China - Ministry of Agriculture says no H7N9 bird flu found in pig farms or commercial poultry farms

[tetano]

People.com Beijing, April 17 (by Zhuang Hongtao) after H7N9 bird flu epidemic occurred, Ministry of Agriculture highly attaching great importance, regional livestock veterinary departments according to Ministry of Agriculture \" Animal H7N9 bird flu urgent monitoring program\", actively carries out the H7N9 bird flu virus monitor and epidemic situation investigation work. The reporter learned from Ministry of Agriculture, up to now, only separates the H7N9 bird flu virus in the sample and columba intermedia sample of live poultry trading market, in livestock and poultry farm, The wild bird habitat and in sample of slaughter house collection has not separated the H7N9 bird flu virus, regional poultry breeding farm investigations have not seen the unusual circumstance. According to statistics, various province and National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory collected sample 84444, the sample has covered the national 473 live poultry management markets and 32 poultry slaughter houses, 896 poultry breeding farm households, 79 wild feather habitats, 36 live pig slaughter houses and 137 environment sampling points. At present has completed the examinations of 47801 samples, discovered that 39 samples are the H7N9 bird flu virus masculine genders, 38 come from Shanghai and Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu the poultries and environment sample of 9 live poultry management markets, columba intermedia sample of 1 from Jiangsu Nanjing. Other 47762 samples are negative.



http://finance.people.com.cn/n/2013/0417/c1004-21172945.html

 

[tetano]

China - Ministry of Agriculture says no H7N9 bird flu found in pig farms or commercial poultry farms

Legal system network Beijing on April 17 news reporter Han Lewu according to Ministry of Agriculture News office the news, the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory director aging orchid said on the 17th today that from monitors the situation to look at present, Had not discovered that the pig infects H7N9 bird flu virus. Aging said that the H7N9 bird flu epidemic has occurred since the end of March, has done the massive sample monitor work according to Ministry of Agriculture \"Animal H7N9 Bird flu Urgent Monitoring program\", from Shanghai, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu collected the 2150 etiology samples and 2000 serology samples of 35 live pig breeding farms and 11 live pig slaughter houses, the H7N9 bird flu test result is the negative. Originates Legal Daily - legal system network)

http://roll.sohu.com/20130417/n373028304.shtml

 

[Vibrant62]

Re: Bird flu laboratory chief: pigs not infected by H7N9 bird flu virus

Re: Bird flu laboratory chief: pigs not infected by H7N9 bird flu virus

This raises more questions.

This was an extensive evaluation of pigs, and if it has not found any evidence of infection then we need to consider a number of options.

1. Are the tests sensitive enough? I would have thought that even if there was a low accuracy rate some positive samples would have been found.

2. Of birds tested in outbreak areas it seems that the incidence rate was as low as 1 positive bird in every 1000 tests - far too low to generate the levels of infection being seen in humans over a wide area. The virus would have to be 'super infectious' to explain the numbers of human cases with such a low density of infected birds.

3. Unlike H5N1 human cases which occur predominantly in rural areas, the H7N9 cases are centered in cities.

4. I think that widespread testing of city mammals that have close contact with humans (as pets and since they eat everything there) needs to occur now: cats, dogs, and rodents to rule these options out. Are there any other city dwelling mammals that could be in the frame?

5. If all these options are negative, then I think we have to be looking at humans i.e low level H2H transmission is occuring.

 

[sharon sanders]

This translation of the Ministry of Agriculture statement says that the only positive H7N9 samples have been found in pigeons and live markets.

The Ministry of Agriculture says no positive samples have been found in livestock farms, poultry farms (I think this means large scale producers), wild bird habitats, slaughterhouses (pigs referenced below), or "local" poultry farms ( I think this means smaller family type poultry farms).



machine translation

Livestock and poultry farms unseparated to the H7N9 avian influenza virus
Date :2013-04-17 14:35 Author: Source: Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture

　　NEEDHAM H7N9 avian influenza outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture attaches great importance around the animal husbandry and veterinary departments in accordance with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal H7N9 avian influenza emergency monitoring program, and actively carry the H7N9 avian influenza virus surveillance and outbreak investigation work.

Up to now, only isolated in the sample and feral pigeons samples of live poultry market in the H7N9 avian influenza virus,

H7N9 avian influenza virus in the samples collected in the livestock and poultry farms, wild bird habitat and slaughterhouses were not isolated, local poultry farms investigation showed no abnormalities.

　　According to statistics, the provinces and the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory samples of 84,444 copies, the sample covers 473 live poultry business market, 32 poultry slaughterhouses, 896 poultry farm households, 79 habitat of wild birds, 36 pig slaughterhouse and 137 environmental sampling point. 47,801 samples testing has been completed, a total of 39 samples were positive for the H7N9 avian influenza virus, of which 38 were from Shanghai, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces and nine live poultry business market poultry and environmental samples, from Nanjing, Jiangsu feral pigeons samples. The remaining 47,762 samples were negative.



http://www.moa.gov.cn/zwllm/zwdt/201304/t20130417_3436622.htm

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: China - Ministry of Agriculture says no H7N9 bird flu found in pig farms or commercial poultry farms

This is not at all what we have seen in the worldwide H5N1 experience.

Very odd.

So what IS the H7N9 reservoir? What is missing from this equation?

I think the above Ministry of Health statement raises more questions than it answers.

 

[gsgs]

Re: China - Ministry of Agriculture says no H7N9 bird flu found in pig farms or commercial poultry farms

it's not so widespread yet, no wild birds
only local hot-points

what costs the 80000 samplings, can they extend it ?
to find all the hot spots

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2150 etiology samples and 2000 serology samples of 35 live pig breeding farms
and 11 live pig slaughter houses
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84,444 copies, the sample covers 473 live poultry business market, 32 poultry slaughterhouses,
896 poultry farm households, 79 habitat of wild birds, 36 pig slaughterhouse and 137 environmental
sampling point. 47,801 samples testing has been completed, a total of 39 samples were positive
for the H7N9 avian influenza virus, of which 38 were from Shanghai, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces
and nine live poultry business market poultry and environmental samples, from Nanjing, Jiangsu feral
pigeons samples. The remaining 47,762 samples were negative.
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[Shiloh]

Re: China - Ministry of Agriculture says no H7N9 bird flu found in pig farms or commercial poultry farms

Source: http://www.kaixian.tv/R1/n1907805c7.shtml

Ministry of Agriculture: not found pigs infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus
2013-04-17 20:35 Source: People's Daily editor


People, Beijing, April 17 the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, today: not found pigs infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus.

Chen Hua-lan, director of the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, said that since the end of March H7N9 avian influenza outbreak, according to the Ministry of Agriculture animal H7N9 avian influenza emergency monitoring programs "have done a lot of sampling and monitoring work, from Shanghai, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu Province City collected 35 pig farms and 11 pig slaughterhouse in 2150 etiology sample and 2000 serological samples of the H7N9 avian flu test results were negative. Currently monitoring the situation and found no pigs infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus. (Yang Wenyan)


Author: Yang Wenyan

 

[Shiloh]

Re: China - Ministry of Agriculture says no H7N9 bird flu found in pig farms or commercial poultry farms

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Ministry of Agriculture, collected 4150 samples of live pigs did not find that the H7N9 virus
Alibaba Agriculture 2013-04-18 Source: New, animal husbandry and network topics: Pig Print

New animal husbandry, April 18, Roundup 17, 2009, the website of the Ministry of Agriculture news release refers to the Ministry of Agriculture since the end of March H7N9 avian influenza outbreak in the four provinces collected the 2150 pig etiology samples and 2000 pig ...

New animal husbandry, April 18, Roundup 17, 2009, the website of the Ministry of Agriculture news release means, since the end of March H7N9 avian influenza outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture in the four provinces collected the 2150 pig etiology samples and 2000 pig serological samples are There is no H7N9 avian influenza virus.

April 17, Chen Hua-lan, director of the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, said that since the end of March H7N9 avian influenza outbreak, according to the Ministry of Agriculture sampling and monitoring of animal H7N9 avian influenza emergency monitoring program has done a lot of work, from Shanghai, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces and cities in 35 pig farms and 11 pig slaughterhouse in 2150 etiology sample and 2000 serological samples were collected, the H7N9 avian flu test results were negative. Currently monitoring the situation and found no pigs infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus.
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