Re: RUSSIA - H5N1 kills poultry in Moscow area / farm workers in hosp
Re: RUSSIA - H5N1 kills poultry in Moscow area / farm workers in hosp
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Specialists explain, is dangerous bird influenza in the Moscow area for the people
MOSCOW, 17 February - RIA of news. Bird influenza is discovered in three regions of the Moscow area - Odintsovskom, Domodedovo and Podolskiy. The authorities of Moscow region declare, that the bird killed from the disease was purchased on the bird market in the capital. The part of the pavilions of market is closed.
Specialists explain, is dangerous for the people the strain of the virus of the bird influenza, discovered in the region.
On the loss of bird in Podolskiy region on Saturday in the daytime OF RIA of news reported i.o.gubernatora of region Aleksey Pantelei.
"The inhabitant of Podolskiy of region acquired on the bird market in Moscow one hen. As a result in his economy perished 44 birds", it said the Panteleis.
According to the data of Moscow authorities, on this market was purchased the bird, that fell in the the Odintsovskom and the Domodedovo region.
"Entire bird, destroyed in the Moscow area because of the disease by bird influenza, was purchased by the inhabitants of regional urban districts Zvenigorod and Domodedovo in the beginning of February on the bird market in Moscow in one and the same pavilion", reported the minister of agriculture of Moscow region Nikolai Savenko on Saturday at the special session of the commission for extraordinary situations.
Minister reported that in the beginning of February on the bird market for the capital of five hens and two turkeys acquired the citizen Kim, registered in Nizhniy Novgorod and the removing house in the village Pavlovian of Domodedovo region. Through several days after the loss of this bird and veterinary checking, which revealed infection by bird influenza, was destroyed entire bird in the economy of Kim - 14 hens, three turkeys and 15 show blue.
Living in the settlement Shikhovo in the urban district Zvenigorod the citizen of Aleshin twice acquired on the same bird market for hens. In both cases the bird perished. Eight killed hens of Aleshin it returned to the pavilion for the market. "The salesman of their visors and, in our opinion, on the false documents, sent into the laboratory, where the specialists determined the presence of bird influenza", said Savenko.
According to him, entire infected bird is destroyed.
As reported to journalists the main sanitary doctor of Russia Gennadi Onishchenko, the reason for the loss of hens in the farmer economies in the Domodedovo and Odintsovskeye regions became the virus of the bird influenza H5N1.
The authorities of the Moscow area opened "hot line" for the inhabitants of region, who from 1 February of the present year acquired on the bird market in Moscow for any birds.
"By all facts, who from 1 February acquired on the bird market on the southeast of Moscow domestic or any other bird, it is necessary to ring on telephone (495) 699-91-02. According to this number all rung will obtain consultations on further actions, councils for rotation with this bird", said i.o.gubernator of the Moscow area the Panteleis.
All bells, which entered the "hot line", will leave both for the central staff of the ministry of agriculture of region and for territorial administration of Rospotrebnadzora on the region.
Ctolicnye authorities report that until on the bird market it is discovered the facts, which confirm, that the disease fell into the region precisely from there.
"No confirmation, what bird, dead [individual birds] from some infection, from the market gardener is not", reported RIA of news the representative of the press-service of the department of prodresursov of Moscow Leonid ivakin.
However, according to him, since the information such was, the part of the bird market, on which they deal in bird, from Friday it is closed.
On Saturday from eight mornings on this part of the market works the commission, into which enter the specialists of the capital committee of veterinary science, Rospotrebnadzora and other services. "On the statement of the representative of commission from Rospotrbenadzora on Moscow of Yevgeny Savicha, entire bird on the bird market is healthy", said Ivakin.
According to him, the results of analyses [i.e. tests on birds in the market] will be known on Monday-Tuesday.
The Press-secretary of the capital committee of veterinary science Olga Seregina it said to agency that until it is early to speak about any results of checking on the bird market.
"I can say only that entire domestic agricultural bird, that is sold in Moscow, is provaktsinirovana. We constantly gather tests and conduct monitoring", noted Seregina.
As transmits the correspondent of RIA of news,
bird market at the given moment works in the normal mode, with exception of the pavilions, where bird was sold, they were closed.
In the territory of market it is possible to acquire cells, fodder and other equipment for the birds, however, feathered themselves are sold not in one pavilion.
Those arrived on Saturday for the bird market can purchase dogs, cats, decorative rodents, aquarium small fishes, any equipment for the content of these domestic animals.
In those regions of the Moscow area, where the cases of infecting the bird by influenza were fixed, quarantine was introduced, anti-epizootic measures for warning of the spread of disease are conducted.
"In the regions, where the infected hens were discovered, is conducted monitoring the status of the health of bird in a radius of three kilometers from the epicentre of infection", stated the head of the Minsel'khoz - Ministry of Agriculture of region Savenko.
According to him, from the zones, where was fixed infection by bird influenza, it was forbidden the removal of bird it is carried out dezobrabotka of the leaving motor transport. Furthermore, in a radius of 10 kilometers specialist-veterinary surgeons conduct visual observation of the state of poultry.
On the resolution of commission for warning and liquidation of extraordinary situation, on the debris ranges in the region will be carried out the inspection of the state of dead bird. "Entire killed and obtained on the ranges bird they will check against the object of possible infection", it added Savenko.
Also, on the solution of the authorities of region, in the Moscow area measures for control of the work of large poultry processing facilities are stiffened. Beginning from 19 February, the additional vaccination of bird in these zones will begin. "Indeed the motion of bird occurs constantly, there is not in the form its migration, they can sell birds on the markets; also it constantly is born", noted minister.
Are increased the measures of sanitary safety, also, in the enterprises of the food industry of the capital.
"At the poultry processing facilities is make rigde quarantine regime. Measures are taken, in order not to allow penetration to pishcheproizvodstvo of viruses", said RIA of news the first deputy chief of the department of prodresursov of Moscow Gennadi Lifintsev.
According to him, if necessary they will fire back wild birds near the poultry processing facilities.
Moscow bird influenza does not threaten people, count the specialists of Rospotrebnadzora.
"There were cases of infection by the bird influenza of people in the Moscow area not and it is not assumed", she stated the leader for territorial administration of Rospotrebnadzora on Moscow region Olga Gavrilenko.
"A quantity of sick people by usual influenza in the region now scarcely higher than it was in the past year. However, there are no fears relative to possible flash as yet", noted Gavrilenko, after adding, that the situation with the morbidity of the inhabitants of region by influenza is under the control.
The chief for the administration of the veterinary supervision of Rossel'khoznadzora Nikolai Vlasov calmed down the inhabitants of Moscow and region, after stating that the Moscow poultry-breeding production was safe for the health.
"The eggs, which are sold in the stores, this the production of poultry processing facilities. But we have three dead turkeys on one podvor'e. What connection? Let they buy even further ", he said RIA of news.
"We have several birds, to approximately tri-shest' heads in two particular podvor'yakh. The virus of the influenza of birds is selected from them. I emphasize - this is bird influenza (dangerous for the people). It will be accurately known that this for the strain, toward the evening of Sunday", said Vlasov.
He emphasized that he does not be worthwhile to force situation, since birds accurately unknown from what precisely perished.
According to the chapter for administration, Rossel'khoznadzor are carried out all necessary measures for the non-admission of the propagation of virus in order to prevent epizootic disease if this is the Chinese strain of influenza H5N1.
"Sick birds are destroyed and contacted with them also, the disinfection of house ownerships is carry ouied. We conduct monitoring, sample of material from the poultry in the adjacent houses. Material is sent for the central veterinary laboratory in order to determine, to eat other cases in these regions", said Vlasov.
He recalled that here already two years all poultry-breeding economies of Russia work in the regime of the increased safety.
In this case it reminded one that the virus of the influenza of bird perishes at a temperature of 60 degrees.
"To cook bouillon there are eggs possible", certified Vlasov.
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