Outbreak among fowl in southern Bulgaria

[Sharpe]

Map attached.

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Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Takes Measures over Bird Flu Case in Southern Bulgaria

20 July 2006 | 17:13 | FOCUS News Agency



Sofia. A bird flu case has been registered in a village in southern Bulgaria. Samples were taken after a great number of poultry was found death in the village of Slanchogled (municipality of Dzhebel, district of Kardzhali). The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry received a message on Thursday at 3 p.m., which confirmed that disease is avian flu, Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Nihat Kabil said at a press conference, a journalist of FOCUS News Agency reported.
Nihat Kabil has immediately informed Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, President Georgi Parvanov, Minister of Disaster Management Policy Emel Etem and Minister of Health Radoslav Gaydarski.
Nihat Kabil has ordered all the birds in region of the municipality to be culled. Compensations will be paid to the owners. Mr. Kabil stressed that the Ministry is taking measures against the disease.
The results of the virus?s strain will be ready in four days. Then the samples will be sent to a reference laboratory in Great Britain.

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Bird Flu Confirmed in Bulgarian Farms

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Bulgaria has reported its first case of bird flu among domestic birds. Photo by Petya Bondokova (Sofia News Agency)
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Top news: 20 July 2006, Thursday.

Bulgarian authorities reported Thursday the first case of bird flu with domestic fowl on the territory of the country - in the village of Slanchogled (sunflower), near Kurdzhali.

Veterinaries have undertaken checks of local fowl after birds were found to die in bulks.

The positive results of initial tests have detected the availability of the virus of avian flu, the Agriculture Ministry announced at a special press conference.

All fowl and turkeys from three farms were killed, massive disinfection is under way and tightened control on passing trucks and vehicles is installed, the officials said.

Two people who were in contact with the infected birds are under constant medical surveillance, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil said.

The information on the bird flu situation was conferred to Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, President Georgi Parvanov, Disasters Management Minister Emel Etem, and Health Minister Radoslav Gaydarski, their agriculture colleague said.

 

[hawkeye]

Re: Outbreak among fowl in southern Bulgaria

Out of curiousity how long have you been gathering data? The reason I'm wondering is, when I look at the maps, it seems like a lot of instances of animal and human sickness and death, but then again, I've never been exposed to such data before, do you have any idea what kind of percentage increase we're seeing over years past?

thnx-
-hawkeye

 

[Sharpe]

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Not long. Halfway through my first year of medical school 15 months ago.

 

[JJackson]

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would I be correct in assuming that map pins without a year are all 2005?

P.S.
The maps are wonderful, thank you very much for the time and effort you must have put into making them.

 

[hawkeye]

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Well, you're probably the only one in the world with such an extensive collection. Keep up the good work. Maybe the information you're collecting now will become the baseline for the future?

-hawkeye

 

[Sharpe]

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Vaffie, would I be correct in assuming that map pins without a year are all 2005?

P.S.
The maps are wonderful, thank you very much for the time and effort you must have put into making them.

Yeah, that one of "bird deaths" was October 05. Thanks guys.

 

[Sharpe]

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Two being watched.
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/21/eng20060721_285270.html
Bird flu confirmed in domestic fowl in southern Bulgaria
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The Bulgarian authorities confirmed on Thursday the first case of bird flu in domestic fowl in the village of Slanchogled in southern Bulgaria, the state-run BTA reported.

Veterinary experts were called in following mass deaths among domestic birds, the Agriculture Ministry announced at a press conference. Initial tests for avian flu proved positive.

All fowl from three farms in the area have been culled. Health officials have also launched a massive disinfection program and restrictions have been placed on vehicle movements, particularly trucks, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil said.

Two people who came into contact with the infected birds are under medical surveillance, he added.

President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev are being kept up to date with developments in the bird flu outbreak, other agriculture officials said.

Source: Xinhua

 

[Mingus]

Bulgaria-Found Bird Flu "Probably Not H5N1"

Bulgaria-Found Bird Flu "Probably Not H5N1"

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Bulgaria-Found Bird Flu "Probably Not H5N1"

Teams are working at full throttle to disinfect the area around the village of Slanchgled, Kardzhali region, where a bird flu outbreak was detected July 20. Photo by BTA
Politics: 21 July 2006, Friday.

The bird flu virus, detected in the Bulgarian southern village of Slanchogled, will most likely prove different from the deadly to humans H5N1 strain, preliminary tests show.

Zheko Baychev, head of the national veterinary service said Friday that the strain in the Bulgarian village is probably low in viral threat and wouldn't affect humans.

Bulgaria, however is double-checking the results to make sure that there is no error.

Bulgarian authorities spent the night exterminating fowls as the whole country was shocked to learn Thursday that an avian flu outbreak has been detected at a farm in the village of Slanchogled, the district of Kardzhali.

The culling of all fowls in the region was wrapper up about half past one in the afternoon on Friday. The initially announced number of 480 birds was almost doubled in the end because workers from the Agriculture Ministry found many newly hatched chicks in villagers' yardS.

Doctors and general practitioners in the area are at a high alert, ready to report any suspicious cases of patients with avian flu symptoms, but so far there is no indication that the virus has spread to people as well. However, blood samples of five of the village's residents will be tested along with the samples taken from the infected fowls.

Massive disinfection is under way in the whole area and tightened control on passing trucks and vehicles is installed, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil has announced. He added all farmers whose fowl was culled will be compensated.

 

[Sharpe]

Re: Bulgaria-Found Bird Flu "Probably Not H5N1"

Re: Bulgaria-Found Bird Flu "Probably Not H5N1"

This will be interesting.

 

[Sharpe]

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Re: Bulgaria-Found Bird Flu "Probably Not H5N1"

Meaningless, prejudiced article, but it does say a little more about the area and the possible origins of these chickens.

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Ethnic Turks Suspected for Bird Flu Outbreak in Bulgaria

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The village of Slanchogled, Southern Bulgaria, will be quarantined for twenty-one days in an attempt to prevent the spread of the bird flu virus. Photo by BTA
Politics: 21 July 2006, Friday.

Ethnic Turks have most probably brought to Bulgaria the bird flu virus that triggered an outbreak of the disease in a southern village.

The village of Slanchogled, populated mainly by ethnic Turks, was shocked to learn Thursday that an avian flu outburst has been detected at a local farm.

Ethnic Turks, who returned to Bulgaria in the summer, are suspected to have illegally imported infected birds from neighbouring Turkey, reports say.

The village of Slanchogled will be quarantined for a period of twenty-one days in an attempt to prevent the spread of the
virus, authorities announced.

Police has sealed off the area by establishing two check-points at the entry and exit of the settlement, letting in no other but locals and only after disinfecting them.

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[Gaby]

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BIRD FLU IN BULGARIA IS PROBABLY NOT H5N1

SOFIA (bnn)- The bird flu in the Kardzhali region, Southern Bulgaria, is probably not with H5N1 strain, Bulgarian National Radio on Friday.

This was the conclusion from the first results that tests in a Bulgarian laboratory showed.

The final results are expected from the United Kingdom up to 14 days, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil announced.

About 1,500 fowl have been culled in the village of Slanchogled (Sunflower), data showed. Compensations will be given from Monday, officials added. All preventive measures have been undertaken as movement of vehicles s limited and disinfection takes place in the neighborhood.

The 3-km region around the settlement remains under observation. European Commission is expected to decide on Monday whether it will ban bird products export from Bulgaria. /bnn/

Source: http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=21884
Bulgarian News Network
Saturday, 22.07.2006

 

[Lyro]

Outbreak among fowl in southern Bulgaria

BULGARIA KEEPS TABS ON BIRD FLU HOTSPOT
July 22, 2006 (Sofia News Agency)

Photo: Officials are taking strict preventive measures to prevent
the spread of the bird flu virus outside the Bulgarian southern
village of Slanchogled. Photo by BTA.

The situation in the Bulgarian southern village of Slanchogled, where a bird flu virus was detected earlier this week, has been brought under control, officials said.

The village will be quarantined for a period of twenty-one days in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus.

Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil confirmed preliminary tests show the virus may prove different from the deadly to humans H5N1 strain. The birds most probably have been infected by a combination of bird flu and Newcastle disease.

"Officials are taking tough preventive measures. All supplies to the village are regular," the minister said. He assured that the pace of life in the village is returning back to normal and the good news have brought the culling of birds to an end.

Trade with live poultry and poultry products however have been banned in the whole region.

Source: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=66897

 

[Lyro]

Outbreak among fowl in southern Bulgaria

BULGARIAN BIRD FLU IS PROBABLY NOT VIRULENT
July 24, 2006 (Reuters)

Sofia -- Bird flu reported in Bulgaria last week is most probably not from the highly virulent H5 or H7 strain, potentially dangerous for humans, veterinarian officials said on Sunday.

Preliminary tests of samples from the affected area showed the presence also of the Newcastle disease that might have contributed for the mass deaths of around 200 birds.

Bulgaria reported its first outbreak of the avian flu in domestic poultry on Thursday in a village near its border with Greece and Turkey and has culled around 1 500 fowl since then to prevent the virus from spreading.

"This is a mixed infection between bird flu and Newcastle disease. The bird flu virus we have isolated has so far tested negative for both H5 and H7 strains," said Georgi Georgiev, a scientist with the Bulgarian Veterinarian Institute.

He said Bulgaria will still send the samples to an EU-certified laboratory in Britain and expect the final results within a few weeks.

Authorities have set up a 3km quarantine zone around the affected village, including an area of seven more villages with a total of 2 100 domestic birds, as a prevention measure.

The Balkan country's agriculture ministry has said it expected the EU might ban poultry exports only from the affected areas, but a final decision by Brussels is to come out on Monday.

Bulgaria reported four cases of H5N1 bird flu infection in wild swans earlier this year, but has not suffered as severely as its neighbours Turkey and Romania.

Source

 

[Mingus]

Positive for other strain and sent to Weybridge

Positive for other strain and sent to Weybridge

http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_English/News/b2024072006.htm

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Published on July 24, 2006 at 7:33 PM BG

Bird flu detected in Bulgarian village different from deadly H5N1 strain

Bulgaria?s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Nihat Kabil and Health Minister Radoslav Gaydarski have announced the tests on birds from the only village in Bulgaria where bird flu was detected have confirmed it was different from the deadly H5N1 strain and there is not danger to humans? health. Following a sitting of the National Crisis Staff, the Agriculture Minister said the processing and export of poultry from the country would continue, and a ban was imposed only on the region of Kardzhali. The sample prepared by the National Veterinary Service would be forwarded to a laboratory based in the English city of Wembridge.

 

[FrenchieGirl]

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Quote -- "There is no way that live fowl could have been imported in Bulgaria from Turkey, Kabil stressed before bTV channel. He said that wild birds gathered at the water basin in question and they might have brought the avian flu to the country"

 

[Mingus]

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complete article from the link above - Thanks FrenchieGirl, Merci!

Water Basin "Possible Source" of Bird Flu in Bulgaria

Politics: 25 July 2006, Tuesday.

A water basin located close to the southern village of Slanchogled where bird flu was first detected in Bulgaria may be the source of the virus, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil said Monday.

There is no way that live fowl could have been imported in Bulgaria from Turkey, Kabil stressed before bTV channel. He said that wild birds gathered at the water basin in question and they might have brought the avian flu to the country.

The minister also added that people should realize the gravity of the situation and not hide any of their birds, but turn them in if they suspect that they might be infected with the virus.

 

[Theresa42]

3, 10-Km Zones Around Bird Flu Village in Bulgaria "Clear"

3, 10-Km Zones Around Bird Flu Village in Bulgaria "Clear"

3, 10-Km Zones Around Bird Flu Village in Bulgaria "Clear"

Top news: 26 July 2006, Wednesday.

All the samples taken from the three- and ten-kilometre zones around Bulgaria's first bird-flu hotbed, the southern village of Slanchogled, have shown that the infection hasn't spread.

Tests have shown that the area is clear and so far, there is no danger of a bird-flu outbreak, the Agriculture Ministry announced.

Bulgaria's first recorded cases of avian flu among domestic fowls was registered in the end of last week at Slanchogled, and authorities had to cull more than 1,000 birds to make sure the virus wouldn't spread. Tests then showed that the virus was not of the deadly-to-humans H5N1 strain.

The government then compensated all the bird owners in the area.

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