Czechs report bird flu (poultry, wild birds), June 27 +

[hawkeye]

Re: Czechs report bird flu (poultry, wild birds), June 27 +

I've updated the Czech Republic Map

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Czechs report bird flu (poultry, wild birds), June 27 +

Bird flu resurfaces in eastern Bohemia

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Then, on Wednesday morning, came the news that the deadly virus has been detected at a poultry farm just four kilometers away. 28,000 chickens were culled there on Thursday morning as well as all poultry in the nearby village of Norin.

Experts say they believe that the virus must have come from wild birds contaminating stacks of straw which was later used at the turkey farm. It could then have been transferred on the shoes of a worker or on a car tire between the two poultry farms which belong to the same farming cooperative.

This theory is supported by the most recent developments - one dead swan, now being tested, and close to 250 dead seagulls found near the Rozkos man-made lake near Nachod.

For the time being Czech vets are not planning on eliminating wild birds for fear that they would flee in a panic and could speed up the potential spread of the virus.

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http://www.radio.cz/en/article/92866

 

[HenryN]

Re: Czechs report bird flu (poultry, wild birds), June 27 +

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06280702/H5N1_Czech_More.html

 

[HenryN]

Re: Czechs report bird flu (poultry, wild birds), June 27 +

AVIAN INFLUENZA (115): TOGO, BANGLADESH, CZECH REPUBLIC
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In this update:
[1] Togo: confirmed
[2] Bangladesh (north)
[3] Czech Republic (Moravia): swan

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[1] Togo: confirmed
Date: Thu 28 Jun 2007
Source: Hemscott.com, Thomson Financial report [edited]
<http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=45709189803142>


Independent tests carried out in Italy have confirmed the presence for the
1st time of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry from the West
African nation of Togo, officials said.
"The results of the tests from the world reference laboratory in Padua have
come in: it is clearly H5N1," said agriculture minister, Yves Nagou Mado.
Several thousand poultry birds have been found dead in Togo recently, most
of them in the past week on the one farm in Sigbehoue, 45 km (30 mi) east
of the capital Lome.

The agriculture ministry said last week [18-24 Jun 2007], that measures had
been taken to try and contain the possible spread of the virus, notably the
slaughtering and disposal of infected poultry.

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail
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[Togo has duly and swiftly notified OIE (Office International des
Epizooties/World Animal Health Organization) of the outbreak (see
ProMED-mail 20070626.2054).

The following extracted, additional information is derived from an AFP
(Agence France-Presse) newswire in French, kindly forwarded by Coulibaly
Sidi, and available at
<http://www.izf.net/izf/AFP2/francais/special/afrique/070627194724.ggc4dc0l.html
>:


Togo's minister of agriculture, Mr Nagou, indicated that localities and
villages around the outbreak are under active monitoring. He added,
"Culling of the animals in the infected premises will begin Thursday [28
Jun 2007]", and announced the installation of a committee of "crisis"
charged to follow the evolution of the situation. - Mod.AS

A map of Togo is available at
<http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/togo.html>. - CopyEd.MJ]

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[2] Bangladesh (north)
Date: Wed 27 Jun 2007
Source: Reuters Foundation AlertNet [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA225567.htm>


Bird flu has spread to another district in Bangladesh forcing health and
veterinary workers to cull 5000 chickens, officials said on Wednesday [27
Jun 2007].

The latest case was reported from a village in Thakurgaon district, 500 km
(310 mi) north west of the capital, Dhaka, said Abdul Motalib, a senior
officer of the fisheries and livestock ministry.

The H5N1 strain of bird flu was 1st detected near the capital Dhaka, in
central Bangladesh, in March [2007], and has since spread to northern
districts. The virus has affected 16 of the 64 districts in Bangladesh, but
there have been no reported cases of human infection.

About 4 million Bangladeshis are directly or indirectly associated with
poultry farming.

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Mary Marshall

[Bangladesh submitted its latest follow-up report, including a map, to OIE
on 25 May 2007; see
<http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=5477
>.
A new follow-up report, with an updated map demonstrating the northward
spread of the disease, is expected.

Thakurgaon is located in the north western tip of Bangladesh, within the
Rajshahi district. It can be located on the map at
<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/bangladesh_pol96.jpg>.
- Mod.AS]

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[3] Czech Republic (Moravia): swan
Date: Thu 28 Jun 2007
Source: Prague Daily Monitor, Czech News Agency (CTK) report [edited]
<http://launch.praguemonitor.com/en/116/czech_national_news/8797/>


Public Czech Television (CT) and Aktualne.cz news server reported Wednesday
[27 Jun 2007] that Czech veterinaries revealed another case of bird flu, as
tests confirmed the virus in a swan that died in Lednice, south Moravia.

Further tests have yet to confirm whether the virus is the deadly H5N1
strain, said Jaroslav Salava, who heads the veterinary administration in
south Moravia. He said that the result of the tests would be known on
Thursday [28 Jun 2007], or later.

The Lednice water reservoirs are one of the most risky areas through which
many wild birds move, but from the veterinary point of view it is a rather
good locality, as there are no big bird [poultry] farms around, Salava said.

Turkeys at a farm in Tisova, east Bohemia, tested positive for H5N1 last
week [18-24 Jun 2007] and those who did not die of bird flu had to be
culled. Today [28 Jun 2007], the deadly virus was confirmed at another farm
near Tisova.

In 2006, 14 cases of bird flu were registered in the Czech Republic, all in
swans living in the wild.

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Mary Marshall

[The results of the EU ADNS (Animal disease notification system)
surveillance of HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) in wild birds, as
obtained during 2007, are presented in graphs, available at
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/adns_wildbirds2007.pdf>. The
page includes 3 graphs: overview of the number of cases per week; overview
of the number cases per bird species; and overview of the number of cases
per country.

According to the current information (update of 27 Jun 2007), the 1st
positive cases in 2007 have been recorded during the last 2 weeks of June
(weeks 25 and 26), in Germany, involving a total of 9 birds -- 8 ducks and
one goose. The data do not include the number of investigated (dead) birds.
- Mod.AS

Moravia occupies most of the eastern third of the Czech Republic
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravia>. A map of the country is available
at <http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/czech.pdf>. - CopyEd.MJ]

[see also:
Avian influenza (114): Viet Nam, Pakistan, Czech Republic 20070627.2069
Avian influenza (110): Togo, Ghana, OIE 20070626.2054
Avian influenza (109): Germany (Bavaria), wild birds 20070624.2040,
20070624.2041
Avian influenza (107): Togo, confirmed 20070623.2029
Avian influenza (106): Czech Republic, turkeys, DEFRA 20070622.2018
Avian influenza (105) - Czech Republic, turkeys 20070621.1999
Avian influenza (103): Bangladesh 20070617.1969
Avian influenza (102): Togo, susp., RFI 20070617.1968]