Japan: Bird flu outbreak on private duck farm of the royal family - Low Path H3

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Bird flu outbreak on private duck farm of the royal family

2009-10-16

BEIJING, Sept.】 TOKYO: Japan's agriculture ministry announced on the 16th, located in Koshigaya, Saitama City, is responsible for royal affairs, the Imperial Household Agency of Japan exclusive duck farm, a suspected bird flu virus, it may be infected with highly pathogenic virus Health agencies are working to confirm the virus type.

Agricultural water ministry said on the 14th of "the Imperial Household Agency Saitama threat posed" to regular inspection findings, part of the ducks showed positive.

If identified as infected with H5 type or types of highly pathogenic H7 virus, will be following the Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, in February this year, a case of the farm, the Japanese recurrence of avian flu.

According to the Agricultural Water Province, revealed that ducks reared in Saitama Japan's royal family is for the use of domestic ducks and other poultry, ducks to feed a family 330, hybrid duck 380.

It is reported that on weekdays duck farming for the diplomatic corps stationed in Japan and domestic guests to visit, sometimes flying wild birds to stay. Once recognized as a highly pathogenic virus, agricultural water province will set up a response headquarters, to cull all poultry breeding farms and the prohibition of movement of poultry within a radius of 10 kilometers and so on.

Japan last spread of bird flu in February this year, when the city of Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture quail farms outbreak of H7N6 bird flu.

Hong Kong, Xinhua News Agency, October 16

http://www.takungpao.com.hk//news/09/10/16/_IN-1157391.htm


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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Japan: Bird flu outbreak on private duck farm of the royal family

Re: Japan: Bird flu outbreak on private duck farm of the royal family

Low pathogenic virus of bird flu positive place ... royal duck

Imperial Household Agency "field Saitama Duck" (Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture) from duck in and duck breeding, the problem was suspected of coming up positive to bird flu, the 16th night of Agriculture, Animal Health Laboratory samples (Ibaraki Tsukuba, Japan) which were analyzed, the virus "H3 subtype", and announced that no cases were reported in low-pathogenic virulent.

Of avian influenza virus, H5 and the H7 subtype subtype is highly pathogenic and, if found in accordance with the Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control Law, and there will be off limits, H3 subtypes are classified as low pathogenic is, these measures are not taken.

However, the ministry as a precautionary measure against the Imperial Household Agency, are kept in place a total of 710 ducks for the duck and duck feathers, about 10 days and ask that you continue to isolate.

( October 16, 2009

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20091016-OYT1T01010.htm

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[Shiloh]

Re: Japan: Bird flu outbreak on private duck farm of the royal family - Low Path H3

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Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

Emperor's ducks sick with bird flu
Kyodo News

The farm ministry said Friday that ducks at the Imperial Household Agency's duck farm in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, have become infected with an attenuated avian influenza virus.

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said the birds do not have to be culled and asked the agency to monitor them. All birds on the farm would have been culled if they had been infected with a highly pathogenic version of bird flu.

The farm is used by the Emperor to entertain guests from Japan and abroad.