Bird flu threat hits Russia; April 11+; mass poultry death

[HenryN]

Re: Bird flu threat hits Russia; April 11+; mass poultry death

April 15, 2008, 11:04
Bird flu alert after mass poultry deaths

Scientists in Russia's Perm region are investigating the death of around 40,000 birds at a poultry farm. It?s still unclear whether it was caused by bird flu.
This latest incident comes just days after dozens of chickens died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Russia's Far East. In that case specialists suggested it could have been brought into the area by wild fowl.

A quarantine is being observed in the Far East region and all domestic birds are being vaccinated.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

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Veterinarian explains bird deaths at farm with technological problems


15.04.2008,

PERM, April 15 (Itar-Tass) -- The bird deaths at the Chaikovskaya poultry farm in the Foki village of the Perm territory resulted from technological reasons, chief veterinarian of the Perm territorial agriculture ministry Inna Berezina told a Tuesday press briefing.

She said the local laboratory had examined dead chickens and bird flu tests were negative. More test results will be available on Wednesday.

“Our preliminary conclusion is that the birds died of technological problems. The most probable cause of their death is a faulty ventilation system,” Berezina said.

The accident occurred on April 13. The farm lost 37,500 chickens or 5% of the entire population of 700,000. The situation is being investigated.

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[HenryN]

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In Sakhalin they will forcedly inoculate poultry from the influenza

Through Sakhalin and Kurily lie the routes of the migration of migratory birds, including and synanthropic. The latter enter into the conditional group of "risk" and are the potential threat of the infection of insular "laying hens". Therefore one of the primary tasks - of placing reliable barrier to the penetration of bird influenza on the territory and into the working accomodations of poultry processing facility "insular". As on 16 April they reported to correspondent IA regnum in control of the information policy of the apparatus of the administration of Sakhalin region, about this at the session of extraordinary anti-epizootic commission stated vice-governor Sergey karepkin.
In the session participated the leaders and the specialists of the provincial administrations of veterinary science and agriculture, territorial administrations OF MCHS [EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RELIEF MINISTRY] and UVD, Rospotrebnadzora and , and also committee on industry and trade of Sakhalin region, provincial department of forests and separately guarded natural territories.
As noted Sergey karepkin, the case of the disease of poultry by the fatal virus of bird influenza was fixed recently in the Primorskiy Kray. In connection with this, the administration of Sakhalin region together with the veterinary and as organs sanitarily -nadzornymi made the decision to develop package of measures for monitoring of situation and averting the spread of dangerous disease in the territory of insular region.
In the course of session several solutions were accepted. To control of the veterinary science of Sakhalin region it is necessary to organize conducting the revaccination of bird against the influenza. Especially in those regions, where the low (less than 80%) tension of postvaccinal immunity is noted. 28 days after this to select and to send into the veterinary laboratory 25 tests of serum from the poultry from each populated area for a study for the tension of immunity.
For the work with "otkaznikami" of the inoculation of poultry to the Heads of Administration of municipal formations to rekomendovano draw the colleagues OF UVD in order to conduct the forced vaccination of hens and other feathered inhabitants in peasant, farmer podvor'yakh and in the personal economies.
The administration Of rossel'khoznadzora must develop the schedule chart of monitoring studies of migratory and synanthropic bird for the influenza and coordinate it with control of veterinary science. But to also take measures for bringing into the working order of disinfection- washing blocks for the veterinary-sanitary working of motor transport in the points of passage and examination it is cargo, and also on the sanitary the working of containers and railroad cars, intended for the transport of agricultural it is cargo.
To the owners of hunting stores one should extend information leaflets among the population on the explanation of questions of preventive maintenance and liquidation of the influenza of birds.

To avoid the risk of the possible contact of poultry with the wild migratory, especially in the densely populated southern regions of Sakhalin, where main rivers flow and are located lagoon lakes, from 26 April, 2008, in Sakhalin it is planned to open the season of spring hunting the planktonic game. Specialists hope that the large part of the migratory bird will be set because of noise of shooting to the wing. Thus will be succeeded in relocating numerous flocks into the sparsely populated regions of the north of island.

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[HenryN]

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The corollary measures against the influenza of the birds are taken in Kamchatka

Corollary measures for averting of introduction to Kamchatka and spread of bird influenza are taken in connection with the detection of the highly pathogenic virus of the influenza of birds in the littoral. On this to the correspondent IA regnum on 16 April reported the main veterinarian of Kamchatka edge the sea-scape Of nishtan.
According to her, through the Kamchatka peninsula in the period of migration they fly to 10 million feathered, part from which will nest here, and part, after making a stoppage, will leave for the north. Here arrive flying birds, including and from the littoral. "about the threat of the spread of bird influenza in the Far East warns us and the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. In connection with this we strengthen measures for the non-admission of the propagation of infection ", said the sea-scape Of nishtan.

During April the specialists for the Kamchatka administration approached the shooting of wild migratory birds for the sampling to the presence of the virus of bird influenza. Kamchatka farmers and the masters of personal podvor'ya specialists issue a call to urgently conduct the vaccination of poultry from the bird influenza.

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[HenryN]

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21.04.2008, 19.25


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</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">VLADIVOSTOK, April 21 (Itar-Tass) - Over 400,000 domestic birds have been vaccinated against bird flu during a vaccination campaign in the Primorsky Territory.
Additional vaccination was made in districts bordering on the settlement of Vozdvizhenka, where poultry deaths had been fixed, sources from the department for agriculture and food under the regional administration told Tass.
No other centres of poultry deaths were fixed. Quarantine in Vozdvizhenka will be lifted after additional checks early in May, the sources said.
Poultry death cases were reported from Vozdvizhenka on April 7. Forty birds died in private yards. Samples were taken to laboratories in the territory and quarantine was imposed in the village after bird flu had been confirmed.
A number of migrant birds were shot down for tests; the test results are negative. It appeared that a wild goose shot by a Vozdvizhenka resident on April 8 was the disease carrier. The hunter ate the goose and threw out the goose?s guts. Domestic birds consumed the waste and died several days later. The Primorye veterinarian laboratory of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance found the bird flu virus AH5, and the national lab confirmed the diagnosis.
That was the first bird flu case in the Russian Far East. Wild birds migrate from Southeast Asia to their nesting areas in the north through the Primorye territory.
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[HenryN]

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More than 16 thousand feathered are inculcated in Kamchatka from the influenza of birds

The corollary measures for averting of introduction and spread of the influenza of birds will be accepted by the territory of Kamchatka edge. This solution was accepted at the session of the commission for the extraordinary situations of Kamchatka edge under governor kuz'mitskiy's chairmanship, they reported to the correspondent IA regnum on 30 April in the government of region.
Kamchatka peninsula falls into the risk group in the period of the spring migration of feathered, that fly, including through the territories of southeastern Asia and east of Russia to the north. According to the minister of agriculture and foodstuffs of the Kamchatka edge of Andrey sizentsev, in the region is already begun the vaccination of birds on podvor'yakh. Are at the present time inculcated 16 thousand feathered, and as a whole it is planned to inculcate 35 thousand birds on personal podvor'yakh and farmer economies.
"at the veterinary stations are created the stocks of equipment, drugs and preparations for the localization of possible epizootic manifestations. Is formed mobile force for the operational development of work in the places of the possible detection of virus is carried out the disinfection of the containers, in which enters in Kamchatka poultry-breeding production, is inspected luggage and hand luggage of passengers, who arrive from the regions with the unfavorable epizootic situation ", they said in the government of edge.

Will be also make rigde measures for the examination of imported in the peninsula poultry-breeding production and providing of safety of birds at the largest poultry processing facility of region - "pioneer", ensuring to 80% need of the population of Kamchatka for the chicken eggs. The poultry processing facility, at which are contained 290 thousand birds, must completely pass to the closed operating mode for averting the infection of hens. In enterprise, furthermore, are already created special brigades for frightening off of wild birds.

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[mixin]

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In Kaliningrad region since the beginning of the year are undertaken 500 tests the bird influenza
In Kaliningrad region since the beginning of 2008 carry ouied more than 500 tests to the presence it is indicative the virus of the influenza of birds. As they reported today, on 29 April, to correspondent IA regnum in the press- service of the administration for Kaliningrad region, it is not revealed according to the results of studies of disease in the territory of region.
According to the data of the deputy director of Kaliningrad inter-regional veterinary laboratory Victor novakovskiy, the models for studies were selected from different it was specific migratory and sinatropnoy bird, and also directed from the poultry-breeding economies. Since the beginning of March the operations groups of territorial administration Of rossel'khoznadzora completed planned departures on the study of situation into the Guryev, Polesian, Bagrationovskiy, Nesterovskiy, Krasnoznamenskiy and Ozerskiy regions.

According to the data Of rossel'khoznadzora, the highly pathogenic influenza of birds since the beginning of 2008 is fixed in 23 countries of Europe and southeastern Asia. Separately alarming situation occurs at the eastern borders of Russia, because of the revealed focuies of disease in Korea and Vietnam. Similar focuies of the disease of poultry were revealed in the past year in the countries of Scandinavia, Poland and Czechia.
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Do I understand the bolding to say: Beginning 2008, 500 tests of migratory birds and poultry have been conducted and AI has not been detected?

 

[HenryN]

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Operational staff on the prevention of the bird influenza is created in Kamchatka

In the Kamchatka edge is created operational staff on warning of drift and propagation, and also on the liquidation of the possible focuies of the influenza of birds. On this to the correspondent IA regnum on 5 May they reported in the regional Ministry of Agriculture and trade.
<NOINDEX>http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...6:http://www.marketgid.com/pnews/67555/i/2006The operational staff, in function of which enters management and the coordination of the activity of the organs of authority and controlling structures, is created with the decision of the government of Kamchatka edge in connection with the possible drift of virus

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