Re: Bird flu threat hits Russia; april 11
Re: Bird flu threat hits Russia; april 11
The cause of the outbreak of avian flu could become strips of wild birds
17:47 | 11 04 2008
MOSCOW, April 11 - RIA Novosti.
The outbreak of avian influenza virus in one of the private farms in the seaside village of Vozdvizhenka, which was recorded on Thursday,
remains an isolated case in the region.
Nonetheless, the local emergency services have shifted to work in the face of disaster.
In neighbouring Khabarovsk territory are reinforced preventive measures and promised to provide a whole bird to the end of April.
Declension ten chickens in a private farmstead in the village of Vozdvizhenka Ussuriyskom occurred on Thursday.
Samples taken from the fallen birds showed strain of avian influenza.
Now materials sent to a laboratory in the city of Vladimir for additional review.
The rest of birds farmstead (42 heads) had to score and burn.
Sanitary Barriers
And although new cases of these deaths of chickens in Vozdvizhenke specialists have not revealed all emergency Ussuri region where the village is located, shifted to a regime of CHS.
Villagers barred release of birds from farms due to the introduction of quarantine, veterinarians conducted at the hands disinfection and vaccination of livestock.
In addition, the boundary commission decision on emergency stand GIBDD posts restricting entry to the village and prohibiting exit.
Friday veterinarians checked all Vozdvizhenki yards, but the new hotbeds of "bird flu" is not found.
According to the veterinary service edge, in the Primorye enough vaccine against the dangerous virus.
Owners of birds did not pay for inoculations: vaccine paid from the federal budget, while veterinarians - from the boundary value.
In turn, prosecutors Primorsky Region beginning on Friday tested in regard to the measures taken to eliminate the district administration outbreak of the viral disease.
U residents no flu
Medical increased its monitoring of the health of residents Vozdvizhenki. To provide necessary assistance ready clinic, Emergency Medical Services, specialists Krai Medical Center disasters.
It is not recorded a single treatment of people with respiratory symptoms.
Nevertheless, in addition to the area will be directed doctors and veterinarians.
Cour giblets fed wild birds
Experts cited a possible cause of the outbreak of avian influenza. It could
become carriers of wild waterfowl, which had acquired the landowner farmstead hunting.
According to the boundary-value management Rosselhoznadzora owner farmstead Kirsanow,
he otstrelival wild waterfowl, which strips then used as feed for poultry.
Primorye
authorities temporarily banned the spring hunt waterfowl and other wild birds migrating now from the southern Asia to Russia.
Khabarovsk establish cordon
In Khabarovsk territory actively inculcate, poultry, contained in private hands to keep her from this dangerous virus. Vaccination should end before the end of April.
According to the management of the Ministry of Agriculture veterinary region on personal plots containing about 180 thousand birds. Currently, about 90% of vaccine, all poultry farms in the province are working in a closed mode.
In Khabarovsk territory vaccine against avian influenza virus is also sufficient.
Residents of the province containing homes and kanareek parrots, also will be able to make their pets vaccinated. To do this, they need to contact the district or city department to combat animal diseases.
No cases of avian influenza in the region is not recorded.
On the border of Primorye and Khabarovsk Territory plan to install disinfection cordon.
The territory of Khabarovsk Territory is located in an area where the potential risk of infection is high. It offers the path of migratory birds from South-East Asia, where in recent years there were cases of avian influenza.
In Khabarovsk Territory 145 settlements are located close to nesting migratory birds.
Hunting of waterfowl game in the province over the past three years is not repealed, this year's hunting season begins in the southern region since 12 April. Hunter issued a memo to explain how spared from the bird flu.
The southern regions are also vulnerable
Vulnerable territories in terms of the spread of avian influenza are considered and southern regions of the country.
"Gripp birds, in the form in which it now exists on the territory of the Russian Federation - N5 N1, it is objective, an existing threat. Primarily, it is present in the Southern Federal District, and part of the Siberian Federal District" -- April 9, told journalists Director of the Department of the Ministry of Agriculture veterinary RF Ivan Rozhdestvensky.
He added that in fact the regions in which the avian flu virus could not penetrate, Russia does not.
"The influenza virus H5 N1 present on the territory of the Russian Federation in the population of wild migratory birds. They nest in the north and flew over the entire country, referring to the accommodation" - he said.
According to Christmas, a strategy to combat influenza, which has been implemented in Russia since 2005, allows the virus to contain the threat of N5 N1. The mix includes vaccination seriously the health Poultry, limiting presence in the poultry farms and wild birds ism, the restriction on the possession of personal subsidiary poultry farms Poultry workers.
In turn, Russian President Vladimir Fisinin poultry Union said that the problem of avian influenza occurs in Russia again and again, because, after reducing the threat of contracting the virus comes to rest and make elementary mistakes. "
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