Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

[HenryN]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 405px; HEIGHT: 44px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=caption style="WIDTH: 360px">December 09 2007 at 01:15PM </TD></TR><TR><TD style="HEIGHT: 1px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc" colSpan=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=23 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=svarticletext>[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]Warsaw - Polish veterinary authorities Sunday announced the slaughter of 110 000 chickens in the central Zuromin region, a day after a third bird flu outbreak at a farm.

"Thirty thousand chickens at the farm were infected and 80 000 others in nearby farms will be culled during the course of the day," Ewa Lech, the head of Poland's veterinary services, told a news conference on Sunday.

A 10-kilometre (six-mile) sanitary cordon has been set up around the farm after bird flu was confirmed there on Saturday.

The highly pathogenic strain H5N1 of bird flu was first detected on two turkey farms in central Poland on December 1. Bird flu was found last year in the country, but in wild birds.

Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus have suspended imports of live chickens from Poland.

Polish Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Saturday's outbreak at a third farm in a region where poultry farms abound could pose "serious economic problems".

"We are prepared to compensate the farmers 100 percent," he said.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20071209130141207C906623
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[Niko]

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Poland sees EU ban extended after new H5N1 outbreak
09 Dec 2007 15:39:21 GMT
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<!-- AN5.0: inline article box end --><script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.alertnet.org/bin/js/article.js"></script><input value="13" name="CurrentSize" id="CurrentSize" type="hidden"> (Adds farm, culling figures) WARSAW, Dec 9 (Reuters) -Poland expects the European Commission to extend an import ban on poultry and eggs after a fresh outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was discovered on Saturday. "We have informed the European Commission of the areas from which meat and eggs cannot be exported and expect the ban to be extended by probably another two weeks," chief veterinary officer Ewa Lech told a news conference on Sunday. Later in the day, provincial veterinary officer Pawel Jakubczak told a news conference that the cull of some 110,000 birds was beginning on Sunday. There were 52 industrial-scale poultry farms and 232 smaller family-owned holdings within the danger zone, he added. The latest outbreak of avian flu has been diagnosed in 11 villages of central Poland's Zuromin district (county), one of Poland's principal poultry-raising areas. It is situated some 50 km (30 miles) from three bird flu sites discovered around the city of Plock earlier this month. An EU ban on Polish poultry from the Plock area had been expected to be lifted at the start of January if no more infected birds were detected. More than 11,000 turkeys were culled at three poultry farms where the outbreak occurred earlier this month."We have informed the EC, our neighbours Ukraine, Belarus and Russia as well as China of the outbreak and there seems to be understanding on their part," farm minister Marek Sawicki told journalists on Sunday. Standard safety procedures have been deployed including a 3-km (1.9-mile) danger zone around the contaminated areas and a 10-km (6-mile) safety perimeter. People and vehicles entering and leaving the affected poultry farms must pass over disinfectant mats and farmers have been ordered to keep poultry indoors. The recent outbreaks were Poland's first cases of the H5N1 virus since a number of infected wild swans were discovered near the northern city of Torun in 2006. One of the EU's biggest poultry producers, Poland exported 230,000 tonnes of poultry to European markets last year. (Reporting by Rob Strybel; Editing by Caroline Drees)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09357677.htm

 

[HenryN]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12090702/H5N1_Poland_11.html

 

[AlaskaDenise]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12090702/H5N1_Poland_11.html

Commentary

H5N1 Spread to Eleven Villages in Poland

Recombinomics Commentary
December 9, 2007

provincial veterinary officer Pawel Jakubczak told a news conference that the cull of some 110,000 birds was beginning on Sunday. There were 52 industrial-scale poultry farms and 232 smaller family-owned holdings within the danger zone, he added. The latest outbreak of avian flu has been diagnosed in 11 villages of central Poland's Zuromin district (county), one of Poland's principal poultry-raising areas. It is situated some 50 km (30 miles) from three bird flu sites discovered around the city of Plock earlier this month.

The above comments describe a dramatic increase in H5N1 infections in Poland. In contrast to the smaller culls at three farms northwest of Plock (see satellite map), the latest outbreak has been confirmed in 11 villages in one of Poland?s principal poultry raising areas.

Earlier reports of distribution of H5N1 infected meat to retail outlets raised concerns over controls in Poland, and this large outbreak adds to those concerns.

More information on the infected villages and distribution of infected birds would be useful.


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[Niko]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

10th December 2007
Bird flu strikes again
From Warsaw Business Journal
by John Young
The new bird flu outbreak will force down poultry prices and could put a further strain on exports
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</td> </tr></tbody></table>This month's bird flu outbreak, located northwest of Warsaw, will drive down the price of poultry, experts warned this week. "The outbreak will not bring about a big fall in production but will cause a drop in price of around five percent," said Professor Roman Urban, of the Institute of Agriculture and Food Economics - National Research Institute (IERiGŻ-PIB).

The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was found in two areas near the city of Płock, some 80 km outside of Warsaw. Veterinarians culled more than 10,000 birds to help prevent further outbreaks and established a three-kilometer protection zone, a 10-km surveillance zone and a further buffer zone around them. There are strict controls on movement in the protection and surveillance zones, and all poultry must be kept indoors.

Officials claimed migrating ducks, geese or swans were likely to have brought the virus to Poland. Last year's outbreak in the northern city of Toruń was carried in wild swans.

IERiGŻ-PIB's Urban warned that it is impossible to predict the ramifications of further outbreaks. It would be dependent on the reaction of European consumers, but he said that he would at least expect exports to grow at a slower rate.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange was relatively gentle to the only listed poultry company Indykpol, with a three-percent drop in its share value last Monday, the first day of trading following the news of the outbreak. Bird flu was found on a number of Indykpol's farms, according to daily Puls Biznesu.

Urban said that there was not enough data yet to assess the losses to Polish poultry producers but last year these ran to zł.600 million.

http://www.wbj.pl/?command=article&id=39357

 

[Niko]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

10th December 2007
New cases of Bird Flu discovered


The chief veterinarian, Ewa Lech, on Sunday announced that the bird flu virus was discovered in the Żuromiński poviat in the Mazowieckie voivodship.
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Around 300 hens died from the virus in the farms located in that area between Thursday and Sunday, while 120,000 will be culled. Specialists are carrying out further inspections in farms located within three kilometers. The infected area encompasses 11 towns within three kilometers from Karniszyn. The danger zone is 10 km, where no hens or eggs can be brought out into the open air. "There is no threat to public health, the situation is under control. We do have an economic problem," said Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki during a press conference relating to the costs of the infection which have already topped zł.1.6 million. Sawicki emphasized that the Ministry has funds to compensate farmers the losses related to the incident. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A9; Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 4) A.K.

http://www.wbj.pl/?command=article&id=39411

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Commentary

H5N1 Spread to Eleven Villages in Poland

Recombinomics Commentary
December 9, 2007

provincial veterinary officer Pawel Jakubczak told a news conference that the cull of some 110,000 birds was beginning on Sunday. There were 52 industrial-scale poultry farms and 232 smaller family-owned holdings within the danger zone, he added. The latest outbreak of avian flu has been diagnosed in 11 villages of central Poland's Zuromin district (county), one of Poland's principal poultry-raising areas. It is situated some 50 km (30 miles) from three bird flu sites discovered around the city of Plock earlier this month.

The above comments describe a dramatic increase in H5N1 infections in Poland. In contrast to the smaller culls at three farms northwest of Plock (see satellite map), the latest outbreak has been confirmed in 11 villages in one of Poland’s principal poultry raising areas.

Earlier reports of distribution of H5N1 infected meat to retail outlets raised concerns over controls in Poland, and this large outbreak adds to those concerns.

More information on the infected villages and distribution of infected birds would be useful.


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Reading the reports on the new outbreak in Poland, my thoughts are: there is a new outbreak in 1 farm.

According to EU rules Poland made a 3 km zone etc. In this zone there are 11 villages.

So I feel 1 new farm is infected in the infection zone (4th farm in total, 3 in another zone), not 11 villages are infected.


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10th December 2007

New cases of Bird Flu discovered


The chief veterinarian, Ewa Lech, on Sunday announced that the bird flu virus was discovered in the Żuromiński poviat in the Mazowieckie voivodship.


Around 300 hens died from the virus in the farms located in that area between Thursday and Sunday, while 120,000 will be culled. Specialists are carrying out further inspections in farms located within three kilometers. The infected area encompasses 11 towns within three kilometers from Karniszyn. The danger zone is 10 km, where no hens or eggs can be brought out into the open air. "There is no threat to public health, the situation is under control. We do have an economic problem," said Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki during a press conference relating to the costs of the infection which have already topped zł.1.6 million. Sawicki emphasized that the Ministry has funds to compensate farmers the losses related to the incident. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A9; Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 4)

http://www.wbj.pl/?command=article&id=39411&

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Thanks Dutchy!

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=article-author>Disease/Infection News</TD></TR><TR><TD class=article-date>Published: Monday, 10-Dec-2007 </TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Printer Friendly / Email to a Friend Links --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=15></TD><TD> </TD><TD> </TD><TD width=18></TD><TD>
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Poland's chief veterinary officer Ewa Lech says the European Commission has been informed on which areas are affected.

Veterinary officials say 110,000 birds will be culled as a result of the outbreak and 52 industrial-scale poultry farms and 232 smaller family-owned holdings within the danger zone have been quarantined.

This latest outbreak of avian flu was discovered in 11 villages in the Masovian region, in central Poland's Zuromin district which is one of Poland's main poultry-raising areas.

The affected farms are 50 km from three three turkey farms near the city of Plock, where bird flu was discovered earlier this month which prompted the current EU ban on Polish poultry.

That ban was expected to be lifted at the start of January if no more infected birds were detected; in excess of 11,000 turkeys were culled at the three farms during that particular outbreak.

Authorities say they have also informed neighbouring countries Ukraine, Belarus and Russia as well as China of the outbreak.

Standard safety procedures have been deployed including a 3 km danger zone around the contaminated areas and another 10 km safety perimeter.

People and all vehicles entering and leaving the affected poultry farms must pass over disinfectant mats and farmers have been ordered to keep poultry indoors.

These most recent outbreaks are Poland's first cases of the H5N1 virus since a number of infected wild swans were discovered near the northern city of Torun in 2006.

Poland is one of the EU's biggest poultry producers and exported 230,000 tonnes of poultry to European markets last year and the economic losses are likely to be quite significant.

The European Union and neighbouring states such as Ukraine and Russia have imposed a ban on imports of poultry products from the region of the outbreak.
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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Snips from OIE report:

Information received on 09/12/2007 from Dr Ewa Lech, Chief Veterinary Officer, -, General Veterinary Inspectorate, Warszawa, Poland

Report date 09/12/2007

Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

Serotype H5N1

Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Laboratory (advanced)

Outbreak 1 Karniszyn, Zuromin, MAZOWIECKIE


Date of start of outbreak 08/12/2007

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Epidemiological unit Village

Affected animals

Species Birds

Susceptible 119900

Cases -

Deaths 610

Destroyed -

Slaughtered 0

Affected population 22-week-old laying hens

Tests and results

Species Test Test date Result

Birds reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 08/12/2007 Positive



http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=6576

 

[Niko]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Polish farmers face large financial loss from bird flu outbreak
10.12.2007 09:42Losses to Polish farmers from the bird flu outbreak will lead to at least 12 million zloty as stock has to be culled.

Following the bird flu outbreaks in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Poland</st1lace></st1:country-region> discovered last week, poultry breeders have lost some 2,000,000 zlotys, initial estimations say. But the Ministry of Agriculture?s prognosis is that in the central Masovian region where the outbreak was found in turkey farms the losses may reach even 10,000,000 zlotys, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki informed on Monday.


?Money for farmers are ready and they are paid out after a special commission states the losses,? assured the Minister. He explained that all farmers who had borne costs will get a full equivalent of the poultry livestock lost.

Sawicki repeated also that he is to meet with poultry producers and processors on Monday. He said that he receives signals that the processing companies refuse to carry on with contracts which earlier on they concluded with the breeders.

?There are no obstacles to sell and process the poultry,? the minister stressed and assured that he will see to solving the problem.

Minister Sawicki appealed to the farmers once again for vigilance and reporting to the vets all cases of poultry diseases and deaths.

?Farmers should also take extra care of hygiene of feed, feeding procedures and space where poultry is kept as well comply with veterinary requests,? Sawicki said. (jm)


http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/business/?id=71370


NOTE:

10000000 Polish zloty = 4.08447 million U.S. dollars

 

[Niko]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

( TF ) 12/10 14:55
<headline>Poland uncovers fourth case of bird flu, financial losses seen rising</headline>

- WARSAW (Thomson Financial) - Poland has uncovered a fourth case of the most virulent strain of bird flu, known as H5N1, at a poultry farm in central Poland, the ministry of agriculture said today.

All four cases reported since the first outbreak at the start of December have related to the same area of the country, which is well-known for poultry production.

The EU said it would extend an embargo already in place on produce from affected regions, and Farm Minister Marek Sawicki told local media that the financial cost to businesses could reach 10 mln zlotys

Poland has reported the highly pathogenic avian strain H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, in wild birds in recent years, but this year's are the first cases of commercial farms being hit.

Russia slapped limits on imports of Polish live poultry, eggs and other products, while Ukraine limited and Hong Kong suspended the import of poultry from the EU's biggest former communist country following the first outbreak.

http://www.thomsonfxhub.com/fxhub/news-detail.jsf?newsId=5867&pageId=0

 

[HenryN]

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New H5N1 bird flu site found in Poland-minister

Mon 10 Dec 2007, 13:57 GMT

WARSAW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A new bird flu site has been found in Poland, following discoveries of cases on Saturday and last week, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said on Monday.
The site was found near the place where a bird flu case was found on Saturday, Sawicki said on Polish television. (Reporting by Patryk Wasilewski; editing by Tim Pearce)

http://africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnL10115200.html

 

[HenryN]

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Another H5N1 bird flu site found in Poland

Mon 10 Dec 2007, 14:35 GMT
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WARSAW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus has been found at a new farm in Poland some 2 km (1.2 miles) from a site where it was discovered on Saturday, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said on Monday.
The virus was detected at a farm with about 360,000 birds within a danger zone set up after the previous bird flu discovery. The region has significant poultry production.
"This is an economic, not a health problem," the minister told a news conference, adding that farmers would get compensation for birds culled because of the virus.
Culling began on Sunday of the 110,000 birds at the first site. Polish authorities have said they expect the ban on poultry products from the affected region to be extended as new centres of infection are found.
One of the EU's biggest poultry producers, Poland exported 230,000 tonnes of poultry to European markets last year. (Reporting by Patryk Wasilewski; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)

http://africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnL10148250.html

 

[HenryN]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Another H5N1 bird flu site found in Poland

Mon 10 Dec 2007, 14:35 GMT
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WARSAW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus has been found at a new farm in Poland some 2 km (1.2 miles) from a site where it was discovered on Saturday, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said on Monday.
The virus was detected at a farm with about 360,000 birds within a danger zone set up after the previous bird flu discovery. The region has significant poultry production.
"This is an economic, not a health problem," the minister told a news conference, adding that farmers would get compensation for birds culled because of the virus.
Culling began on Sunday of the 110,000 birds at the first site. Polish authorities have said they expect the ban on poultry products from the affected region to be extended as new centres of infection are found.
One of the EU's biggest poultry producers, Poland exported 230,000 tonnes of poultry to European markets last year. (Reporting by Patryk Wasilewski; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)

http://africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnL10148250.html

updated map

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...9,19.973145&spn=0.648369,1.84021&t=h&z=9&om=0

 

[HenryN]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

New bird flu outbreak in Poland - agriculture minister


10/12/2007 18:31 WARSAW, December 10 (RIA Novosti) - There has been a new outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in eastern Poland, the country's agricultural minister said on Sunday.
H5N1 bird flu was found in Sadlowo in the Mazovetski province, not far from the site where another outbreak was discovered over the weekend.
This is the fifth case of avian flu registered by Polish veterinary authorities since last week, when the deadly virus was discovered at three turkey farms in central Poland.
Marek Sawicki said that the new outbreak was "more of an economic rather than a medical concern," and that the Polish veterinary authorities had set up a safety zone around the site to prevent the spread of the virus.
On Sunday, Poland culled about 110,000 chickens and destroyed over 100,000 eggs in the Mazovetski province, following confirmation by veterinary authorities that poultry at a farm in Karniszyn had been infected with the deadly H5N1 virus.
Poland's chief veterinary doctor Ewa Lech earlier said that the country could suffer significant economic losses from an outbreak of avian influenza.
Poland is one of Europe's largest producers of poultry and poultry products, with annual exports to European markets averaging 230,000 metric tons.
The announcement of the previous outbreak of bird flu caused wholesale prices for Polish poultry to drop at least 30%.
Meanwhile, last Thursday Russia imposed temporary restrictions on the import of poultry, eggs and all poultry products from Poland following the discovery of bird flu in the country.
Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said the restrictions also applied to bird feed and feed additives, as well as bird-farming equipment that had already been used.
Poland is still subject to a two-year Russian embargo on its meat products, imposed over allegations Poland was supplying poor-quality meat from third countries. Poland has vetoed talks on a new Russia-EU partnership and cooperation agreement in retaliation.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20071210/91724885.html

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Here, the OIE Follow-up Report no. 3 from POLAND, New Epizootic confirmed at Sadlowo, Zuromin.
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2) [AVIAN INFLUENZA, POULTRY, POLAND, OIE, UPDATES] Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Poland

Information received on 10/12/2007 from Dr Ewa Lech, Chief Veterinary Officer, -, General Veterinary Inspectorate, Warszawa, Poland

Summary

Report type Follow-up report No. 3
Start date 30/11/2007
Date of confirmation of event 01/12/2007
Report date 10/12/2007
Date submitted to OIE 11/12/2007
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 07/05/2006
Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to Entire country
Related reports Immediate notification (03/12/2007)
Follow-up report No. 1 (04/12/2007)
Follow-up report No. 2 (09/12/2007)
Follow-up report No. 3 (10/12/2007)

New outbreaks

Outbreak 1 - Sadlowo, Zuromin, MAZOWIECKIE
Date of start of outbreak 10/12/2007
Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not submitted)
Epidemiological unit Village
Affected animals: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
*Birds - 385407 - ... - 209 - 0 - 0
Affected population 20-week-old laying hens
Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate -Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible removed*
*Birds - 0.00% - 0.05% - ... - 0.05%
* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of infection Unknown or inconclusive
Fomites (humans, vehicles, feed, etc.)

Control measures

Measures already applied Movement control inside the country
Zoning
Vaccination prohibited
No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied Stamping out
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type: National Veterinary Research Institute, Pulawy (National laboratory)
Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
*Birds - reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) - 10/12/2007 - Positive

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SOURCE (OIE)

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_fup_0000006577_20071211_123544.pdf

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Eggs on sale from flu virus farms in northern Poland

11.12.2007

40,000 eggs from the H5N1-infected farms in Zuromin have been discovered on sale in groceries of Warmia and Mazury, north-east Poland.

2,500 were sold on Sunday, whereas 5,000 were withdrawn from sale.

A list of the shops where the eggs were available has been posted on the website of Sanepid, State Sanitary Inspectorate.

Since yesterday Sanepid has also been monitoring the shops where H5N1-infected eggs may be available.

What is known so far, is that eggs from Zuromin were on sale only in the Olsztynski district.

Experts remind that once boiled, eggs no longer pose a threat to people's health. Boiling eggs for ten minutes eliminates virtually all viruses.

http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/?id=71473

 

[Nanon]

Re: Grippe aviaire : la Pologne d?tecte un 4e foyer du virus H5N1

Re: Grippe aviaire : la Pologne d?tecte un 4e foyer du virus H5N1

Grippe aviaire: nouveaux cas chez des oiseaux sauvages en Pologne

Il y a 49 minutes

VARSOVIE (AFP) — Une cigogne et deux busards sont morts de la grippe aviaire dans le nord-est de la Pologne, après la découverte ces derniers jours de quatre foyers de la maladie dans le centre du pays, ont annoncé mardi les autorités vétérinaires locales.

Les trois oiseaux atteints du virus H5N1, potentiellement dangereux pour l'homme, se trouvaient en captivité, dans un "centre de réhabilitation" pour oiseaux sauvages à Orneta dans la région de Mazurie, a indiqué Ludwik Bartoszewicz, vétérinaire en chef de la région.

Cette information a été diffusée au lendemain de la découverte d'un quatrième foyer de la grippe aviaire dans un élevage de poulets du centre de la Pologne.

La grippe aviaire a déjà touché début décembre deux élevages de dindes à 120 km au nord-ouest de Varsovie, et un élevage de poules pondeuses dans la région de Zuromin (centre). A chaque fois, des zones de sécurités ont été instaurées autour des fermes contaminées.

Au total, plus d'un demi-million d'oiseaux ont dû être abattus dans ces fermes, et le ministre de l'agriculture Marek Sawicki a parlé d'un "problème économique sérieux" que causera l'épizootie à la Pologne dans une région à grande concentration d'élevages de volailles. Le ministre a promis de compenser à 100% les pertes subies par les éleveurs.

La Commission européenne a déjà interdit le 3 décembre les exportations de volailles de la région infectée.

La Lituanie, la Russie, l'Ukraine et le Bélarus ont interdit toutes les importations de volailles vivantes de Pologne, après la publication de rapports faisant état de foyers de grippe aviaire dans ce pays.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipaxctJTFyKVs1Gc18TWXI0UCLuA



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Avian Influenza: new cases among wild birds in Poland

There are 49 minutes

WARSAW (AFP) - A stork and two harriers have died from bird flu in north-eastern Poland, after the discovery in recent days of four outbreaks in the center of the country, announced Tuesday the local veterinary authorities .

The three birds of the H5N1 virus, potentially dangerous to humans, were in captivity, in a "rehabilitation center" for Orneta wild birds in the region of Mazuria, said Ludwik Bartoszewicz, chief veterinarian in the region.

This information has been disseminated in the aftermath of the discovery of a fourth outbreak of bird flu in a flock of chickens in central Poland.

Bird flu has already hit early December, two flocks of turkeys at 120 kilometers northwest of Warsaw, and a flock of hens in the region of Zuromin (center). Each time, security zones have been established around the infected farms.

In total, more than half a million birds have been slaughtered in these farms, and Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki spoke of a "serious economic problem" that will cause the animal disease in Poland area high concentration of poultry farms. The minister promised to compensate at 100% of the losses incurred by farmers.

The European Commission has already banned on December 3 exports of poultry in the infected area.

Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus have banned all imports of live poultry in Poland, after the publication of reports of outbreaks of avian influenza in this country.

 

[HenryN]

Re: Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12110701/H5N1_Poland_WB.html