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INDIA - India to claim 'bird flu free' status

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India to claim 'bird flu free' status

NEW DELHI, JUL 28 (PTI)

India will lay claim to the 'bird flu free nation' status next month, as no case of avian influenza has been reported in the country for the last three months, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today.

"There has been no case of avian influenza for the last three months, which makes us eligible for the bird flu free nation status," he told reporters here.

The claim would be made before the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on August 10. The last case of avian influenza (H5N1 virus) in India was reported in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in May.

Pawar said timely action by both agriculture and health ministries ensured containment of the spread of the disease.

"Lot of preparation went on for one and half years. We were ready when the bird flu outbreak took place," Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said.

"We have successfully controlled bird flu in India", he said and added that India's efforts were appreciated by global monitoring agencies, including WHO.

FAO representative He Changchui said: "India has effectively put in place scientific surveillance mechanism to control bird flu. They have the confidence to claim the bird flu free status".

Pawar also said that Indian Council of Agricultural Research has indigenously developed a bird flu vaccine at its Bhopal-based laboratory which now needs to be commercialised.

"Before commercialisation, we need to do some more trials," Pawar said and added earlier experiments had "quite encouraging results".

http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=402418
 
Re: INDIA - India to claim 'bird flu free' status

Every country that has announced themselves Bird Flu free has later come to report that they are in fact NOT Bird Flu free.

Part of me wonders if the Poultry Industry has paid off some government officials to report good news so India can start exporting poultry and eggs again. It wouldn't be the first time a government official has been paid off by a special interest group.

It should be remembered that all the egg and chicken production that was moved out of Vietnam because of H5N1 was moved to India.

India, a "bird flu free nation". What a joke!
 
INDIA - Claims status "bird flu-free"

INDIA - Claims status "bird flu-free"

CENTRE TO CLAIM STATUS ?BIRD FLU-FREE?
Economy Bureau
July 29, 2006

New Delhi -- India will lay the claim of being ?bird flu-free country? before the global animal health body, OIE by August 10. By then, it would be three months after the country last reported cases of avian influenza. The last bird flu case was reported in the country in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in May. The first outbreak of bird flu was in February, this year, in Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

If OIE gives such a clearance and is endorsed by FAO, the poultry industry, which has incurred a loss of Rs 3,000 crore due to the bird flu scare and the culling operations, would breathe a sigh of relief. India?s poultry exports have been hit hard after the outbreak in the country.

India?s broiler industry has been growing at a rate of 15% annually and produces about 1.9 million tonne of chicken meat every year.

Speaking at a conference on avian influenza control, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said, ?India has developed a vaccine to fight the strain of H5N1 in birds, The High Security Animal Disease Laboratory at Bhopal has developed it and it would be produced commercially within the next two-three months.?

Minister of health Anbumani Ramadoss said a lot of preparation has gone on for the last one and a half years due to which the country was successful in fighting the disease. He added the country is manufacturing antiviral drug Oseltamivir Phosphate to combat bird flu cases in humans.

A declaration on prevention and control of avian influenza and pandemic preparedness was signed by the 11 countries in the south and southeast Asia region at the conclusion of a two-day conference.

India hopes to get greater funding for its avian flu surveillance programme. It hopes this forum will help it to get as much as 65% of the funds for the programme.

Source: www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=135566
 
Re: INDIA - Claims status "bird flu-free"

Re: INDIA - Claims status "bird flu-free"

I love these articles cause every time they do one all hell breaks loose soon after. Once you've had BF in poultry of any sizeable scale you have it. BF becomes indemic.

Guess since they are so free now we can export some more jobs over there. Aren't these the guys who shut down the blogs by accident? yea right.

Anybody got a hotel in your home town for sale?
 
INDIA - Claims status "bird flu-free"

INDIA - Claims status "bird flu-free"

HARYANA WILL BE FREED FROM BIRD FLU
August 6, 2006 (Express News Service)

Ambala -- Haryana will be made free of the bird flu disease. The state government has taken a decision to take necessary measures to contain the disease.

This was announced by Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary H.C. Disodia while addressing divisional-level officers? conference on preparedness, control and containment of the disease organised by the Animal Husbandry Department here recently.

He said the role of various departments for the containment of the disease was discussed in detail and decisions were taken for its implementation.

Disodia assured the officers that the state government had taken all measures in advance to face the challenges with regard to the bird flu menace. He said that ordinarily, the disease was spread by the migratory birds. He said arrangements had been made to keep a watch on these birds at the time of their entry in the country mostly from Siberia. He said the bird sanctuaries in Haryana would remain under continuous watch on arrival of the guest birds.

The Principal Secretary advised the members of the Poultry Farmers? Association to maintain proper sanitation, excellent hygienic conditions, and adhere to strict bio-security measures on farm premises and their vicinity. He advised them to take steps to check the menace of house flies in their farms.

He asked the poultry farmers to take lessons from the lapses in handling the outbreak of the bird flu in Novapur and Jalgaon in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Officers of different departments from five districts of Ambala division, including the deputy commissioners, attended the conference.

Source: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=195814
 
Government declares country ?free? of bird flu

Government declares country ?free? of bird flu

Government declares country ?free? of bird flu

New Delhi, Aug. 12 : The poultry industry will heave a sigh of relief following the official announcement that the country is free of bird flu. The industry was in doldrums following the outbreak of bird flu in February.

The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in its final report to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) (World Organisation of Animal Health) on Friday has notified OIE on the regained status as an Avian Influenza-free country. :rolleyes:

On February 18, India had notified the OIE of an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI-H5N1) in Navapur, Maharashtra and Uchchal, Gujarat.

Further outbreaks were notified in Jalgaon District of Maharashtra with spill over into the adjoining part of Madhya Pradesh.

The last outbreak was detected on April 18 in Jalgaon District of Maharashtra.

Following the outbreak, the Government had initiated control and containment measures immediately. The measures adopted included stamping out of entire poultry population along with the destruction of eggs, feed, litter and other consumables in a radius of 10 Km around each location where the outbreak were reported.

The control and containment operation was completed on April 27, said a Government release adding, final cleaning up and disinfection process was completed on May 7.

The Government had dully compensated the poultry owners whose birds were killed in the culling operation.

Surveillance for H5N1 (clinical, virological and serological) was carried out in a 15 km radius of the affected area and also in the rest of the country, the release added.

High Security Disease Laboratory, Bhopal has tested nearly 67,000 samples since first outbreak in February 2006.

?Surveillance around the areas of outbreaks since completion of operation (including culling, disinfection and clean up) and surveillance in the rest of the country has shown no evidence of the presence of the Avian Influenza?, the release said.

Considering the global nature of the Avian Influenza, the Government has decided to continue the surveillance as a whole in the country.

?Considering the global spread of Avian Influenza and the situation in the neighbouring countries where it is almost endemic, surveillance will continue in the country as a whole especially in the outbreak areas, areas of major poultry concentrations and those visited by migratory birds?, the release said.

http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=6261
 
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