More than 350,000 chickens in Almoguera (Guadalajara-Spain) incinerated because of the Flu (H7N7)

[Gert van der Hoek]

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H7 is not to be underestimated, outbreaks in the UK and the Netherlands learned H7 can spread fast in humans, symptoms may vary from mild to virulent, including death.


400,000 chickens slaughtered in an outbreak of H7 avian influenza

This is the variant of the disease is less danger to humans

Efe / Madrid | Updated 13/10/2009 - 05:01

The Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs said yesterday that tests on dead chickens at a farm in Almoguera (Guadalajara) have confirmed that they were not infected with avian influenza virus type H5N1, but the H7 .

The H7 strain of avian influenza primarily affects birds and does not spread easily to people, so the risk of transmission to humans is considered very low.

About 400,000 chickens at the farm were culled Segura after 2,000 of them were found dead in recent days "unexpectedly". The Castilla-La Mancha decided to put the remaining birds on the farm following the protocol for these cases and as a "precautionary measure".

The remaining birds in the area has not taken any concrete steps at the moment, unless the restriction of access to farm Segura.

From the Provincial Delegation of Health and Welfare Efe reported that, because that could be a virus outbreak in chickens, has made a short speech for veterinarians and farm workers as a precaution.

Preventive treatment involves the application of antiviral Tamiflu to people who had contact with chickens, who also have been vaccinated against seasonal influenza and have been recommended to stay home and they have been given several tips personal hygiene.

http://www.diariodesevilla.es/artic...por/brote/gripe/aviar/tipo/h.html&sl=es&tl=en

 

[Treyfish]

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NEW DATA: Farms in the vicinity are not contaminated



13/10/2009
GUADALAJARA IS PLAYING THE FUTURE IS NOTHING LESS than 17 million chickens, THAT IS YOUR HUT 46 POULTRY FARMS IN THE OPEN IN THE PROVINCE.
After learning this weekend that will be slaughtered 300,000 chickens at a farm in Almoguera to have detected a virus, the director general of Agricultural Production, Francisco Martinez, has launched a message of calm to the population, ensuring no risk of human infection.

From the Board, shuffled the influence of migratory birds as a possible source of infection. This hypothesis is reassuring, because it puts at risk the poultry sector of the province: "It could be important from the economic standpoint, but in no case with human health risk. To understand the magnitude of the problem, Martinez pointed out that the province has a poultry hut of 17 million and that of the 130 poultry farms in the region, 46 are located in Guadalajara.

As explained Francisco Martinez, the first animals were found dead on Monday 5 February and the vet performed the autopsy to make a preliminary assessment. The next day, Tuesday the 6th, the vet decided to freeze all sorts of animals in prevention and from that day has not been out alive or dead animals or eggs.

On Thursday appeared more dead animals in a second ship of the operation and the vet warned the authorities of the Regional Agricultural Office Pastrana and the next day, Friday, was made aware of the veterinary services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Development Rural.El culling began on day 12.

At present, there is slaughter the entire poultry cabin of the ship. A process that could end this Wednesday. In total, there are about 300,000 birds, but only directly infected by the virus were 65.000.Seg?n Martinez said, for now 65,000 animals have been removed "and 60 workers of the company Tragsa using CO2 containers, continue with the work of sacrifice. "

At that time the proceedings begin by the Administration. He was informed the disease to cattle and was informed of the likely need to slaughter all the animals of the farm, including the inability to mobilize the material granja.Como security measure has established a protocol for action, by fixing radios for action on the affected area .. In the first radio fixed a mile from the affected area has been set for the culling of birds, although there is no great plus in this situation at 3 and 10 kilometers from the affected area are two six ships, respectively . That in no event may not put out any type of animal and / or egg plant.

Samples taken from these 8 ships were sent to Algete to determine if a bird is infected by the disease. Pending the arrival of the findings, which could occur this Wednesday, are already activated action protocols in case they were positive: forty of the affected areas and new radios for action.

Martinez has insisted he is not a case of H5N1 avian influenza, but the H7 strain, which is a contagious avian disease alone without risk to health and has insisted for more reassurance, that the virus dies at 70 degrees.

Finally, Martinez said that the farms might be affected by the contagion will cost them money to kill and bury birds, "but shall assume the profits of the activity" and confirmed that regional technical administration are assessing the cost economic costs of the farm contagion Pascuala.

Although originally expected for Wednesday, Algete Laboratory, which have been sent samples collected at farms within a radius of 10 miles over that of Almoguera, have concluded that these facilities are not affected, as has HISTORICAL confirmed the delegate of Agriculture, Sergio Cabello.

As confirmed by hair, it is still early to settle the alert and must wait a period of two months at least to bring animals in the affected farm. All this, if the analysis is performed to meet that time, both at the epicenter and area of operation, test negative, as before.





Reassuring message from the Minister

The Minister for the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, Elena Espinosa said, meanwhile, is an animal disease that has no impact on human consumption, but may cause economic losses in the farm.

Speaking to reporters at the start of the Congress-Senate Joint Committee on European Union, the minister confirmed that the chickens were not infected by the H5N1 virus, but the H7 type.

"This is a case they know to be a strain, the H7, which has nothing to do with bird flu," said the minister, who claimed to have detected the fact this case means that all systems are put in place working and are intensifying added all the controls in a radius of ten kilometers, while proceeded to slaughter all the chickens on the farm.

Espinosa said that all reports prepared by the Ministry itself or laboratories of the autonomous region are subsequently submitted to the National Reference Laboratory, located in Algete (Madrid), to be sure that "it is indeed not an animal disease has an impact on human consumption ". :tiphat:http://www.lacronica.net/frontend/l...Alrededores-No-Estan-Contam-vn686233324-vst24

 

[Rwilmer]

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It appears as this is the H7N1, this type was reported only once before in the country of italy in 1999, it caused alot of turkey's to die.

Killed 65,000 chickens at a farm in Almoguera, and sacrifice to 310,000
Written by Redacción
Monday, October 12th, 2009
The government says there is no danger to human health
The birds were victims of an influenza virus, but different "classical" avian influenza
GUADALAJARA, 12-10-09. 19 h.

About 310,000 chickens at the "Farm Safe" in Almoguera, have been killed in recent hours, after which come spontaneously over 65,000 dead. As reported by the Government, the pathogen that led to the deaths was the H7N1 virus, an avian flu strain different from the classical mid-decade, and H5N1 nomenclature. The analysis were performed in the laboratory realizadops Algete (Madrid).

As reported by the Junta de Comunidades, just knowing the appearance of dead hens were advised of the situation of Livestock Services, who presented themselves at the farm and took appropriate samples to determine what happened, and implement the protocol for these cases. This protocol passed by the slaughter of all livestock.

The H7 strain of avian influenza primarily affects birds and does not spread easily to people, so it is considered low risk. However, 12 people (ten workers on the farm and two veterinarians) were treated with Tamiflu, having been in direct contact with animals.

From Luxembourg, the general secretary of Health, José Martínez Olmos, retireró also that "there is no cause for alarm from the standpoint of human health in the outbreak of bird flu in Guadalajara," because the virus does not affect people. "We are attentive but not a virus that has demonstrated it has a chance to spread easily from animal to man," said Martínez Olmos told the press following the extraordinary meeting of health ministers of the Unio Eeuropea on Influenza A. The general secretary of Health said the fact that they are providing antivirals to people who had contact with birds sojn only "precautionary measures usual in these circumstances, mechanisms for increased security that has decided to take the competent regional authority.

Furthermore, an official of the Castilla-La Mancha explained that the first analytical results from some made in the rest of the autonomous region have been negative for the H5N1 strain of avian flu.

It is noteworthy that nearly 400,000 chickens on the farm were culled hens eggs, and that no product has left the poultry farm. Of the four ships that have the farm, chickens were killed within only one of them, as explained also from the Board.

http://www.eldecano.es/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15787&Itemid=32

 

[estacion]

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@Rwilmer: This affair is no conclusive by now. The article you have lately posted appears to be rewritten and supressed the N1 part of ecuation.

At this moment the only certain thing is the official communication to OIE you have posted (http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=304564&postcount=6) where it's classified as:

Diagnosis: Laboratory (advanced)
Serotype: H7
Reason: "new strain of listed disease"

 

[Giuseppe]

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H7N7 HPAI

Espana. El virus de gripe aviar de Guadalajara es el H7N7

Los t?cnicos del centro de referencia de Algete (Madrid) del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente han confirmado que el virus de gripe aviar que ha afectado a una granja de Almoguera (Guadalajara) es del tipo H7N7, muy pat?geno para las aves y dif?cilmente transmisible a humanos. Las aves enfermas se encontraron en dos de las cinco naves de la granja afectada, pero sigue sin haber indicios de contagio en otras granjas de los alrededores de ?sta, por lo que una hip?tesis que barajan los especialistas es que la transmisi?n procedi? de un ave migratoria.


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[Rwilmer]

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Why were they saying new strain then. H7N7 is not new. Although we have had many problems with it in the past.

 

[Rwilmer]

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Hat tip Ironorehopper:tiphat:

The avian influenza virus is the H7N7 Guadalajara
Hong Kong bans poultry imports from Spain
MARY R. SAHUQUILLO / EFE 15/10/2009


Technicians Algete reference center (Madrid), Ministry of Environment have confirmed that bird flu virus that has affected farm Almoguera (Guadalajara) is of type H7N7, highly pathogenic to birds and not easily transmissible to humans . Sick birds were found in two of the five ships of the affected farm, but still no signs of spreading to other farms around it, so a hypothesis that shuffled the specialists is that the transmission came from a migratory bird .


The outbreak of avian flu has not affected Guadalajara to other farms
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It is the first outbreak in Spain of this bird flu that has nothing to do with new influenza A in humans. Previously there have been other (few) outbreaks in the UK, the Netherlands (the most notorious, with 83 human cases and one death) and the United States and other countries. Guadalajara's farm have been slaughtered and nearly all housed and 320,000 chickens have been recalled eggs they produced.

In Hong Kong, the Center for Food Safety announced the immediate suspension of the processes of applications for importing poultry and poultry products from Spain. "The decision was taken after a case of confirmed highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza on a poultry farm of Castilla la Mancha", advanced in a note a spokesman for the CFS. "We are acting for sure" Efe said one responsible for the information center, adding that "only it was reported Wednesday in the outbreak," so they are seeking information from Spanish authorities. Hong Kong has experienced cases of bird flu H5N!, The most watched for its possible jump to humans.

According to the Commercial Office of Spain in Hong Kong, the former British colony imported 305 tonnes of frozen poultry and poultry products from Spain in the first half of 2009, with a value of $ 332,000 (about € 222,000). In 2008, the import volume reached 1199 tonnes, valued at $ 1.5 million (just over one million euros). In food products become more imports in the second half, said Jaime Sanjuan, an analyst at Spanish Commercial Office, so that the suspension of imports did not arrive at its best.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/virus/gripe/aviar/Guadalajara/H7N7/elpepusoc/20091015elpepusoc_12/Tes

 

[Treyfish]

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The avian influenza virus is the H7N7 Guadalajara
Hong Kong bans poultry imports from Spain
MARY R. SAHUQUILLO / EFE 15/10/2009

(Madrid), Ministry of Environment have confirmed that bird flu virus that has affected farm Almoguera (Guadalajara) is of type H7N7, highly pathogenic to birds and hardly transmittable to humans. Sick birds were found in two of the five ships of the affected farm, but still no signs of spreading to other farms around it, so a hypothesis that shuffled the specialists is that the transmission came from a migratory bird .

The outbreak of avian flu has not affected Guadalajara to other farms
It is the first outbreak in Spain of this bird flu that has nothing to do with new influenza A in humans. Previously there have been other (few) outbreaks in the UK, the Netherlands (the most notorious, with 83 human cases and one death) and the United States and other countries. Guadalajara's farm have been slaughtered and nearly all housed and 320,000 chickens have been recalled eggs they produced.

In Hong Kong, the Center for Food Safety announced the immediate suspension of the processes of applications for importing poultry and poultry products from Spain. "The decision was taken after a case of confirmed highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza on a poultry farm of Castilla la Mancha", advanced in a note a spokesman for the CFS. "We are acting for sure" Efe said one responsible for the information center, adding that "only it was reported Wednesday in the outbreak," so they are seeking information from Spanish authorities. Hong Kong has experienced cases of bird flu H5N!, The most watched for its possible jump to humans.

According to the Commercial Office of Spain in Hong Kong, the former British colony imported 305 tonnes of frozen poultry and poultry products from Spain in the first half of 2009, with a value of $ 332,000 (about ? 222,000). In 2008, the import volume reached 1199 tonnes, valued at $ 1.5 million (just over one million euros). In food products become more imports in the second half, said Jaime Sanjuan, an analyst at Spanish Commercial Office, so that the suspension of imports did not arrive at its best.
:tiphat:http://www.elpais.com/articulo/soci...ajara/H7N7/elpepusoc/20091015elpepusoc_12/Tes

 

[Rwilmer]

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It is just me treyfish or do we post at the same time alot. We must think alike.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Influenza A virus subtype H7N7

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


H7N7 is a subtype of Influenzavirus A, a genus of Orthomyxovirus, the viruses responsible for influenza.

Highly pathogenic strains (HPAI) and low pathogenic strains (LPAI) exist.

H7N7 can infect humans, birds, pigs, seals, and horses in the wild; and has infected mice in laboratory studies. This unusual zoonotic potential represents a pandemic threat.

In 2003 in the Netherlands 89 people were confirmed to have the H7N7 influenza virus infection following an outbreak in poultry on several farms. One death was recorded.

[1] Antibodies were found in over half of 500 persons tested according to the final official report by the Dutch government:
As at least 50% of the people exposed to infected poultry had H7 antibodies detectable with the modified assay, it was estimated that avian influenza A/H7N7 virus infection occurred in at least 1000, and perhaps as many as 2000 people.

The seroprevalence of H7 antibodies in people without contact with infected poultry, but with close household contact to an infected poultry worker, was 59%.

This suggests that the population at risk for avian influenza was not limited to those with direct contact to infected poultry, and that person to person transmission may have occurred on a large scale.

[2] Final analysis of Dutch avian influenza outbreaks reveals much higher levels of transmission to humans than previously thought [3].

In August 2006, low pathogenic (LP) H7N7 was found during routine testing at a poultry farm in Voorthuizen in the central Netherlands. As a precautionary measure, 25,000 chickens were culled from Voorthuizen and surrounding farms.[4]

In June 2008, high pathogenic (HP) H7N7 was confirmed on a 25,000-bird laying unit at Shenington, England; probably derived from a pre-existing low pathogenic variety.

"Increased mortality (2.5 per cent in one shed) and a drop in egg production had been recorded two weeks before birds started dying in large numbers on June 2, leading to the diagnosis of HP H7N7 on June 4."[5]

In October 2009, high pathogenic (HP) H7N7 was confirmed on a farm in Almoguera, Guadalajara, Spain. Hong Kong announced that it would suspend the import of poultry from Spain.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H7N7

 

[Treyfish]

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Guadalajara
The owner of the Guadalajara farm hit by bird flu blamed for a settlement of storks
Author:
J.? V. Mu?oz-Lacuna
Publication Date:
16/10/2009
The National Reference Laboratory Algete (Madrid) confirmed yesterday the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Castilla-La Mancha, the subtype of bird flu has affected poultry farm Almoguera (Guadalajara). It is the H7N7 virus that "it is pathogenic to birds, very difficult to transmit to other animal species and in any case the human being,

as stated by the provincial delegate of Agriculture in Guadalajara, Sergio Cabello.
This Almoguera poultry farm was the only European Union this year has been an outbreak of bird flu. This problem has forced the slaughter using CO2 stunning more than 300,000 chickens at the farm and during incineration and burial in trenches, a task to be completed over the weekend. He then cleaned and disinfected the farm and is owned by Rodolfo Jimenez, is "broken" by what happened but "relieved because he has not alleged any problems for people." According to these businesses, these avian flu outbreak could have originated over thirty weeks ago storks settled around the farm and that "I got a bad feeling."

There are no more outbreaks
The Delegation of Agriculture in Guadalajara also confirmed that it has detected more cases of bird flu within a radius of 14 kilometers of the affected farm, where a census of almost two million birds.
:tiphat:http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/sociedad/2009/10/17/0003_8042512.htm

 

[Rwilmer]

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the last line of the article acually says according to babel fish:

"There are no more buds The Delegation of Agriculture in Guadalajara also confirmed that more cases of bird influenza in a radius of 14 kilometers of the affected farm have not been detected, where exists a census of almost two million birds."

 

[Sally Furniss]

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Imports of poultry products from Spain to resume


The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) (edit in Hong Kong)announced today (November 18) that the processing of applications for importing poultry meat and products from Spain (except from the provinces of Guadalajara and Navarra) would resume with immediate effect.

The centre suspended processing of applications following confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H7 cases in a poultry farm in Castilla-La Mancha, Guadalajara, in October this year.

"In view of the control measures taken by the country and the fact that there are no other cases of avian influenza reported, we decided to resume processing of applications," a CFS spokesman said.

"Apart from Guadalajara, importation of poultry meat and products from Navarra has been under suspension following confirmation of low pathogenic avian influenza H5 cases in a duck farm in June this year. Restrictions are not yet lifted for these two regions.
　
"We will continue to monitor the situation," he said.

http://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/press/2009_11_18_1_e.html