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Bangladesh - H5N1 Mar 16th - Mar 29th

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Bangladesh says bird flu spreads to more farms
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DHAKA (Reuters) http://yq.search.yahoo.com/search methodBird flu has spread to five more farms in central and northern districts, Bangladesh said on Friday.
"The avian flu has now spread to 16 farms in five districts so far. But no humans have been confirmed infected," an official of the fisheries and livestock ministry said.


Bangladesh has culled about 60,000 birds since confirming the outbreak of the H5N1 flu virus simultaneously on six farms near the capital, Dhaka, on March 22.
All the culled birds belonged to the 16 affected farms. So far, 30 workers in the five newly affected farms were being monitored after they were given health checks.
Earlier, 100 poultry workers were released after no H5N1 infection was detected by a local laboratory, which tested their blood and other samples days after the initial outbreak was detected.
Movement of chickens has been banned outside a 10 sq km (3.9 sq miles) area around the affected farms, officials said.
Livestock officials said after the outbreak of the virus they had inspected about 10,000 farms containing nearly 1.1 million birds

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This story was removed before i could catch it The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 1006It is very alarming to know that some poultry farms in Savar area have shown the presence of "Bird Flu Virus". I am very worried when I see through TV that .
www.thedailystar.net/2007/03/30/d70330110394.htm - Mar 29, 2007 - Similar pages Can you say media control?
:tiphat: Blue has both eyes open too!
Luckily croftsblog captured it before it disappeared:
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/03/a_letter_to_the.html
 
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looks like the dailystar missed this one:
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Kazi Ahmed, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand

It is very alarming to know that some poultry farms in Savar area have shown the presence of "Bird Flu Virus". I am very worried when I see through TV that our authorities are downgrading the presence by saying that this outbreak would be controlled and there is no need to be alarmed. I would, rather, say that the authorities must let people know how deadly this disease could be and what precautions we should take in handling chicken: 1. If we handle live or cut raw chicken, we must wash our hands with proper disinfectants. 2. We must cook the chicken fully, like we do in cooking curries. 3. We must not eat half cooked fried or baked chicken or chicken tikka, 4. Eggs must be washed and eaten only full boiled (no half-boiled, poached or fried) and must not be given to children. Hands must be washed properly after handling eggs. 5. Must be careful to see the doctors when flu like ailments appears. 5. Must not feed the fish farms with droppings from the chicken farms. We must not forget that this flu is fatal and very much contagious. In Vietnam and Thailand, I have seen that the authorities take extra precautions with the children living nearby the affected farms. Children are more prone to be contaminated because they mostly try to play with the birds (even dead birds). In Vietnam and Thailand I have seen that the interest of common people is taken care of in case of Bird Flu outbreak, not the interest of poultry farmers or poultry businessman. What will happen if Bird Flu virus spreads in Bangladesh? I just cannot imagine!

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174 poultry farms sealed off
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The district livestock administration has sealed off all 174 chicken farms and placed restrictions on transport of poultry products at Bandar upazila of Narayanganj following detection of bird flu at four local farms.

Besides, it has been keeping the farms at the adjoining Sonargaon upazila under constant surveillance after abnormal death of fowls at Kadirganj village there.

Elsewhere in the country, no case of bird flu has been reported yesterday, our correspondents report.

Meanwhile, Fisheries and Livestock Adviser CS Karim yesterday called on the private TV channels and radio stations to help the government in its efforts to develop public awareness about the avian flu that poses a serious threat to the country's poultry industry. Some 4.5 lakh families have invested over Tk 6,000 crore in the business.

Though the situation is under control now, he said, the media should carry out a campaign educating people on the potential fallout from the deadly virus. Karim made the observations when a delegation of private TV channels met him at his office yesterday.

Our Narayanganj correspondent adds: Laboratory test reports have confirmed bird flu infection at the four farms at Bandar, said District Livestock Officer Abu Taher.

Of the affected ones, two are at Sonakanda, one at Purbo Kalyandi and the other at Malivita.

Besides shutting in the 174 farms, the administration has been seeking to make aware locals about the disease by circulating information through loudspeakers. As part of the measures, 468 chickens were culled at Malivita village yesterday. The number of poultry farms in the district currently stands at 989.

Our Khulna correspondent reports: Samples from two suspected farms in Bagerhat could not be tested as those were decomposed before reaching Dhaka. Those samples were sent to the capital Tuesday following death of some 600 chickens.

The reports include all poultry farms of Khulna and Bagerhat district have been kept under surveillance by Rapid Response Team of Livestock Department. Necessary measures have been taken against spread of the bird flu, said Deputy Director of Khulna divisional livestock office Mohammed Abdul Hye. There are around 55,000 poultry farms in Khulna district.

Our Tangail correspondent reports: The district authorities have yet to take any step to cull the free-range chicken within the one-kilometre radius of two flu-affected farms in Bhuapur upazila.

Akhter Ali, deputy commissioner of the district, told The Daily Star that they have been keeping a close watch on all farms. They did not cull the free-range fowls, as they had no directions from the livestock department, he added.

A correspondent from Benapole adds: The livestock officials at Sharsha upazila burned 95 chickens that had been bought in from Gazipur. Earlier, they seized those from Monirul, a poultry trader.

The livestock officials sat with the local farm owners and asked them to take cautionary measures against spread of bird flu.

Our Gazipur correspondent reports that the Rapid Response Team yesterday examined around 1.40 lakh chickens at 129 farms but those did not show any symptoms suggesting avian flu.
 
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Editorial-I

Handling bird flu








http://www.newstoday-bd.com/editorial.asp?newsdate=3/31/2007#1375

That Bangladesh has a built-in disaster management capability is evident from the efficient way the caretaker government is handling the outbreak of bird flu in the country. Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed merits our kudos as he had summoned an emergency meeting of the Advisory Council to announce the arrival of the scourge in Bangladesh. Some quarters did criticise such a public announcement but then without official recognition of the new problem for Bangladesh, bird flu could have taken a huge toll. As a result, all in the poultry industry have swung into action to cull afflicted chicken immediately and the caretaker government has commendably created huge public awareness about it.
As it appears, Bangladesh is now at high risk of bird flu epidemic. It still continues to be a low prevalence area, but some countries like India and Thailand, where the bird flu has already entered, surround Bangladesh. Bird flu may turn out to be pandemic at the situation. So, there is a serious need to create awareness among us against such epidemic issues.It is now time for both government and private media to play an active role in creating mass awareness to combat bird flu in the country. The poultry sector has an investment of over 6,000 crore taka and 4.5 lakh families depend on it. Collective efforts are now a must to protect this principal source of protein.
Happily, chicken culling, survey, testing samples and creation of awareness in the affected areas are continuing and the overall situation is under the government’s control. No news of fresh affected area was received today. Still, farmers are afraid of attack from the bird flu and consumers are hesitant about eating eggs and chickens. The media should launch a massive publicity campaign by highlighting the overall situation prevailing in the country. Since ban on transportation of chickens and eggs from the bird flu affected areas is still in force, therefore there is no chance of their entry into markets.
The caretaker government deserves our thanks as army troops were called out to cull poultry birds because bird flu viruses were detected in more places in northern Jamalpur and suburban Narayanganj districts as intensive monitoring is underway to prevent proliferation of the avian influenza. A total of 8,180 chickens were culled on March 26 alone while the number of poultry birds destroyed so far since the detection of the bird flu viruses in the country days ago is 47,786. The samples of affected poultry birds would be sent to Britain, Thailand and South Africa, three of the five countries having ultra modern laboratory facilities to confirm avian influenza virus. The international community too is helping Bangladesh fight the bird flu in a coordinated way.
 
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