Hong Kong - Poultry/animals/wild birds H5N1 Dec. 18, 2008 +

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"...Hospital Authority announced that public hospitals had a serious start contingency level, together with the Center for Health Protection, to step up surveillance and have reported respiratory tract infection cases in the poultry trade, and to remind front-line health care workers must be vigilant against bird flu.

特區政府亦已設立電話熱線21251122，供業界人士查詢。​

The SAR Government has also set up a telephone hotline 21251122 for the industry to make inquiries...."

http://www.hkcd.com.hk/content/2008-12/10/content_2197262.htm

 

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Hong Kong raid of suspected bird flu vaccine expired vaccines, (snip) from the Netherlands

2008年12月10日17:18 [ 我来说两句​

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Source: Xinmin Evening News Xinmin Net

禽流感突袭香港H5N1关注组负责人质疑疫苗过期​

H5N1 avian influenza in Hong Kong concerned about the raid group questioned the head of expired vaccines

【新民网·港澳台快报】香港特区政府刚在8日宣布因冬至将近，批淮市场增加活鸡供应，同日，香港元朗一个鸡场突然爆发禽流感，近百只鸡死亡。​

【Xinmin Net Express Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan】 in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has just announced that on the 8th as a result of the winter solstice approaches, the market approval to increase the supply of live chickens on the same day, a chicken farm in Yuen Long in Hong Kong all of a sudden outbreak of bird flu, nearly 100 chickens died.

香港特区政府9日宣布，21天内禁止供应活鸡，食品卫生局局长周一岳还指出，港人这个冬至将无活鸡吃。​

9 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that within 21 days of the ban on the supply of live chickens, the Secretary for Health and Food York Chow also pointed out that Hong Kong people this winter will not eat live chickens.



Some experts pointed out that as part of the chicken vaccine has been fought are still dead, showed that the vaccine may be ineffective, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government should look into the matter as soon as possible.

香港媒体12月10报道称，食物及卫生局局长周一岳昨日宣布，元朗一个鸡场本8日爆发禽流感，场内用作繁殖的种鸡先死亡，随后，没打疫苗的“哨兵鸡”和部份打过疫苗的活鸡也出现死亡，有关部门抽验死鸡样本，证实对H5禽流感呈阳性反应。​

Hong Kong media reported that on December 10, the Food and Health Secretary York Chow announced yesterday, a chicken farm in Yuen Long on the 8th of this outbreak of bird flu, as a breeding site of the first chicken died, then no vaccine to fight a "sentinel Chicken, "and most of the live vaccine had also died, the department tested samples of dead chickens confirmed to the H5 bird flu positive.

周一岳表示，目前难以确认禽流感病毒变种，仍需待专家化验和基因排序始能确定病毒爆发的过程，以及当中是否涉及病毒变种。​

York Chow said it is difficult to confirm bird flu virus, experts still need to be testing and gene sequencing can we be sure that the process of the outbreak of the virus, which, as well as whether the virus involved.

他称，有关疫苗是来自荷兰，已使用6年。​

He said that the vaccine from the Netherlands, has been in use for 6 years.(?? China makes their own BF poultry vaccine..??Fla1)

而“H5N1关注组”主席劳永乐表示，香港今年6月和12月先后爆发禽流感，显示病毒活跃，而打了疫苗的活鸡也受感染，他认为疫苗或可能已失效，如果属实，问题很严重，即全港的活鸡也失去防疫保障，他敦促港府应该尽快调查。​

The "H5N1 Concern Group," the President said Lo Wing-lok, Hong Kong in June this year and in December after another outbreak of bird flu virus shows that active vaccine made of live chickens are infected, he or vaccine that may no longer valid, if true, Is a serious problem, that of live chickens in Hong Kong lost epidemic prevention security, he urged the Government to investigate as soon as possible.

目前，渔护署人员已经过消毒后进入元朗凤降村鸡场，将鸡场内约8万只活鸡扑杀。​

At present, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department staff have been disinfected after Fung Kong Tsuen, Yuen Long farm, the farm will be about 80,000 chickens culled.

（新民网张静）​

(Zhang Xinmin Net)

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BF stocks rise on anticipation of "strong market".


Avian influenza banking stocks rose sharply the concept of solid

http://www.sina.com.cn 2008年12月10日 09:59 新浪财经​

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益邦投资​

State investment benefits

香港地区发生禽流感的消息在股市里发生较大行情，生产疫苗以及相关的上市公司股价飙升， 金宇集团​

Hong Kong outbreak of avian flu in the news in the stock market took place in a larger market, as well as the production of vaccine-related companies listed on stock prices, the Group Kim Woo-Choong (6.09,0.33,5.73%,��)

， 中牧股份​

, In animal husbandry shares (11.52,0.65,5.98%,��)

等，并由此带动医药卫生板块的全面上涨，这样的市场如果有题材支撑，跟风的热情是很高的，市场发生强烈的反映是可以预料的。​

And so on, and thus promote the overall medical and health plate up so the market if there is support for subject matter, to follow the trend of enthusiasm is very high, reflecting the strong market is to be expected.

由 此，可以联想到更多的可能发生的消息面的变化会引起市场的震荡，银行股今日的行情将比较稳定，缘由是增值税的转型，未来的经济数据对股市的负面影响将到一 段落，股指将在2000点上方获得较为强劲的支持，今日的金融股地产股将是股市稳定的主要依据，周二的震荡下跌是很有效的技术性的整理，后市登上2100 点的可能性在加大。​

As a result, can think of more possible news of the change will cause market turbulence, the bank's share price today will be more stable, the reason is the transformation of value-added tax in the next economic data on the negative impact of the stock market will go to a paragraph, Stock in 2000 will be at the top of the relatively strong support for today's real estate unit of the financial sector will be the main basis for the stability of the stock market, Tuesday's shock fall to be an effective technical finishing, having boarded the 2100-point increase in the possibility.
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Sina.com: Excerpts content providers for your personal, for investors and does not constitute investment advice.

投资者据此操作，风险自担。​

The stock was at your own risk.

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Hong Kong cull continues as bird flu alert hits new level

By Donny Kwok | 2008-12-11

HEALTH workers in masks culled tens of thousands of chickens in Hong Kong yesterday, a day after authorities raised the bird flu alert level to "serious" following a H5 bird flu outbreak at a farm.

The outbreak near the border with the mainland was the city's first in five years despite mass vaccination of the birds, prompting concerns that the virus might have mutated.

"Viruses change and since 1997, it has been changing. If we have been using the same vaccine since 2003, its efficacy will not be the same," Ho Pak-leung, a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, told Reuters in an interview.

Laboratories in the city were trying to determine the precise identity of the H5 virus that caused the farm outbreak.

Another expert said it was likely to turn out to be the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, which crops up regularly in flocks in Asia, parts of Europe and Africa.

Although H5N1 is mainly found in birds, it may mutate into a form that spreads easily among people. If that happens, it could trigger a pandemic and kill millions. Even in its current hard-to-catch form, H5N1 has infected 389 people since 2003, killing 246 of them.

Ho said scientists would be able to establish within a week if there were changes or characteristics in the virus that might allow it to spread easily among people.

"Genetic sequencing is being done. The key is whether it is still a fully avian virus," Ho said.

Scientists in Hong Kong and on the mainland are studying if new vaccines are needed to protect chickens against H5N1.

"If study suggests that a new vaccine may provide better protection for chickens, we will select some to try out for a test of the new vaccine," Hong Kong's Health Secretary York Chow said.

Guangdong Province has suspended all live poultry shipments to Hong Kong for 21 days to prevent any spread of the virus, Xinhua news agency reported.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=384025

 

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AFCD staff in Yuen Long of the outbreak of bird flu in chicken farms, 60,000 chickens culled. Our correspondent Zengqing Wei photo

WASHINGTON (Reporter Zheng source, see Li-an) did not enter the peak of movement of migratory birds in Hong Kong's bird flu alarm has bright "red light", pointed out that the Bird Watching Society, is a time when migratory birds migrate in the early season, is expected to peak in January, about 90,000 egrets, egrets, gulls and ducks, and other water birds arriving at two lines of "winter"; microbiology experts have said that when the bird flu epidemic in Hong Kong or re-enter the state of emergency. Avian influenza fast attack, but the local chicken farmers to relax vigilance, although the Government has been requested chicken farms to take bio-security measures, including the installation of anti-bird nets, but this inspection yesterday found that there are still farms in Yuen Long anti-bird nets Hole, the farm is clear that the outbreak of avian flu, did not raise the chicken farmers to prevent bird flu from their colleagues.

Migratory birds spread bird flu is one of the ways, since the beginning of winter, migratory birds in Hong Kong is one of the foot-in. Bird Watching Society, said Zhang Haohui, the main choice of migratory birds in Hong Kong by Luk Keng, Hong Kong Island or along the south coast of Lantau Island and then by the arrival of Mai Po and Deep Bay area "to come to Hong Kong." To stay in Hong Kong for the winter quarter of the winter migratory waterfowl in the main, egrets, egrets, gulls and ducks 4 categories, accounting for the winter to stay in Hong Kong as a whole birds into 9. Mai Po and then the Gulf area is rich in resources, to attract migratory birds stop feeding. However, he believes that the introduction of the virus by migratory birds is slim. "The outbreak of bird flu farm and Mai Po and Deep Bay have a long way, also in the middle of large housing estates in Tin Shui Wai Zhi barrier. Waterbirds and habits, few will fly to inland feeding areas."

Scholars called on farms to take security

However, the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong assistant professor Huang Shixian pointed out that the movement of migratory birds in Hong Kong is about to enter the "season" can push up the local outbreak of bird flu risk, "a number of water birds, ducks, wild birds and so on, can be infected with avian flu virus instead of The disease when they fly around, the opportunity to bird flu virus into the farm. "Hong Kong last year, has been found infected with bird flu cases sustain, he called for chicken farmers to take farm biosecurity measures, if the anti-bird nets Hole, the patch must be made to reduce the risk of outbreak of bird flu.

Long anti-bird nets such as the hole in name only

Perhaps, in Hong Kong farms have been 6 years, not the outbreak of bird flu, chicken farmers reduced alertness, the paper yesterday in Yuen Long to inspect chicken farms have also found that the anti-bird nets hole, so that wild birds can easily enter the farm, and Contact with chickens. At present, the new field set up farms keeping 30,000 chickens in the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association, vice chairman of the Li Liangji stressed that all local farms will be sufficient farm biosecurity measures, including vaccination of chickens, as well as carry out regular checks of anti-bird farm Net, "want to make certain that these measures will do a good job." The outbreak of bird flu farm head Dr emphasized that no on-site feeding chicken smuggling.

http://paper.wenweipo.com/2008/12/11/YO0812110006.htm

 

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China-made frozen chicken business opportunities in Hong Kong burst
【Economic Daily News reporter ╱ Qiuxin instrument / Taipei】

2008.12.11 03:42 am

Hong Kong health workers slaughtered chickens to curb the spread of bird flu.
Reuters

Hong Kong government has decided to cull chickens on a large scale to curb the spread of bird flu, the Hong Kong chicken supply shortage crisis, domestic poultry industry is expected to benefit. White domestic chickens supplier Dacheng Group, Charoen was the second consecutive day in Hong Kong Telephone Inquiry Cypriot burst, the industry is expected to optimism that Taiwan is the only non-Asian bird flu epidemic, the latest from Hong Kong, China-made frozen chicken Health have the opportunity to re-open export The door.

Hong Kong's outbreak of avian flu, domestic poultry prices, stock prices react immediately to follow up. Charoen Taiwan yesterday (10) Japan Open Tiaokong stock trading, the Great Wall was also up 1.45 yuan to bring along food groups received red. On the same day gross domestic chicken production Mei Taijin prices rose 0.3 yuan reached 26.5 yuan, chicken prices have also walk-yeung, according to statistics from the date by the end of November, the domestic price of chicken has reached 10%.

Yue Zheng Wu, chairman of Charoen said that Hong Kong's live chickens from the mainland of the main supply, the outbreak of avian influenza, caused by blocked exports of mainland China, Thailand and also the previous outbreak of avian flu, Hong Kong can not be imported from South-East Asia. In addition, Hong Kong consumers prefer to eat live chickens, chicken mainland although cheaper, but it is frozen chicken, by contrast, Taiwan's largest frozen chicken business.

Charoen recently received many telephone inquiry from Hong Kong, the company will also be sent to Hong Kong to understand the local market. Zheng Wu Yue said that the lower the temperature in the near future domestic demand for chicken has begun warming, the Lunar New Year is a pig, chicken and the traditional peak season, the industry accounts for annual revenue share of 20% and now face Hong Kong bird flu, "only per cent more In 2-3 percent of the demand, it is a considerable "

The outbreak of avian flu in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Government has decided that a three-week ban on chicken farms in Hong Kong, was not allowed to be imported any live birds, the end of the year there will be no live chickens in Hong Kong for sale. Great Wall said that Hong Kong consumers prefer the chicken is higher than Taiwan, in the outbreak, whether white or broiler chickens Kano, have received many telephone inquiry, "as long as there is order, the right price, Will be exported. "

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Sentinel chicken vaccine can not hit the door

"sentinel chickens" refers to the epidemic prevention departments for monitoring, warning, farm birds test laboratories or whether there was contamination of the virus, will be in place to place within any part of the injection is no vaccine for healthy chickens, "striker "Once the virus from entering the premises by, to take the lead in the sentinel chickens will be the first" dead "to prove that the virus is still in place; On the other hand if the sentinel chickens and healthy life, and the extraction of the blood or liquid through the throat virus isolation and confirmed that detection of virus-free After infection, epidemic prevention departments can be found in the place is clean zone.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department spokesman explained that since Hong Kong in 1997 after the introduction of "sentinel chickens" system will be in the entrance of each batch of chickens or chicks in the selection of 60 chicken as "sentinel chickens."

 

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4, Richard aspects of smuggling of chicken manure sole source of the vaccine

Hong Kong farms have been 6 years found no bird flu so far this summer, coupled with the global outbreak of bird flu cases lower than last year, the Lau Fau Shan Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long farm model of the outbreak of bird flu, has become more intriguing. Head of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong Yuen Kwok-yung said that the farm biosecurity measures have been very tight, do not rule out the virus with the objects in the farms go, destroyed farms, bio-security measures. This newspaper has learned that the Government will follow the chicken farm into smuggling, migratory birds droppings, workers on the sticky soles  virus and vaccine failure, and so to trace the source of the drug broadcast, and the smuggling of chickens into the outbreak of bird flu risk will be one of the priorities of the investigation.

Last year, bird flu outbreaks around the world, as far away as Britain, Russia, Hungary, Africa and Nigeria has not been spared, at least 16 the number of the outbreak. But so far this summer, moderated the epidemic, bird flu broke out around the 10 cases not enough (see Figure), mainly in Asia. Hong Kong has always been a high degree of bio-security model farms in a sudden move, it is difficult to understand.

Yuen Kwok-yung Yuen Long farm do not want to comment on the reasons for the outbreak of the bird, but he said that the farm biosecurity measures are very tight, the virus does not easily imported. Unless there are objects with the virus enter and leave the farm, including the transportation means of transport workers sticky soles  virus or droppings of migratory birds, and whether there will be mixed with the smuggling of chicken farms, it is likely that the virus outbreak on a farm.

Comprehensive views of the parties that because of a few more than 10 days is the Chinese people have always attached great importance to the winter, most people are willing to buy live chickens over the winter, did not rule out based on business incentives that will encourage the smuggling of chickens into the outbreak of bird flu risk factors.

Yuen Kwok-yung of the view that the vaccine failure and the outbreak of bird flu farms do not have any relations, foreign farm biosecurity measures are very strict, so foreign non-vaccinated birds. As long as farm biosecurity measures fully comply with the provisions of the farm operations to fully comply with regulations to deal with, even if the vaccine will not expire outbreak of bird flu.

Yuen Kwok-yung: vaccine failure is not surprising

He said Hong Kong had been detected in wild birds and chicken stalls in the market samples of the bird flu gene is H5NI, but the vaccine in Hong Kong in 2001, the use of H5N2, it is also not surprising that failure to start the vaccine. He suggested that the Government discuss with the mainland authorities in Hong Kong can follow the example of the use of the Mainland H5NI vaccine to prevent bird.

 

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Explosion of the model farm of 200 chickens died of bird vaccine has half of the winter will be no live chickens

Winter this year, members of the public that there will be no live chickens "God." A chicken farm in Lau Fau Shan, Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long yesterday confirmed the outbreak of bird flu, known for at least 200 chickens died and samples of dead chickens 3 and 120 stool samples of live chickens, said after the quick test showed that all tested positive for H5 . As the half dead chickens had bird flu vaccine injection, but no match for the same bird, worrying whether the vaccine is ineffective, or variants of the virus have been. Coupled with the incident took place in a government that is epidemic prevention work very well as a "model farm", it is an unusual thing.
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York Chow held a press conference yesterday, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said on the day before yesterday afternoon received a notice of local chicken farms and found that unusual chicken deaths, the Department arrived at the scene and found about 60 dead chickens, and then taken away for testing, After a quick test, the results of the H5 positive, showing chickens have been infected with avian influenza virus. Farm owners and staff of a total of 8 people do not have any symptoms of infection.

90,000 chickens culled to stop for 21 days

In order to prevent the spread of the virus, York Chow, led by the inter-departmental working group has decided in accordance with the "serious" levels of contingency plans to adopt a series of measures, in addition to selling the farm outbreak  about 60,000 chickens in infected areas, as well as the other About 20,000 farm chickens, as the epidemic of chicken farms have had access to the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market, the market of about 10,000 chickens has not been spared, making a total of about 90,000 chickens will be sold immediately  .

Explosion farms infected by the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association chairman Dr whole operation, an anti-bird nets have facilities such as the number of chickens have been monitored by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

York Chow did not rule out the possibility that the smuggling of chicken

York Chow pointed out at the meeting, the chicken infection unknown for the time being the source of the virus, but it will look different biosecurity problem, I think it might be more anti-bird nets problems is long enough for the chicken into the wild "cross infection", or farms Zhandao staff of the wild birds into the chicken manure will be many ways for further investigation. He does not rule out the possibility of smuggling of chicken farms have been possible.

He also said that this is the first of the "chicken" death, followed by the impact of the "sentinel chickens" are part of the vaccination of chickens also died of infection, the vaccine has not yet been able to determine whether the failure or the emergence of variants of the virus, Will do further genetic sequencing tests.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said that as of last night, at least 200 chickens died and 100 were not accepted for the vaccine, "sentinel chickens", for the rest of the "chicken vaccine."

York Chow said the farm last Friday will be the last time the chicken market, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after the inspection confirmed that there is no problem, "day-ching" policy, now believe that at the retail level has not affected the sale of chicken.

The Administration will temporary ban on all chicken farms out 21 days, during which the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department will inspect all farms, and samples were taken to ensure that the impact of the virus from other farms, would be closed to all live poultry, including ornamental birds and chicks Entrance for 21 days at the earliest before Christmas to resume the supply of live chickens, "This year we have to do in winter is no live chickens."

The government ordered the slaughter of about 90,000 live chickens, each only to 30 yuan compensation for chicken farmers, that the Government should set aside a total of 2,700,000 yuan. Hong Kong's live poultry wholesalers who would XU president of the corporation said that the approach of winter, the government stopped the supply of live chickens to wholesalers "gone", but was unable to estimate losses.

This is the second time this year, large-scale outbreak of bird flu, said York Chow, will be the implementation of central slaughtering, but did not mention whether it will speed up the implementation, but also the earlier resumption of chicken traders to apply for a license was in September The end is not yet ready to make cross-licensing considerations.

A spokesman for the department said that the Yuen Long Park Tower as a result of the birds at infected farms within 3 km radius, will be immediately closed until further notice.

Ming Pao Daily News Correspondent

 

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Chicken prosecute the source of the bird again to plug loopholes in the chicken were to be separated as soon as possible to implement central slaughte

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Lau Fau Shan Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long a chicken farm found to have died of bird flu, the authorities have to sell accident  farms and chicken farms in the vicinity of a total of 80,000 chicken (another of the Cheung Sha Wan wholesale market of about 10,000 chickens, Have to sell ), the matter should be attached great importance to the authorities because it is close to 6 years, Hong Kong's chicken farms found to have died of bird flu for the first time. In Hong Kong for many years to build the impregnable fortress has been described as preventive measures for bird flu, but chicken farms in the link be broken, the authorities must find out the origin of the virus and take measures to strengthen the block.

Avian influenza outbreak in Hong Kong, began in 1997. Large-scale outbreak of avian influenza that year, 18 people were infected, of which 6 people were killed and the Hong Kong government slaughtered 1,300,000 chickens; Since then, bird flu has become endemic in Hong Kong, found that over the years a number of bird chicken, most recently this year June found a number of markets, chickens, and trigger the implementation of the Government's commitment to the retail level does not sell live chickens. However, the most recent bird found in Hong Kong chicken farms, to be traced back to January 2003, when the Yuen Long farm there are a number of chickens infected with avian virus, the Government  sales of 10,000 live chickens.

Vaccinated chickens are still infected

Unusual state of affairs

The Government has formulated a series of strict measures to prevent local and mainland chickens imported bird. The local chicken farms, provide for the installation of protective nets, the free vaccinations for chicken, chicken farms have strict health requirements. As in 2001 after the implementation of the quarantine system for live chickens from the Mainland, including to Hong Kong to the mainland registered farms; chicken export to Hong Kong to be vaccinated; chicken arrived at Lok Ma Chau and Man Kam To, to detect serum and chicken from the anus to make a quick test of the sample; Chicken wholesale markets and market reach, the point of re-sampling; wholesale market and monthly cleaning. The above measures has been described as a block of avian flu in Hong Kong impregnable fortress, in July this year to strictly implement the "day-ching", not to live chickens in markets overnight, the stronger should be the impregnable fortress.

However, Yuen Long chicken farm after the bird was found to show that there are loopholes in the impregnable fortress. The outbreak of the epidemic of poultry farms, dead chickens, not including the vaccination of chicken, "sentinel chickens" and the injection of chicken vaccine. It is understood that the breeder has not vaccinated, "sentinel chickens" for monitoring the epidemic has hit poultry farms in the benchmark, in their bird flu death, it is understandable; injected with a vaccine but also because of the chickens infected dead birds, On the state of affairs appears to be unusual. If the cross infection of the virus, the vaccine led to the failure,  situation will be more serious because the current vaccine can not make chicken immunity, unless immediate and effective to find new vaccines, or the threat of avian flu is more severe. I hope the authorities through gene sequencing, as soon as possible to find reasons to take effective measures to correspond.

The outbreak of the epidemic of poultry farms, is considered among the better facilities, strict management, the virus was still "into" kill a chicken, the chicken can be seen very high risk. At present, the most important thing is to know the origin of the virus in order to suit the remedy. In June this year, the avian virus found in a number of markets, ultimately did not know the origin of the virus, believed to be the only illegal smuggling of chicken to Hong Kong caused the accident chicken farms in Hong Kong, and if the root cause of the origin of the virus or not check out, Ultimately nothing will not help to strengthen measures to prevent.

Another point worth noting is that the owner of the farm accident that may have been caused by migratory birds and the relevant quarter. It is North birds flying south of the cold season, they went all the way to Hong Kong before, are in many parts of the Mainland; if North  birds with the avian virus to the south, the affected area should be not only in Hong Kong, southern China at least will There are like . In recent months, they are not aware of infected birds found in the mainland, the mainland has strengthened measures to prevent avian disease outbreak, which is on the down, if no infected birds is the result of a mix of other factors, and that is another matter.

Reduce the size of the investment attractiveness by

Government finance the construction of the Central Housing  chicken

On live chickens in Hong Kong, in late September this year after the completion of cross-licensing scheme, 56% of the chicken farmers, about 70 wholesale chicken stalls, about 72% of the chicken stalls and around 80 vehicles transported the chicken business has a license to produce, receive compensation , To cease operation. As for the government over the years to encourage local chicken farmers to build part of the chicken brand, including "the United States and Kerry chicken" and "Tai-chicken", due to the efforts of chicken farmers, some already have laid the foundation. This is the rare brands that if the farm industry, management in line with the Government's strict requirements do not stifle public health, these brands chicken, the Government should not drive people out, but chicken farmers should be encouraged to continue operating indefinitely, to Hong Kong trade of live chickens left behind the first-line high-quality incense.

Hong Kong people to separate the chicken did not achieve a comprehensive, but progress has been made clear, on the left to the market, if there are still people eat live chickens, the sheer number of live chicken industry also makes room for survival, the Government should also provide The necessary facilities to complete the chickens were separated ─ ─ the last part of the central slaughtering.

Now the city of Hong Kong's daily live chicken should be about more than 10,000 pieces per day had up to 6-10000-scale slaughter of chickens in the Central, of course, is no longer necessary, officials have said that due to a substantial reduction in the size, "the central large-scale chicken  Housing "can be advanced to 2010 or 2011. Due to the size of the fine, reduce the attractiveness to investors. Since it is impossible to make a comprehensive live away from Hong Kong, the Government should put in more resources to the construction of a central slaughtering facilities. Implementation of the chickens were separated, "the central large-scale chicken  room" is the only choice should be implemented as soon as possible.

 

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Proprietors to take biological security measures

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Center for Health Protection in the evening to send two ambulances to the outbreak of bird flu farms, farm owner Philip and the whole number of workers were taken to hospital for detailed examination. (Yip Hon-hua)

outbreak of the bird flu farms, by the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association chairman Dr whole operation. He was later exclaimed, farm biosecurity measures have been done, even near the migratory season before thickening and the replacement of anti-bird nets, disinfection of farms to strengthen the facilities, but still farms the avian virus Invasion, he puzzled.

Staff separation 7 days

He said the farm was found Monday morning with more than 100 chickens died of the disease, in addition to these "sentinel chickens" death, even playing a vaccine is still a dead chicken, even with his wife from today to accept the 7-day Self-isolation.

Dr the whole farm covers an area of 150,000 square feet, the father of a total of 6-70000 live chickens, mainly for the "three yellow", there is a small portion of the test are cultivated varieties. One morning this week, he found more than 10 dead chickens, including sentinel chickens and ordinary chicken, then immediately report to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. AFCD staff to the scene to investigate, seize-the-spot 3 dead chickens and 120 chicken samples for laboratory testing.

It is reported that the department has long been at the farm last four weeks to deploy until the test results would be an immediate action, rapid test results indicate that the chicken was infected with H5 avian influenza have died, wearing full protective clothing the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and Food Officers immediately entered the chicken, bring along a large garbage bags, disinfectant and carbon dioxide equipment slaughtered chickens. Slaughter of chickens until 20 o'clock, as the night lighting systems do not have enough staff to suspend operations until today to complete the remaining work to kill the chickens.

Sentinel chickens criticized the lack of system

Dr said that life and death, hence making it acceptable to the authorities decided to kill a chicken, but he stressed that he had called on the authorities to respond to a number of bio-security procedures, such as thickening of anti-bird nets, a new disinfectant, health tips to enhance staff, but Baimiyishu still.

He criticized the system of sentinel chickens is still not perfect, as a result of bird flu can be transmitted through the air, do not chicken Sentinel resistance, a real-time incidence of infection will affect other healthy chickens.

 

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Date 10/12/2008
Anticipating the Bird Flu, Hong Kong Destroy 80,000 poultry
Alfian Banjaransari - detikNews
Jakarta - The Government of the Hong Kong plan to destroy 80,000 poultry in order to anticipate the spread of AI (avian influenza) is more popular with the name of the bird flu. Action antisipatif large-scale overhaul done this finding 60 chickens died in a livestock.

"We have found more than 60 birds that died in the livestock. After the investigation, poultry, poultry of the H5N1 virus have died," said Health Minister York Chow as This news.com.au.

However, different information is disclosed ranch, a man bermarga Wong. According to him, poultry birds are dead-one-one, a different symptoms with poultry infected with the H5N1 virus, which usually poultry birds died suddenly in the near time.

"Poultry, birds are not dying in large numbers at once. They die one-one," he explained.

Inevitably again, the decision of the destruction of 80,000 birds will hit the breeder and poultry traders. At the beginning of this year, the Hong Kong Government to apply the provisions that prohibit the sale of chicken pieces in the living conditions, a policy opposed by the traders and distributors of poultry. According to traders, consumers prefer fresh chicken is still the chicken that has been frozen.

Hong Kong never scandalize the world in 1997 when Pleasant broken cases of bird flu that swallowed six lives. Since that time, the Hong Kong government imposed the strict respect of a comprehensive policy. In recent years, the victim died as a result of bird flu had mostly come from Indonesia.

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Hong Kong will enter a peak season for migratory birds, or push up the outbreak of bird flu risk <HR>At 8:22 on December 11, 2008 Source: China News Network

December 10, the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to continue found to be infected with bird flu in chickens in a farm in Yuen Long, on-site culled the remaining more than 40,000 chickens.​

The photo shows AFCD staff were being moved to cull chickens in large-scale carbon dioxide gas cylinders.​

December 10, the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to continue found to be infected with bird flu in chickens in a farm in Yuen Long, on-site culled the remaining more than 40,000 chickens.​

The photo shows AFCD staff are dealing with a large number of chickens were culled.​

BEIJING, Dec. 11 Xinhua in Hong Kong, "Wen Wei Po" Today "news" column published reports that have not entered the peak of movement of migratory birds, the Hong Kong bird flu alarm has been light, "a red light."


Bird Watching Society pointed out that migration is a time when migratory birds in the early season, is expected to peak in January, about 90,000 egrets, egrets, gulls and water birds such as ducks at the two Hong Kong route "for the winter."

Microbiologists have said that the Hong Kong bird flu or re-enter the state of emergency.

Avian influenza fast attack, but the Hong Kong chicken farmers to relax vigilance, although the Government has been requested chicken farms to take bio-security measures, including the installation of anti-bird nets, but the newspaper found that 10 inspection, there are still farms in Yuen Long of the anti-bird Net hole, it is clear that the outbreak of bird flu farm, did not raise the chicken farmers to prevent bird flu from their colleagues.


Migratory birds spread bird flu is one of the ways, since the beginning of winter, migratory birds in Hong Kong is one of the foot-in.

Bird Watching Society, said Zhang Haohui, the main choice of migratory birds in Hong Kong by Luk Keng, Hong Kong Island or along the south coast of Lantau Island and then by the arrival of Mai Po and Deep Bay area "to come to Hong Kong."

To stay in Hong Kong for the winter quarter of the winter migratory waterfowl in the main, egrets, egrets, gulls and ducks 4 categories, to stay in Hong Kong as a whole accounted for 90% of the winter birds.

Mai Po and then the Gulf area is rich in resources, to attract migratory birds stop feeding.

However, Zhang Haohui believe that the introduction of the virus by migratory birds is slim.

"The outbreak of bird flu farm and Mai Po and Deep Bay have a long way in the middle there are large-scale housing estates in Tin Shui Wai in the vicinity of the barrier. Waterbirds and habits, few will fly to inland feeding areas."

However, the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong assistant professor Huang Shixian pointed out that the movement of migratory birds in Hong Kong is about to enter the "season" can fuel the outbreak of bird flu risk, "a number of water birds, ducks, wild birds and so on, can be infected with avian flu virus Not the disease, when they fly around, the opportunity to bird flu virus into the farm. "

Last year, there has been an egret found infected with bird flu, Huang Shixian called for chicken farmers to take farm biosecurity measures, if piercing anti-bird nets, must be repaired in order to reduce the risk of outbreak of bird flu.

Perhaps, the Hong Kong farms have been 6 years, not the outbreak of bird flu, chicken farmers reduced alertness, the paper 10 in Yuen Long to inspect chicken farms have also found that the anti-bird nets hole, so that wild birds can easily access to chicken farms in , In contact with chicken.

At present, the new field set up farms keeping 30,000 chickens in the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association, vice chairman of the Li Liangji stressed that Hong Kong will take all the farms farm biosecurity measures, including vaccination of chickens, as well as carry out regular checks of anti-bird farm Net, "want to make certain that these measures will do a good job."

The outbreak of bird flu farm head Dr emphasized that no on-site feeding chicken smuggling.

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Hong Kong confirms H5N1 bird flu at chicken farm
11 Dec 2008 08:25:38 GMT
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Hong Kong has culled 65,000 chickens in the affected farm since Tuesday after it was found that dozens of chickens on the farm had died from the H5 virus. (Reporting by James Pomfret; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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Government study vaccine was approved for use late H5N2 avian vaccines around the chicken more than H5N1 transfection

December 11, 2008
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Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Poultry Market, put on protective equipment will bare hands to catch live chickens into the green plastic buckets, plastic barrels from the carbon monoxide into the hole, suffocated to death by chickens.


Yuen Long farm bird flu outbreak in parts of the chickens injected with a vaccine can not escape death, caused by the use of the vaccine in Hong Kong over the years have lapsed into question. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) statistics show that in 2008 the global total of 28 local outbreak of avian flu, 27 of them, including four in Hong Kong from the Mainland, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Cambodia and Vietnam, Russia to the north, Ukraine and other regions of the cases were found to have H5N1 virus (see table right), but it still is not widely used in recent years against the H5N2 vaccine.

"The new infectious disease of animals and found that the Scientific Committee" (hereinafter referred to as the Science and Technology Council) member Lo Wing-lok said earlier this year, the Committee was meeting to ask the Government whether the H5N2 vaccine effective, to replace the need for vaccines, but the reply was "still valid" He may say that if the government failed to prepare for the replacement of vaccine, is "trying to be."

Food and Health Secretary York Chow said yesterday that Hong Kong used in vaccines against H5N2 virus has been 6 years, during which the virus or change, the Council has asked the Mainland, Hong Kong and Japan to study, to observe whether there is a need to use vaccines against H5N1.

York Chow: there is a change in the virus or with the Mainland

Hong Kong University microbiology professor Yuen Kwok-yung visit to this paper revealed that in June this year in the Sham Shui Po  chicken stalls in the market to find the bird flu virus samples belonging to H5N1, in October this year in the Sham Shui Po  seized the crow family birds within the body also have H5N1, At present, it is manufactured in the Netherlands in use Farms H5N2 vaccine, vaccine effectiveness of the decline is not surprising.

He was referring to the infected chicken farm is a signal that the authorities should consider the need to convert the vaccine, and the development of the mainland's vaccine against the H5N1 virus genotype, with the recent discovery of more  together, it could be considered, but to determine the vaccine The effectiveness of how much he mean to test the complex, as a result of Hong Kong to prevent the whole South China's bird flu epidemic.

Lo Wing-lok believe that the virus will mutate, a vaccine I can not, from time to time he would ask the Government whether H5N2 vaccine is still effective, is the answer to be degrees of serum resistance of more and more weak, Science and Technology Commission will meet at the beginning of this year, the government still says H5N2 An effective vaccine.

Food and Health Bureau spokesman denied late, York Chow has also pointed out that the mainland as a result of the virus, North and South are also other, the mainland is to improve the work done, once the virus found in Hong Kong and the Mainland together  will be handed over to the Mainland Laboratory studies suggest that the H5N1 vaccine for chickens in Hong Kong is more protective, Hong Kong will be chosen to pilot trial, H5N1 and H5N2 vaccines cheaper than the price.

Director-General of the World Organization for Animal Health Adviser Tillman (Dr Alex Thierman) long-distance telephone interview with this paper that popular around the world to H5N1 avian influenza virus mainly, but both H5N1 and H5N2 vaccines are cross-protective effect, as Which vaccine injection, the region will depend on the outbreak of the avian influenza virus which belongs to type, can not be generalized.

Experts: to monitor the vaccine before six months

Tillman said that if the vaccine began to fail to consider the conversion of new vaccines, but preparation before moving on to new vaccines, the department must test the farm for six months or closely monitor the situation, a new understanding of the effectiveness of vaccines in poultry, only to replace The new vaccine. OIE recommends that only the outbreak of bird flu high-risk areas, or a threat to adjacent areas of poultry vaccinated. It is understood that Japan not to vaccinate poultry, Vietnam is promising to vaccinate poultry.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong chicken farms continue to take samples to determine whether other farm chickens infected with avian flu. The virus is being propagated to the current testing chickens to prevent the effectiveness of the vaccine, it takes one to two months.

 

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H5N2 vaccines have been most effective internationally recognized

December 11, 2008

Newly discovered infectious diseases of animals and members of the Scientific Committee on Lo Wing-lok said that in Hong Kong in 2003 to combat avian flu started to vaccinate local chickens, and to Mexico by the research and development of vaccines for H5N2 vaccine designated. At that time, Mexico's largest farm outbreak of avian flu, a serious situation  almost to the Mexican farm will be destroyed , Mexico for the development of H5N2 vaccine to help themselves. In Hong Kong in 2002 to prepare for local chickens were vaccinated before the experiment had confirmed H5N2 vaccine to protect and begin to adopt the role so far.

Food and Health Bureau said that the Netherlands has been used in the manufacture of H5N2 vaccine, the vaccine in 2003 is considered to be the most effective, as the bird flu virus in the past 6 years, a slight change, although there was no person to person, or become even more poisonous The virus, but there is still a certain degree of change, it will examine the need to convert the new vaccine.

 

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Wholesale sales last farm outbreak  7.5 million chickens

December 11, 2008

Yuen Long farm the day before the outbreak of bird flu, the Hong Kong Government ordered the immediate sale  infected farms and the Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Poultry Market, about 90,000 chickens, yesterday estimated that a total of 24-pin  about 75,000 live chickens.

A large number of AFCD staff yesterday put on a full set of protective clothing, respectively, at the outbreak of chicken farms in Lau Fau Shan, Yuen Long and Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Poultry Market, "chickens", and sent the crane into the farm, away Filled with bags of dead chickens in black garbage bags.

Since the outbreak of live chickens into the farm had the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Market, yesterday morning, authorities sent dozens of officers wearing white protective clothing market to "kill a chicken." AFCD staff first 10-20 to catch live chickens into a green plastic drums, closed heads, and then baked  carbon monoxide into the dead chickens only. In the market are about 10,000 live chickens have been sold yesterday .

The remaining 10,000 chickens infected sell this 

Another group of about 50 AFCD staff, about 11 o'clock in the morning, arrived at the outbreak farms in Lau Fau Shan, Yuen Long. They put on protective gear to walk through the door to place the disinfection of farms barrels soles disinfected before entering the chicken "to kill a chicken." Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said that farms with about 65,000 live chickens were sold whole . Today will be another infected farms to sell  about 10,000 live chickens.

If other farms Baoyihuosha chickens in Hong Kong

Food and Health Secretary York Chow said he hoped yesterday and today to be completed in two farms in Yuen Long areas  sell live chickens. He said that if other chicken farms in Hong Kong is also the outbreak of bird flu, would not rule out the possibility of Hong Kong were slaughtered 680,000 chickens.

 

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H5N1 Confirmed On Hong Kong Farm
Recombinomics Commentary 08:55
December 11, 2008

Hong Kong on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu on a chicken farm.

The above comments confirm that the H5 detected on a farm in Hong Kong (see updated map), is H5N1, as expected. Over 200 chickens had died, including those who had been vaccinated, raising concerns that the H5N2 vaccine was losing effectives, as had been mentioned during the outbreak in live markets in Hong Kong over the summer.

Mismatched vaccines allow for asymptomatic spread of H5N1 because the partial immunity keeps the host relatively healthy, while the virus is continually shed. The outbreaks in live markets as well as a farm in Hong Kong suggest these unusual outbreaks may be vaccine driven.

Sequences from H5N1 in wild birds in the 2007/2008 season in Hong Kong revealed at least two distinct Fujian sub-clades (2.3.2 and 2.3.4), including reassortants closely related to H5N1 found in whooper swans in Japan as well as South Korea and southeastern Russia in the spring of 2008.

These outbreaks in Hong Kong and Japan by genetically similar isolates support migration along the East Asian flyway, and raise questions about the lack of reported H5N1 in China.

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The HK outbreaks are now up-top in the MSM (like Google).
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WHO urges vigilance for bird flu after HK outbreak

The Associated Press
Thursday, December 11, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: A World Health Organization official urged Asian governments Thursday not to let down their guard against bird flu, saying a new outbreak in Hong Kong shows the disease still poses a threat.

WHO Western Pacific Director Shigeru Omi said Hong Kong authorities have responded well by suspending poultry imports for 21 days and starting the slaughter of 80,000 birds after three chickens found dead at a farm Monday tested positive for the H5 virus group. Further tests are being conducted to see if they had the deadly H5N1 strain.

"This is an indication that we have to remain vigilant," Omi said on the sidelines of a WHO book launch in Malaysia. "Constant vigilance is the key."

Omi said the outbreak in Hong Kong was "not unexpected because the virus is still circulating in the world, and certainly in this part of the world."

At least 246 people have died of bird flu worldwide since 2003, according to WHO.

Twenty countries had outbreaks of the disease during the first nine months of 2008, down from 25 during the same period last year, U.N. officials have said.

Some officials worry that the public has largely lost interest because the virus has not mutated into a much-feared form that could spread easily among people. It remains hard for people to catch, with most human cases linked to contact with infected birds.

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