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Little egret confirmed H5N1-positive (HK)

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=490 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=496>Dead bird tested for avian flu

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=theme_text vAlign=top align=left>Preliminary testing of a little egret found in Tuen Mun has indicated a suspected H5 avian flu case, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department says. This is the first wild bird suspected to be infected by the virus at the onset of this winter season.

The bird was collected in Tuen Mun Park November 18 and died the next day. There are no chicken farms within 3kms of where the bird was found.

Poultry farmers have been reminded to take precautionary and biosecutiry measures against bird flu. Farmers, pet bird shop owners, pet poultry licence holders and racing pigeons have been informed to take proper precautions.

The department will inspect poultry farms and the wholesale market to ensure proper precautions against bird flu have been implemented. Close surveillance of wild birds will continue.

While vigilance over imported poultry and live poultry stalls will continue, illegal poultry and bird imports will be deterred and health education bolstered.

As the threat of avian flu remains, people should take precautions against the disease. For more details click here.
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Little Egret tested for H5 virus
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Preliminary testing of a Little Egret found in Tuen Mun has indicated a suspected case of H5 avian influenza, a spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (November 21), adding that further confirmatory tests are being conducted.

Following a referral from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), the AFCD collected the sick wild bird in Tuen Mun Park on November 18. The bird subsequently died the next day.

The spokesman said there were no chicken farms within 3 kilometres of where the bird was found.

"In view of this suspected case, we have phoned poultry farmers reminding them to take precautionary and biosecutiry measures against avian influenza. Letters have also been issued to the farmers, pet bird shop owners, licence holders of pet poultry and racing pigeons reminding them that proper precautions must be taken,? he said.

The spokesman said that the department would conduct frequent inspections of poultry farms and the wholesale market to ensure that proper precautions against avian influenza had been implemented. The department would also continue to conduct close monitoring and surveillance of wild birds.

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) will continue to maintain vigilance over imported live poultry as well as live poultry stalls. It will also remind stall operators to maintain good personal hygiene.

The LCSD has reminded all of its park staff to remain vigilant and step up precautionary measures including regular cleaning and disinfection.

The Department of Health will enhance health education and distribute health advice leaflets.

AFCD, FEHD, the Customs and Excise Department, the Police will strive to deter illegal import of poultry and birds to Hong Kong to prevent an increase in the risk of avian influenza outbreak brought by poultry and birds that had not gone through inspection and quarantine.

The spokesman said the threat of avian influenza remained. The relevant departments will remain vigilant and continue to take preventive and control measures against avian influenza.

Members of the public are reminded to observe good personal hygiene. They should avoid personal contact with wild birds and live poultry and their droppings. They should clean their hands thoroughly after coming into contact with them. Poultry and eggs should be thoroughly cooked before eating.

This is the first wild bird suspected to be infected by avian influenza virus at the onset of this winter season.



Ends/Wednesday, November 21, 2007

http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200711/21/P200711210281.htm
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Bird flu alert as Little Egret found dead

<!-- Tuen Mun Park went on bird flu alert yesterday after a Little Egret found dead in the park is suspected of having the H5 virus.

//-->Friday, November 23, 2007

Tuen Mun Park went on bird flu alert yesterday after a Little Egret found dead in the park is suspected of having the H5 virus.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said further tests will be made. It would be the first wild bird infected at the onset of the current winter season if the result were positive.
Residents found the bird on Sunday. It died the next day.
To step up precautionary measures, park cleaners have cleaned and disinfected the park thoroughly, paying particular attention to the lake where wild birds are inclined to gather.
The department said there were no chicken farms within three kilometers of where the bird was found and that they have reminded farmers to take precautionary and biosecurity measures. Meanwhile, the Centre for Food Safety said it will resume processing applications for importing poultry meat from Malaysia. It was suspended in June after confirmation of an H5N1 case on a poultry farm in that country.:tiphat: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_...6&sid=16433501&con_type=1&d_str=20071123&fc=8
 
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Hong Kong finds egret with bird flu in city park

Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:01am EST

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<!-- END:: Broker Center Advert Module -->HONG KONG, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A little egret found in a Hong Kong park has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the government said on Saturday.

The bird was collected at the Tuen Mun Park in the New Territories on Nov. 18, the city's agriculture, fisheries and conservation department said in a brief statement.

It urged Hong Kong residents to avoid personal contact with wild birds and live poultry, and to clean hands after any contact.

It is not the first appearance of the disease in the territory: at least 17 infected birds were discovered in the first half of this year.

The virus has caused more than 200 deaths globally since 2003, according to World Health Organisation data.

Although most people who have caught bird flu have had direct or indirect contact with infected fowl, experts fear the constantly mutating virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person. This could sweep the world, killing millions.

Earlier this month, an Indonesian man from Riau province on Sumatra island died of bird flu, taking that country's death toll from the disease to more than 90, the highest in the world. (Reporting by Jeffrey Hodgson; Editing by John Chalmers)



http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSPEK278700
 
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Dead egret in Hong Kong tests positive for H5N1 strain of bird flu

The Associated Press
Saturday, November 24, 2007

HONG KONG: A sick egret found in Hong Kong last week has tested positive for the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu, the government said Saturday.
The bird, which was collected from a park Sunday and died the next day, was confirmed to have had the disease after several laboratory tests, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said in a statement.
Hong Kong has occasionally found avian influenza in wild birds, but hasn't suffered a major outbreak of the disease lately.
Hong Kong aggressively monitors bird flu because the first documented cases of the disease in humans occurred in the territory. An outbreak of H5N1 in 1997 killed six people. That prompted the government to slaughter the entire poultry population of about 1.5 million birds.
Experts fear bird flu would mutate into a form easily transmissible among humans and spark a flu pandemic.

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New bird flu case in Hong Kong


Agence France-Presse
HONG KONG - A sick egret found in Hong Kong last week has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, agricultural officials said here Saturday.
Laboratory tests confirmed the bird, found last Sunday in a park in the New Territories area, was infected with the killer strain, authorities said.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department warned in a statement of personal contact with wild birds and live poultry.
More than a dozen wild birds have been discovered sick or dead in Hong Kong this year with H5N1, which has killed more than 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003.
Migratory birds have been blamed for the global spread of the disease.
Biologists believe local species of wild birds found dead with the virus could have picked it up from contact with infected flocks in nearby mainland China, where it is believed the strain first mutated into a form deadly to humans.
Hong Kong was the scene of the world's first reported major bird flu outbreak among humans in 1997, when six people died.
World Health Organization experts say a bird flu pandemic among humans would kill millions worldwide.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=100289
 
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niman said:
Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11240701/H5N1_HK_Egret.html
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Commentary

H5N1 Confirmed in Hong Kong Egret

Recombinomics Commentary
November 24, 2007

Laboratory tests confirmed the bird, found last Sunday in a park in the New Territories area, was infected with the killer strain, authorities said.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department warned in a statement of personal contact with wild birds and live poultry.

More than a dozen wild birds have been discovered sick or dead in Hong Kong this year with H5N1, which has killed more than 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003.

Migratory birds have been blamed for the global spread of the disease.
Biologists believe local species of wild birds found dead with the virus could have picked it up from contact with infected flocks in nearby mainland China, where it is believed the strain first mutated into a form deadly to humans.

The above comments confirm H5N1 in an egret in Hong Kong and add local comment on the origin. H5N1 kills wild birds in Hong Kong each year, although the positive this year is slightly ahead of January detections in 2006 and 2007. The January outbreaks are typically blamed on release of birds during religious ceremonies, but since the H5N1 was a bit earlier this season, the focus has shifted to domestic poultry in China.

The transport and transmission of H5N1 in Hong Kong is due to migratory birds, although new outbreaks lead to some ?wild birds as victims? spin, to discount the obvious. The natural reservoir for avian influenza is wild waterfowl which can be asymptomatically infected with a wide range of serotypes, including all four major clades of H5N1 (Clade 1 in southeast Asia, clade 2.1 in Indonesia, clade 2.2 in all countries west of China, and clade 2.3 in China, spreading into southeast Asia.

The H5N1 in Hong Kong this season will almost certainly be clade 2.3 (Fujian strain), which was identified in January, 2006 and January, 2007.

Migration is also leading to reported outbreaks in Vietnam, Mayanmar, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Krasnodar, and England.


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Hong Kong - Suspected H5N1 - Egret

Hong Kong - Suspected H5N1 - Egret

Preliminary testing of a little egret found in Tuen Mun has indicated a suspected case of H5 avian influenza, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department says. More tests are being conducted.



The carcass was found and collected at Tuen Mun Park on December 3. There are no chicken farms within three kilometres of where the bird was found.



As two consecutive confirmed/suspected H5 avian influenza cases were found in the same area within two weeks, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department will conduct a thorough cleansing operation in the park tomorrow.



The department has reminded its park staff to remain vigilant and step up precautionary measures.



Precautionary measures

The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department will remind poultry farmers, pet bird shop owners, licence holders of pet poultry and racing pigeons to strengthen precautionary and biosecurity measures.



The department will conduct frequent inspections of poultry farms and the wholesale market and will strengthen wild bird monitoring and surveillance.



The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department will enhance vigilance over imported live poultry and live poultry stalls. It will also remind stall operators to maintain good personal hygiene.



As the threat of avian influenza remains, other relevant departments will continue to take preventive and control measures.


People are reminded to observe good personal hygiene. They should avoid personal contact with wild birds and live poultry and their droppings.

http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/071207/html/071207en05002.htm
 
Little egret confirmed H5N1-positive (HK)

The little egret found earlier in Tuen Mun has been confirmed to be H5N1 positive, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department says.

The bird's carcass was found on December 3 at Tuen Mun Park.

The department reminds people to observe good personal hygiene. They should avoid personal contact with wild birds and live poultry and clean their hands thoroughly after coming into contact with them.

http://news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/071208/html/071208en05010.htm
 
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