No"avian flu" among birds Altai and Krasnoyarsk territory, Republic of Buryatia, Tuva and Khakassia, and Tomsk region.

[Sally Furniss]

translated from Russian


No cases of the disease "avian flu" among birds in the SFO has not been registered

July 28, 2008 (13:32)

As of July 28, 2008 cases of flu among wild and domestic birds in the territory SFO has not been registered - RIA "Siberia".

During the monitoring laboratory studies with the availability of antibodies to the virus H5-A registered in 205 samples from wild migratory birds in the territory of District 6 subjects: the Altai and Krasnoyarsk territory, the Republic of Buryatia, Tuva and Khakassia, as well as in the Tomsk region.

According to information compiled by the Office Rosselhoznadzora Novosibirsk region, in high-risk areas in the territory SFO are more than 5 million 344 thousand heads of poultry. Vaccination is subjected to almost 5 million 486 thousand, Percentage of children revaccinated - more than 2 million head of poultry.

Subjects in the district continues a set of preventive measures to prevent skidding and disseminate bird flu virus.

As previously reported IA "Amitel", by the beginning of summer in the Altai Krai were vaccinated more than 37 million birds in areas caught threatened zone. And more than 14 thousand Percentage of children revaccinated.

http://www.amic.ru/news/90015/

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: No"avian flu" among birds Altai and Krasnoyarsk territory, Republic of Buryatia, Tuva and Khakassia, and Tomsk region.

Are they vaccinating children against H5?

While it's great to hear the good news about poultry, 205 wild bird samples is a very small number - I suspect they may not have found any due to the small sample.

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[Sally Furniss]

Re: No"avian flu" among birds Altai and Krasnoyarsk territory, Republic of Buryatia, Tuva and Khakassia, and Tomsk region.

It is a machine translation from Russian. I suspect children in this context means chicks.