians, to contain the infection and spread of the disease.
Prof Dr Md Mansurul Amin said the sub-type of the ''H5N1'' virus for avian influenza ever detected in Bangladesh is very fragile as any normal detergent powder and soap destroys it. "Type H5N7 and H9N2 viruses are low pathogenic while the H5N1 is high pathogenic."
Dr Md Rafuqul Islam, an associate professor of Shaheed Shurawardy Hospital, said, "We''ve no reason to get panicked as no human avian influenza case has been detected in Bangladesh so far."
Mansurul Amin said bird flu could be transmitted from the infected birds to normal birds through direct contact and air (in close contact and dried materials), respiratory and ocular discharge and feces. "The spread of bird flu is horizontal, not vertical," he said.
Describing the poultry egg and meat as the sources of nutrition for the middle and comparatively poor classes, he said poultry egg and meat are cheaper than fish and beef and 100 percent protein is assimilated in the body after digestion.
General secretary of Poultry Breeders'' Association Moshiur Rahman, economist Abdus Sattar Mondal, AP Bureau chief Farid Hossain and New Age special correspondent Nazmul Ahsan, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Economist Abdus Sattar urged the government to introduce a system for monitoring the present situation and apply scientific measures to tackle the present crisis. "The Thai government has controlled its situation adopting the scientific measures."
About the consumption level of poultry items, he said, "Although there is a falling trend in consumption of poultry items right now, it''ll pick up within 2-3 months."
Around 17,000 more chickens of 10 poultry farms in Savar were annihilated Saturday following the detection of deadly H5N1 virus in the farms.
With the culling of the fresh ones, a total of 31,000 chickens were annihilated here in the last two days, Livestock officials said.
After the detection of bird flu in ''Sheela Poultry Farm'' at Rajashan in the municipality area, the Livestock officials decided to cull all the chickens of the 14 poultry farms located within the 1-km radius of the farm.
Following the decision, they said, 14,000 fowls of five poultry farms in the area were culled Friday while 15,600 of the rest nine farms today (Saturday).
Besides, some 1,400 fowls of ''SS Agro Poultry Farm'', located outside the municipality area at Kamalapur village, were also culled today after the fresh detection of the deadly virus in the farm.
In Barisal, About 1,000 fowls affected by avian influenza were culled in the city Friday night.
Livestock officials said the affected chickens were collected from poultry farms owned Abdul Halim, Nuru Mallik, Milon Mia and others within one kilometer of Thana Council and Islam Para.
The measure was taken after samples of dead chickens tested in the laboratory in Dhaka found that those were affected by the bird flu.:tiphat:
http://www.newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=188762
Re: BANGLADESH: Return of the bird flu threat
Bird flu: 18,000 chickens culled in Savar, barisal
No human infection case detected so far in country-Bird flu costs poultry industry Tk 40b
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Sunday February 24 2008 00:41:09 AM BDT[/FONT]
Microbiologists and physi-cians at a roundtable here Saturday said there is no reason for the people to get panicked about avian influenza as there is no human infection case in Bangladesh(News TodayBD)
although it has already cost the country Tk 4,000 crore, reports UNB.
"Bangladesh''s poultry industry of Tk 10,000 crore has already suffered a loss of Tk 4,000 crore due to bid flu," Dr Jahangir Alam, Director General of Livestock Research Institute, told the roundtable.
Watchdog, an NGO, and Breeder''s Association of Bangladesh jointly organised the roundtable titled ''Bird Flu and Solution'' at the Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon.
Professors of Microbiology and Hygiene of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh Dr Md Mansurul Amin, Dr Md Shahidur Rahman Khan and Dr Md Alimul Islam jointly presented the keynote paper titled ''Avian Influenza/Bird Flu in Bangladesh: Prevalence and Prevention'' at the programme.
They stressed the need for creating awareness about the avian influenza among the people, including the poultry workers, sellers, buyers and veterinarians, to contain the infection and spread of the disease.
Prof Dr Md Mansurul Amin said the sub-type of the ''H5N1'' virus for avian influenza ever detected in Bangladesh is very fragile as any normal detergent powder and soap destroys it. "Type H5N7 and H9N2 viruses are low pathogenic while the H5N1 is high pathogenic."
Dr Md Rafuqul Islam, an associate professor of Shaheed Shurawardy Hospital, said, "We''ve no reason to get panicked as no human avian influenza case has been detected in Bangladesh so far."
Mansurul Amin said bird flu could be transmitted from the infected birds to normal birds through direct contact and air (in close contact and dried materials), respiratory and ocular discharge and feces. "The spread of bird flu is horizontal, not vertical," he said.
Describing the poultry egg and meat as the sources of nutrition for the middle and comparatively poor classes, he said poultry egg and meat are cheaper than fish and beef and 100 percent protein is assimilated in the body after digestion.
General secretary of Poultry Breeders'' Association Moshiur Rahman, economist Abdus Sattar Mondal, AP Bureau chief Farid Hossain and New Age special correspondent Nazmul Ahsan, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Economist Abdus Sattar urged the government to introduce a system for monitoring the present situation and apply scientific measures to tackle the present crisis. "The Thai government has controlled its situation adopting the scientific measures."
About the consumption level of poultry items, he said, "Although there is a falling trend in consumption of poultry items right now, it''ll pick up within 2-3 months."
Around 17,000 more chickens of 10 poultry farms in Savar were annihilated Saturday following the detection of deadly H5N1 virus in the farms.
With the culling of the fresh ones, a total of 31,000 chickens were annihilated here in the last two days, Livestock officials said.
After the detection of bird flu in ''Sheela Poultry Farm'' at Rajashan in the municipality area, the Livestock officials decided to cull all the chickens of the 14 poultry farms located within the 1-km radius of the farm.
Following the decision, they said, 14,000 fowls of five poultry farms in the area were culled Friday while 15,600 of the rest nine farms today (Saturday).
Besides, some 1,400 fowls of ''SS Agro Poultry Farm'', located outside the municipality area at Kamalapur village, were also culled today after the fresh detection of the deadly virus in the farm.
In Barisal, About 1,000 fowls affected by avian influenza were culled in the city Friday night.
Livestock officials said the affected chickens were collected from poultry farms owned Abdul Halim, Nuru Mallik, Milon Mia and others within one kilometer of Thana Council and Islam Para.
The measure was taken after samples of dead chickens tested in the laboratory in Dhaka found that those were affected by the bird flu.:tiphat:
http://www.newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=188762
