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Germany - First farm in Europe infected with HP avian influenza H5N8 - 31,000 turkeys culled

Gert van der Hoek

Gert van der Hoek

In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
computertranslation

nov 6 2014

Germany - First farm in Europe infected with avian influenza H5N8 - 31,000 turkeys culled

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern avian influenza has broken out. In a turkey operation of the subtype H5N8 was found - for the first time in Europe at all. 31,000 animals have to be killed. "The source of infection must be withdrawn quickly."

After the outbreak of avian influenza in turkeys in Vorpommern-Greifswald district operating around 31,000 affected animals were killed on Thursday. "This is the first outbreak of this virus and must be withdrawn quickly," district veterinary officer Holger Vogel said in Anklam news agency dpa. The killing will start at noon.

In the inventory in Heinrichswalde was - for the first time in Europe - a highly pathogenic influenza virus subtype H5N8 was detected by, it was only known in Korea. The spread of highly aggressive virus strain should be stopped as soon as possible. The killing several teams to be done under the supervision of Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute.

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Re: Germany - First farm in Europe infected with avian influenza H5N8 - 31,000 turkeys culled

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State in Germany
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wikipedia

OIE

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Germany

Information received on 06/11/2014 from Dr. Karin Schwabenbauer, Ministerial Dirigentin and Chief Veterinary Officer , Directorate of Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany

Summary

Report type - Immediate notification

Date of start of the event - 04/11/2014

Date of pre-confirmation of the event - 05/11/2014

Report date - 06/11/2014

Date submitted to OIE - 06/11/2014

Reason for notification - Reoccurrence of a listed disease

Date of previous occurrence - 03/2009

Manifestation of disease - Clinical disease

Causal agent - Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

Serotype - H5N8

Nature of diagnosis - Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)

This event pertains to - the whole country


Outbreak 1 (14-015-00003) Heinrichswalde, Vorpommern-Greifswald,
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN

Date of start of the outbreak-04/11/2014

Outbreak status - Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit - Farm

Affected animals

Species/ Susceptible/ Cases/ Deaths/ Destroyed/ Slaughtered
Birds/ 30939/ 5000/ 1880/

Affected population - Fattening turkey holding

Epidemiological comments - Culling started; dead animals have been safely disposed of.

OIE
 
Re: Germany - First farm in Europe infected with HP avian influenza H5N8 - 31,000 turkeys culled

Source: http://www.dw.de/bird-flu-detected-at-german-farm/a-18045787

Date 06.11.2014
Bird flu detected at German farm

Germany's veterinary institute has confirmed to DW that a dangerous strain of bird flu has been detected at a northeastern German farm. This is the first known case of H5N8 influenza on European soil.

Over 30,000 turkeys were set to be slaughtered Thursday after a dangerous strain of bird flu was discovered at a farm in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

"H5N8 [influenza] has been found in at least one turkey at the farm in Heinrichswalde," said Elke Reinking, spokeswoman for the German veterinary research institute (FLI), in an interview with DW.

Reinking went on to say that turkeys at the farm had displayed symptoms over the weekend, and that it appeared the disease was spreading among the birds.

The highly infectious strain of H5N8 has never been detected in Europe before. It has mainly hit South Korea, where hundreds of thousands of birds have been culled on four different occasions in the past to prevent the disease from spreading...
 
Re: Germany - First farm in Europe infected with HP avian influenza H5N8 - 31,000 turkeys culled

pretty close to the Baltic Sea and Ruegen, where the dead swans
with H5N1 were found in Feb.2006.
Supposed to have come from Poland,Russia fleeing a cold-spell on ~Jan.20

we keep seeing Kraniche (Crane) migrating NE-->SW
http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/meckl...iche-rasten-in-Vorpommern,kranichrast100.html

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on Friday started the examination of samples said spoke-woman Elke Reinking
on Riems island. Fecal samples and feathers of wild birds were being tested.
Questionings of people in the area
food transport ways
An intoduction by wild birds were not conclusive, no birds flying between
South Korea and Germany. No H5N8 were found in between


Am Freitag habe die Auswertung von Proben begonnen, sagte Instituts-Sprecherin
Elke Reinking auf der Insel Riems. So würden Kotproben und Federn von Wildvögeln
auf das Vorhandensein von Erregerspuren getestet. Zudem würden Befragungen von
Personen in dem betroffenen Gebiet ausgewertet und Futtermittelwege verfolgt.
Ein Eintrag des hochansteckenden Erregers H5N8 durch Wildvögel erscheine derzeit
nicht schlüssig, sagte Reinking. Es habe aktuell keine Zugvogelbewegungen zwischen
Südkorea und Deutschland gegeben. Dagegen spreche auch, dass keinerlei Nachweise
des Erregers zwischen Asien und Mitteleuropa dokumentiert seien, sagte Reinking.


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poultry-flocks' protection against penetrating wild birds is now mandatory in Rostock's
critical area

https://www.rostock-heute.de/h5n8-gefluegelpest-rostock-aufstallung-risikogebiet/77433
Zum Schutz vor Geflügelpest hat Oberbürgermeister Roland Methling heute die Aufstallung
von Geflügel in einem Rostocker Risikogebiet angeordnet.
... gegen das Eindringen von Wildvögeln gesicherten Seitenbegrenzung
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Auf der Internetseite des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern unter

www.mv-regierung.de/lu

sind ab sofort im „Blickpunkt“ aktuelle Informationen zum aktuellen Geflügelpest-Geschehen abrufbar

-----------update 2014/11/08-----------------
the first 308 samples tested negativ. Included was also one big farm with hens.
[won't they be sick/dead if infected ?!]

Die ersten Ergebnisse von 308 Proben liegen nun vor. So wurden keine positiven H5N8-Befunde festgestellt.
Zu diesen Proben zählt auch ein großer Legehennenbetrieb, der im Beobachtungsbezirk liegt.
 

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