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Bangladesh: New H5N1 outbreaks in poultry

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I wonder if the red text is a typo, or if they really did find Pandemic H1N1 in a flock near an H5N1 infected flock. Given the later text about "both farms" and the lack of bio-security, my vote is that both farms have H5N1.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?glide=BH-20100125-24695-BGD&cat=dis&lang=eng

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=21840

Some 531 chickens were culled at a poultry farm in Gazipur on Monday in presence of the district livestock officer after it was affected by bird flu virus H5N1. The Field Disease Investigation Laboratory at Jaypurhat on Sunday confirmed that the virus affected Lata Poultry farm at Khetlal Upazila. Earlier this month, Yati Poultry Farm in the same upazila was affected with the virus. The district livestock authorities culled some 932 chickens and 183 eggs to contain the spread of the virus within 12 hours of confirmation. Talking to The Daily Star, Jaypurhat District Livestock Officer Dr Shahidul Islam said the newly affected farm was less than half a kilometre away from the previous one where H1N1 virus was confirmed on January 5. "The virus broke out due to lack of bio-security maintenance. Both the farms are situated adjacent to the dwelling place and people are coming in contact with the farms frequently," he said. The last outbreak was experienced in the country in August 2009 in Bogra. But it was not a massive one, said sources at the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR). Bird flu killed at least 287 people affecting 467 worldwide since it began to ravage poultry stocks in Asia in late 2003. World Health Organisation has counted the fatality at more than 60 percent.
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Rewritten story

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Bird flu again
531 fowls culled in Joypurhat
Staff Correspondent

The bird flu virus H1N1 struck again on Sunday at Lata Poultry Farm under Khetlal upazila in Joypurhat.

The Field Disease Investigation Laboratory in the district confirmed the infection while district and upazila livestock officers culled some 531 hens there.

Earlier on January 5, the Yati Poultry Farm -- less than half a kilometre away from the new one -- was affected with the virus. The district livestock authorities culled some 932 chickens and destroyed 183 eggs to contain the virus's spread that time.

Joypurhat District Livestock Officer Dr Shahidul Islam said, "Slack maintenance of bio-security would be the cause of the spreading and the authority would observe both the farms and the people involved with culling for a month."

Last year, infection was detected for the last time in the country in August in Bogra. But it was not a massive one, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Dhaka sources adding that the prevalence of H1N1 virus was lower last year comparing to that of the previous years.

They stressed the need for strict maintenance of the precautions by the poultry workers and the bio-security in the city markets, which are more vulnerable places.

Bird flu killed at least 287 people affecting 467 worldwide since it started ravaging poultry sector in Asia in the late 2003.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=21840
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

OIE report on the Yati poultry farm. http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=8866

<table class="rep_table" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="rep_item_ob" width="200">Outbreak 1 </td> <td class="rep_data_ob" width="*">Yati poultry farm, Khetlal Fakirpara, Joypurhat, RAJSHAHI</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Date of start of the outbreak</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">04/01/2010</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Outbreak status</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">Continuing (or date resolved not provided)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Epidemiological unit</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">Farm</td> </tr><tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Affected animals</td> <td> <table class="rep_sub_table" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="20%">Species</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="16%">Susceptible</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="16%">Cases</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="16%">Deaths</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="16%">Destroyed</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="16%">Slaughtered</td> </tr><tr valign="top"><td class="rep_sub_data">Birds</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">1182</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">250</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">250</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">932</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">0</td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr><tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Affected Population</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">a commercial layer farm</td> </tr><tr> <td class="rep_item_ob" width="200">Summary of outbreaks</td> <td class="rep_data_ob" width="*">Total outbreaks: 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Outbreak statistics</td> <td class="rep_data"> <table class="rep_sub_table" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="20%">Species</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="20%">Apparent morbidity rate</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="20%">Apparent mortality rate</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="20%">Apparent case fatality rate</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="20%">Proportion susceptible animals lost* </td> </tr><tr valign="top"><td class="rep_sub_data">Birds</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">21.15%</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">21.15%</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">100.00%</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">100.00%</td> </tr></tbody></table>
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter</td></tr></tbody></table>Epidemiology<table class="rep_table" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">
  • Unknown or inconclusive
</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Control measures<table class="rep_table" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Measures applied</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">
  • Stamping out
  • Movement control inside the country
  • Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
  • Vaccination prohibited
  • No treatment of affected animals
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Measures to be applied</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">
  • No other measures
</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Diagnostic test results<table class="rep_table" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Laboratory name and type</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Dhaka (national reference laboratory) (National laboratory)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Tests and results</td> <td> <table class="rep_sub_table" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="35%">Species</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="40%">Test</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="15%">Test date</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="10%">Result</td> </tr><tr valign="top"><td class="rep_sub_data">Birds</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">17/01/2010</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">Positive</td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr><tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Laboratory name and type</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*">Field Disease Investigation Laboratory, Joypurhat (National laboratory)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="rep_item" width="200">Tests and results</td> <td> <table class="rep_sub_table" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="35%">Species</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="40%">Test</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="15%">Test date</td> <td class="rep_sub_item" width="10%">Result</td> </tr><tr valign="top"><td class="rep_sub_data">Birds</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">rapid tests</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">05/01/2010</td> <td class="rep_sub_data">Positive</td> </tr></tbody></table> </td> </tr></tbody></table>
Future Reporting<table class="rep_table" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td class="rep_item">The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.</td> </tr></tbody></table>
Map of outbreak locations <table class="rep_table" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="rep_item" width="200">Location of current outbreaks</td> <td class="rep_data" width="*"><form name="mapform" action="public.php" method="post" target="map_window" onsubmit="return validate_map_click(this)"> <input name="map" src="http://www.oie.int/wahis/maps/temp/126444798280281.png" class="framed_map" height="400" type="image" width="400"> <input name="map_file" value="public1146a65cdc1fe9c4405facba5b19b7271264447982" type="hidden"> <input name="page" value="country_map_interactive" type="hidden"> <input name="page_title" value="Location of current outbreaks" type="hidden"> <input name="page_refer" value="full_event_report" type="hidden"> <input name="page_info" value="" type="hidden"> <input name="public_country" value="BGD" type="hidden"><input name="map_query" value="TRUE" type="hidden"><input name="selected_year" value="2010" type="hidden"> <input name="extent" value="85.454949188232, 19.844599533081, 96.235049438477, 30.624699783325" type="hidden"> <input name="exsize" value="3.5933667500814" type="hidden"> <input name="pop" value="0" type="hidden"> <input name="button_action" value="" type="hidden"> <input name="map_size" value="400 400" type="hidden"> <input name="new_map_zoom_origin" value="true" type="hidden"> </form> Click on map to zoom in.
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Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Common sense seems to indicate that this is an H5N1 outbreak in poultry.

That article Sally found convinces me that someone (either in the media or locally in the outbreak) doesn't know the difference between H5N1 and H1N1, as it refers to bird flu as H1N1.
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

And a ProMED post - there is no discussion here about the red error

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,81079


Archive Number 20100126.0286
Published Date 26-JAN-2010
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (04): Bangladesh (RJ)


AVIAN INFLUENZA (04): BANGLADESH (RAJSHAHI)
******************************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http: www.promedmail.org="">
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http: www.isid.org="">

Date: Mon 25 Jan 2010
Source: The Daily Star [edited]
<http: www.thedailystar.net="" newdesign="" latest_news.php?nid="21840">


Some 531 chickens were culled at a poultry farm in Gazipur on Monday
[25 Jan 2010] in presence of the district livestock officer after it
was affected by bird flu virus H5N1.

The Field Disease Investigation Laboratory at [Joypurhat District,
Rajshahi Division] on Sunday [24 Jan 2010] confirmed that the virus
affected Lata Poultry farm at Khetlal Upazila [sub district].

Earlier this month [January 2010], Yati Poultry Farm in the same
upazila was affected with the virus. The district livestock
authorities culled some 932 chickens and 183 eggs to contain the
spread of the virus within 12 hours of confirmation.

Talking to The Daily Star, Joypurhat District Livestock officer, Dr
Shahidul Islam, said the newly affected farm was less than 0.5 km [0.3
mi] away from the previous one where H1N1 virus was confirmed on 5 Jan
2010. "The virus broke out due to lack of bio-security maintenance.
Both the farms are situated adjacent to the dwelling place and people
are coming in contact with the farms frequently," he said.

The last outbreak was experienced in the country in August 2009 in
Bogra [Rajshahi Division]. But it was not a massive one, said sources
at the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

Bird flu killed at least 287 people affecting 467 worldwide since it
began to ravage poultry stocks in Asia in late 2003. World Health
Organisation has counted the fatality at more than 60 percent.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail



[It will be interesting to note if the detection of the described
outbreak was obtained within the active surveillance, conducted in 150
out of 487 sub-districts of Bangladesh as part of an USAID funded FAO
project (see ProMED-mail post 20090909.3180). A total of 450 community
animal health workers (CAHW), 50 additional veterinary surgeons (AVS),
and 150 upazila livestock officers (ULOs) are using short message
service (SMS) gateway (that is, method of sending and receiving SMS
messages between computers and mobile phones) to collect data and
report on disease and death in poultry.

The H5N1 epizootic in Bangladesh has been continuous since its start
on 5 Feb 2007; if the current described outbreak, Lata Poultry farm,
is officially confirmed, it will become outbreak no. 326. Bangladesh
has submitted, so far, 21 follow-up reports on the H5N1 situation to
the OIE.

The previous outbreak, no. 325, in the Yati poultry farm, Khetlal
Fakirpara, Joypurhat, Rajshahi, was reported to the OIE in
Bangladesh's follow-up report no. 21, submitted on 20 Jan 2010. It
involved a commercial layer flock where 250 chickens died out of 1132
on the farm. The remaining 932 birds were destroyed, in line with the
prevailing national disease control policy, which prohibits the use of
vaccine. The report, including a map, is available at
<http: www.oie.int="" wahis="" public.php?page="single_report&pop=1&reportid=8866">.

A summary of all reports, including a map showing the location of the
outbreaks, is available at
<http: www.oie.int="" wahis="" public.php?page="event_summary&reportid=5154">. -
Mod.AS]

[The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Bangladesh is available at
<http: healthmap.org="" r="" 013k="">. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]</http:></http:></http:></promed@promedmail.org></http:></http:></http:>
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Bird flu strikes in Sirajganj, 3000 poultry culled
Wed, Jan 27th, 2010 12:13 am BdST Dial 2324 from your mobile for latest news



Sirajganj, Jan 26 (bdnews24.com) ? Thousands of chickens were culled as bird flu struck at a farm in Sirajganj Sadar on Tuesday, with fears that thousands more dead birds in the district may have been infected, local livestock officials said.

A team of district veterinarians and officials, led by upazila nirbahi officer Mohammad Hossain, culled about 3,000 birds of Akmal Poultry Farm at Ranigram village beside the Jamuna river on Tuesday night following detection of avian influenza there.

District livestock official Mohammad Abdul Mannan said, "After receiving reports of bird flu, we destroyed the birds of Akmal Farm considering it is a very harmful virus which can affect man and bird equally."

Asked about the number of poultry farms or birds affected in the district, he failed to draw any figure.

However, Mohammad Akmal Hossain, general secretary of Bangladesh Poultry Farm Association's district unit, said: "About 2,000 poultry have already died of bird flu, which local livestock officials put down to Ranikhet at first without carrying out any tests."

Ranikhet is another highly infectious viral disease of poultry, which strikes in winter.

"But we along with the concerned authorities sent samples to Dhaka. We received confirmation of avian influenza this morning (Tuesday)," said Hossain.

About 10,000 birds of at least 20 poultry farms of Sialkole union in the Sadar Upazila reportedly died of Ranikhet between Jan 10-20, according to the local livestock office, though tests were not carried out to confirm the disease.

However, after the detection of avian influenza in then other cases, livestock officials said Tuesday those poultry might also have died of bird flu.

Mohammad Faridul Islam, president of Bangladesh Poultry Farm Association's Sirajganj unit, said the disease broke out due to import of eggs and poultry from India.

"The industry in this district may collapse if the government doesn't take steps immediately," he said.

http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=152139&cid=2
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Front PageBird flu hits another poultry farm
Staff CorrespondentThe bird flu virus H1N1 struck a poultry farm in Sirajganj yesterday, two days after it infected a farm in Joypurhat.

Officials of the Directorate General of Livestock confirmed that Akmal Poultry Farm at Ranigram of Sirajganj sadar upazila was infected with the bird flu virus.

Earlier on January 5, the virus was detected at Yati Poultry Farm less than half a kilometre away from Lata Poultry Farm.

The Directorate General of Livestock has asked the farm to cull some 3,000 birds.

While talking to The Daily Star Director General of Directorate General of Livestock Habibur Rahman said the chance of spreading the H1N1 virus is high as the neighbouring country India is experiencing the outbreak of the flu.

He also said vigilance in the affected localities have been strengthened to contain the spread of the virus.

Disinfectant will be sprayed soon at 40 specific points from where chicken and eggs are transported to contain the spread, he said.

The Directorate General of Livestock also sent a proposal to the commerce ministry for cancelling the standing order for eggs and one-day-old chicken from West Bengal, he added.

The Directorate General of Health Services has also strengthened its surveillance in the localities where H1N1 virus has been confirmed. The people involved in handling and culling the infected birds will be kept under careful observation for two weeks.

The poultry owners are suggested to maintain bio-security properly at their farms.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=123694
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

The above article mentions H5N1 not at all, but H1N1 three times. It is obvious (IMO) that this is an H5N1 outbreak.

It is a bad sign if the authorities do not know the difference between H1N1 and H5N1 in that area.
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 (and maybe H1N1) outbreaks in poultry

So not only did they write the wrong virus, they got the wrong place too. I don't think I've ever seen ProMED issue a double correction, but we might here.

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,81088

Archive Number 20100127.0293
Published Date 27-JAN-2010
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (06): Bangladesh (RJ) correction


AVIAN INFLUENZA (06): BANGLADESH (RAJSHAHI) CORRECTION
******************************************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>

Date: Wed 27 Jan 2010
From: Afzal Hossain <afzal_f77@yahoo.com> [edited]


Re: ProMED-mail Avian influenza (04): Bangladesh (RJ) 20100126.0286
-------------------------------------------------------------------
It will be Joypurhat district instead of Gazipur.

--
Dr Md Afzal Hossain
Program Coordinator
HPAI Active Surveillance Network Program
DLS & FAO
Bangladesh
<afzal_f77@yahoo.com>

[The ProMED-mail posting mentioned above included the following 1st paragraph:

"Some 531 chickens were culled at a poultry farm in Gazipur on Monday
[25 Jan 2010] in presence of the district livestock officer after it
was affected by bird flu virus H5N1."

Gazipur (the location indicated by the Dhaka-based media source) was
erroneous. The poultry farm where the outbreak was detected is located
in Joypurhat district.


Thanks to Dr Afzal Hossain for the correction. - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Avian influenza (04): Bangladesh (RJ) 20100126.0286]
...................................arn/mj/dk
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 outbreaks in poultry

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Metropolitan

<FIELDSET>

Take steps to contain bird flu

Poultry farm protection body urges govt


</FIELDSET>
Staff correspondent, Khulna

Bangladesh Poultry Farm Protection National Committee (BPFPNC) demanded the government to take immediate and effective measures to contain outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) to save the poultry sector from being ruined.

They made the demand at a press conference at Khulna Press Club yesterday.

The general secretary of the national committee Khandaker Muhammad Mohsin accused the minister for fisheries and livestock for his wrong decision as reasons for sudden spread of avian influenza in some districts in the country.

The minister is not well aware of real problems being faced by the country's poultry industry, he said in his written statement at the press conference.

He also accused a group of owners of hatcheries and feed mills for rise in prices of broiler and layer chicks.

The BPFPNC general secretary while advising poultry farm owners to strengthen bio security of their farms stressed the need for implementation of training programmes across the country in this respect and creating awareness against infection of avian influenza.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=124083
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 outbreaks in poultry

Source: http://sify.com/news/bangladesh-cul...-outbreak-news-international-kcirOfihadg.html

Bangladesh culls 13,000 chickens after bird flu outbreak
2010-02-08 17:50:00

Bangladesh has culled about 13,000 chickens after fresh outbreak of bird flu in the country last month, officials said Monday.

Ataur Rahman, bird flu control room official, told Xinhua, a total of '12,789 chickens were culled so far this year after fresh outbreak of the avian influenza in commercial farms.'

Of the total, he said, '9,526 birds, including 8,821 in a commercial firm in Dhaka, were culled in the first week of this month.'

In January, when the outbreak of the disease was reported, 3,263 chickens were culled.

Habibur Rahman, director general of Bangladesh's Fisheries and Live Stock Department, said the department has strengthened its surveillance to contain further spread of the infectious disease.

So far, four districts were affected by bird flu.

Officials, however, said with the rise of temperature in March and April, the risks from the disease would gradually ease.

Bird flu was first detected in Bangladesh in a poultry farm near Dhaka in March 2007.

The disease was later spread to 47 districts between December 2007 and March 2008.
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 outbreaks in poultry

Post #11:
So far, four districts were affected by bird flu.
Apprehension of bird flu still alive in Tripura

Agartala, Feb 20 : The Tripura government has appealed to all concerned organisations to remain alert from outbreaking of avian flu in the state, which is bordered by Bangladesh on three sides.



According to a release issued here today, there is no report of fresh disease in the state, but apprehension still prevails as 47 out of 64 districts in neighbouring Bangladesh are affected by it.
-snip-
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-55579.html
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 outbreaks in poultry

Saturday, March 13, 2010Front PageBird flu hits Thakurgaon poultry farm
Our Correspondent, ThakurgaonIt was avian influenza commonly known as bird flu that triggered death of chickens at a poultry house in Thakurgaon district headquarters in the last couple of days, said livestock officials yesterday.

District Livestock Officer Mosaddekur Rahman told The Daily Star that a total of 395 parent chickens at Kazi Breeders Limited Yakubpur branch had died until Thursday noon starting from Wednesday night.

As the mortality rate was abnormal, the farm authorities informed the livestock office, he said.

Livestock officials immediately collected samples and sent those to Joypurhat Field Decease Investigation Laboratory Thursday evening. Samples were also sent to Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), Savar.

Meanwhile, fearing bird flu infection, the farm authorities isolated the parent chickens and eggs and imposed restriction on bringing the birds and eggs to other side of the poultry.

Yesterday around 5:45pm the BLRI sent a fax massage to the District Livestock office confirming the bird flu detection.

A 50-member team from District Livestock Office with the help of district administration started a culling drive yesterday around 7:30pm.

About 1,17,626 parent stock and about 2,10,000 eggs would be destroyed there, said the district livestock officer.

Thakurgaon Deputy Commissioner Munshi Shahabuddin Ahamed told the Daily Star that they have put a ban on carrying, purchasing and selling of chicken, duck, pigeon, eggs and all sorts of birds from the farm.

DC Shahabuddin said we would also try to make people aware of the influenza.

The district administration placed a three-month ban on trading of such birds in the area.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=129868

See also thread: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142820
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 outbreaks in poultry

Brahmanbaria East Central Bangladesh - previous date 20 February

Bird-flu becomes bane of B'baria poultry farmers

Our Correspondent

BRAHMANBARIA, Feb 20: The poultry farmers in the district are counting huge losses every day as the sales of the poultry birds have come down drastically due to Avian influenza panic, widely known as bird-flu.

Although the viral disease of birds has not yet been detected in the district, most people are reluctant to buy chickens.

In the kitchen markets of the district town, prices of poultry birds came down to Tk 75 from Tk 95 per kg due to lower demand of the same.

Even the restaurant owners, let alone general public, have stopped buying chickens as the customers hardly order for chicken dish these days.

Taking loans from the Department of Youth Development (DYD) and local non-government organisations (NGOs), many unemployed youths in the district had set up small poultry farms here to become self-reliant, sources added.

According to District Livestock Department (DLD), there are some 208,640 broiler chickens in 323 broiler poultry farms, 131,360 layer chickens in 50 layer poultry farms and 51,050 ducks in 85 duck poultry farms in the district.

Brahmanbaria District Avian influenza Prevention Committee (DAPC) recently arranged the preparation meeting six times and inspiration meeting twice at the deputy commissioner's (DC) conference room recently to check the spread of the bird-flu virus, official sources added.

Brahmanbaria municipality officials continue spraying medicines on the poultry shops in the town kitchen markets to check the spread of bird-flu. DLD also is spraying VIRKONS, TIMSON liquid, etc. germ destroying medicines at Akhaura Land Custom Station, Bangladesh-India Border area.

DLD staff are monitoring the poultry farms all the times. They have also taken steps to increase awareness against bird-flu among those who nourish poultry birds every day.

Poultry farm owners apprehended that they might be forced to shut down their farms in the near future if the prices of poultry birds continued to come down due to bird-flu.

Meanwhile, preventive medicines such as Casumix Plus (H), Poleaxe and CSBS are selling at exorbitant prices in local markets.

In the situation, the poultry farm owners in the district have sought an urgent action in this connection.

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=26034
 
Re: Bangladesh: New H5N1 outbreaks in poultry

Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian flu

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DHAKA (AFP) ? At least 117,000 chickens were destroyed in northern Bangladesh Sunday after avian flu outbreak on one of the country's largest poultry farms, a local official said.

The deadly H5N1 strain of flu was detected on Saturday when 400 chickens died suddenly at the Kazi Farms complex in Thakurgaon town, district livestock chief Mosaddekur Rahman told AFP.

"Tests confirmed presence of the H5N1 bird flu in 15 sheds of the farm and we ordered destruction of all 117,600 layer chickens," he said.

Kazi Farms is Bangladesh's largest poultry bird and egg producer. General manager of the company Ataur Rahman said another 200,000 eggs had also been destroyed in the single largest outbreak of bird flu in the country.
"Our loss will be more than 400 million taka (six million dollars)," he told AFP.
Bangladesh was hit by bird flu in February 2007, when more than one million birds were slaughtered on thousands of farms across the country.
The last major outbreak was in November 2008 when 10,000 birds were culled over a two-month period, with smaller outbreaks detected in 2009.
Bangladesh's poultry industry is one of the world's largest, producing 220 million chickens and 37 million ducks annually.
The country reported its first confirmed human case of bird flu in May 2008, but the government said the 16-month-old baby who contracted the virus recovered.

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Bird flu fear
1.18 lakh chickens culled in Thakurgaon
UNB, Thakurgaon

District Livestock Department culled some 117,626 chickens at Yakubpur shade of Kazi Farms Limited in Sadar upazila on Friday evening following detection of avian influenza in some dead birds of the farm.
Local sources said some 395 poultry birds of the farm died in the last few days. District Livestock Department sent samples of the dead birds to Livestock Research Institute in Savar of Dhaka after the matter came to its notice.
The institute on Thursday sent a message to the district administration office confirming infection of the dead birds with avian influenza.
After receiving the message, the Livestock Department with the help of the district administration culled the chickens and buried those.
Shah Ataur Rahman, general manger of Kazi Farms Limited, said they have seven poultry farms and a hatchery in the district. "But bird flue was detected at the Yakubpur Farm only."
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(published 3/14/2010)
 
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Poultry industry facing catastrophe afresh 1.17 lakh fowls culled

Zakir Mustafiz Milu from Thakurgaon

Bird Flu has broken out in a poultry farm of Kazi Farms Group situated at village Yakubpur under Thakurgaon sadar upazila of the district The govt has reportedly given order to cull all the fowls of the farm numbering 1.17 lakh plus 626 and also to destroy about 2.10 lakh eggs.

The first symptom of the flu was noticed when 50 fowls died on Wednesday last But the farm owner was not yet sure as to what it was. When on Thursday about 2,000 more fowls died, the authority informed the district Live Stock Officer who performed a rapid test of the sample and sent the sample to the regional testing laboratory at Jaipurhat and central Live stock laboratory at Savar, Dhaka. The confirmation reports of both the laboratories reached here on Saturday evening. After receiving the reports and by the order of the Director General of Live Stock Department, the district administration and the local Live Stock department started culling the fowls from 300 hours Friday night

The district Live Stock Officer Mosaddequr Rahman told The New Nation that the culling of the fowls would be going on till the last one is not dead. At present 200 labourers and 70 0fficials and employees are engaged in the process of culling
. Deputy Commissioner Munshi Shahabuddin Ahmed told The New Nation that the district administration and the district Live Stock department had taken immediate measures to cull the infected birds. But it was a gigantic task to cull such a huge number of fowls. He further said that all types of precautionary measures were taken so that the virus of the flu was not spread further.

Meanwhile, Kazi Zahidul Hasan, Managing Director, Kazi Farms Group said in a Press briefing on Saturday that they had also taken all possible measures to cull the fowls as soon as they became confirmed about the infection of the virus. He further said that due to the outbreak of bird flu in their Yakubpur Farm, they would be compelled to sustain a loss of Tk. 35 whereas the government would compensate about Tk one crore only. He further said that on account of the outbreak of the Bird Flue in one of their layer farms, there would be a crisis in the broiler chicks market

He also said that after the completion of the culling they would shutdown the farm for three months. In an enquiry about the type of the virus, he said that for the confirmation of the type of the virus the sample was sent to the testing laboratory in Italy.:tiphat:


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Leaders of the poultry associations welcomed the decision of increasing the capacity of the government-run hatcheries which will help to meet the shortfall in the supply of day-old chicks and thus other poultry products.
The minister said the government was presently running 12 hatcheries with the annual capacity of producing 83 lakh day-old chicks.
?We will ensure maximum utilization of the present capacity and new projects will be launched soon to set up more hatcheries so that the entrepreneurs in the poultry sector cannot increase prices by capitalizing on the recurrent shortages,? he said, adding that there was a weekly shortfall of around 20 lakh day-old chicks against the demand for 85 lakh.
The meeting was informed that owners were selling day-old chicks for Tk 60 each while an egg was selling for Tk 5 at the farmers? level.
The minister said that the poultry farm owners? allegation that the import of Indian eggs was responsible for the recent spread of bird flu in some places was not well-grounded since there were many factors, including movement of migratory birds and marketing of poultry feed without testing, which can also cause the deadly disease. Representatives of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association, Bangladesh Egg Producers Association and Breeders Association, along with others, attended the meeting.
The poultry sector?s leaders demanded introduction of insurance policy and bank loans on easy terms for maintaining the growth of the poultry sector which has been hit hard by the spread of bird flu in the last two years.
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Jaipurhat is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division.Thakurgaon is in the same Division

3,000 flu-infected chickens culled

Our Correspondent

JOYPURHAT, Mar 21: At least 3,000 bird flu-infected chickens were culled at Savna Agro Ltd in the town by the livestock office Sunday afternoon.

Dr Rostom Ali, Upazila Livestock Officer of Khetlal, told this correspondent that the affected poultry farm first informed the livestock office of it. After being sure about the bird flu outbreak, the livestock office took the step to cull all the chickens of the farm.

Sources said Mahamudul Islam, the farm owner, was rearing 3,000 Pakistani chickens, of them 1,000 died of the disease.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010Star ChittagongBird flu panic grips Ctg poultry farmers
Nur Uddin AlamgirPanic caused by avian influenza has gripped the Chittagong poultry farmers again after the outbreak of bird flu was reported at Sitakunda upazila in the district.

The panic has also led to an increase in the price of chicken this season when farmers usually opt not to run the poultry business to avert loss due to the highly contagious disease bird flu.

Sources in Chittagong District Livestock Office said the outbreak of the disease of this season was reported at SM Golabaria Poultry Farm at village Golabaria in Sitakunda upazila on March 14.
Owner of the farm Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique informed district livestock officials of the sudden death of 1,500 chickens when the latter rushed to collect sample.

It was tested at Chittagong District Veterinary Hospital Laboratory and Field Diseases Investigation Laboratory in Feni.

After getting the positive results from both the laboratories, the livestock officials culled the rest 400 chickens of the farm and declared the area as 'infected' for three months, said the livestock officials concerned, adding that the farm will not be allowed to raise chickens for the period and will remain under strict monitoring.

Rakibur Rahman Tutul, owner of Nahar Agro Complex Limited, said they are in fear of attack by bird flu that destroy the farm as well as the capital of the little investors within a short time.

A good number of poultry farmers are not running business this season that contributes to the price hike of chickens.

Per kilogram chicken of farm is being sold at Tk 140 and local chicken at Tk 240, which was Tk 100 to Tk 110 and Tk 210 to Tk 220 respectively before the outbreak of bird flu in December, he added.

General Manager Nurul Islam of MM Aga Limited said the price of chicken has been increased due to less production. The situation will improve by the April, he hoped.

Chittagong Poultry Breeders' Association President Iqbal Dada said the attack of bird flu has reduced to a significant level comparing the previous years.

?Poultry farmers are now aware enough and the livestock department is active in preventing the spread of the virus,? he said.

Iqbal Dada, also senior vice president of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association, urged the government to allow import of bird flu vaccine to save the industry as well as the investors.

Additional District Livestock Officer Dr Mohammad Farhad Hossain said though usually bird flu breaks out in the winter when temperature goes down but the virus appeared after the winter this year. He said the diseases could tackle remarkably due to awareness of the farmers and organised activities of the livestock department.

Seventeen farms were attacked by the virus in 2007 while four in 2008, three in 2009 and only one this season till now, he added.

Four bird flu suspected samples have been tested at the laboratory of Chittagong District Veterinary Hospital Laboratory and one found positive.

He said they are holding seminars on bio-security for the poultry farmers in every upazilas from December to create awareness among the farmers.

A surveillance team headed by the upazila veterinary surgeon and another team headed by upazila nirbahi officer are looking after the matter.

Besides, an additional veterinary officer for three upazilas and three health workers for each upazila are working with the financial assistance of Food and Agriculture Organisation to tackle the highly contagious disease, he added.

There are 687 layer farms, 3,359 broiler farms, 12 breeder farms and two layer breeding farms in Chittagong district, said the sources.
 
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