Re: Saudi Arabia reports first bird flu outbreak in fowl
Sounds to me as though there is bf on 2 farms in eastern Saudi Arabia -- one in "Alja'imh" and the other in "Aboman". 26 poultry farm workers have, apparently, been tested -- and have tested neg....
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Formation of a committee from several quarters for the follow-up H5N1 testing and negative 26 workers
Laboratory tests on 100 thousand [?] bird Navq confirm that birds infected with influenza
March 25, 2007
Emergency meeting of the Poultry Producers Sharqia and survey to determine the source of infection
Dammam: war of Alessimi
Al "Homeland" of the source examination included 26 workers working in the farms, one in Alja'imh and other Aboman Center in the eastern region [Ash Sharqiyah] resulted in the negative laboratory tests conducted to ascertain the illness "bird flu" after the eastern number of cases in birds in the last two days. Also tests proved negative disclosure about 100 thousand [?] discovered bird mortality rates during intermittent periods during the last period in the East since it has proven to be free of avian influenza illness.
Al and the "Fatherland" that the recent formation of a committee from all the relevant authorities in the eastern region to follow up on the epidemiological situation of a "bird flu" on an ongoing basis, the Commission has taken a number of precautionary measures to monitor migratory birds, which are the source of Ovadh causing the disease, including the provision of necessary equipment and medicines, vaccines, in addition to the actions taken by the concerned bodies in anticipation of the emergence of any cases among humans.
The source said there is no evidence that eating cooked poultry and eggs can transmit infection contracted avian flu, which poses a threat to the rights through his Inflammation in the lung failure in the internal organs and death where he died so far about 50% of people who were exposed to the disease as well the likelihood of transmission from one person to another, which could lead to the spread of the epidemic globally.
He stressed that the disease is bird flu-run animal origin caused one type of influenza viruses (H5N1), which usually affects birds and some other animals Kalkhanazer recently proved the possibility of transmission to humans, the disease is very serious, in that rapidly deployable between birds and bird mortality caused by high might reach 100 % addition to extensive material damage caused by the trade in poultry and birds of different kinds. He pointed out that the concern of the current spread of avian flu is due to the wide spread in South East Asia and some Arab countries and neighboring Gulf, in addition to its spread in the new countries that have never appeared before.
One of the reasons also concerned that the avian influenza virus has in recent years become more and fiercer live for a longer period in nature and the outer perimeter and has been able to hit some of the mammal species that were resistant to H5N1 previously, while the disease may cause mild symptoms such as lack of egg production and may cause symptoms sharp introduced birds, including inflation and wounded Bazrakkak tends to blackness and the lethargy of birds and refraining from eating and recluse in the dark places and the high temperature and flu and severe thirst Athas, coughing, Mekhat exit from the nose and eyes, diarrhea green water turns out to be white and inflation and the congestion of German and grafted onto the eye and neurological symptoms, such as paralysis, and the birds Wild Water is the natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses and migratory birds can be transferred to the disease of poultry herds in a new and different places of the world.
The source pointed out that the rights were infected when mixing with sick poultry or contaminated surfaces, tools and Mfrzatha remnants of poultry and the possibility of infection during the slaughter of more infected poultry or few bits or cutting and processing for cooking. Beginning symptoms of the disease in humans warmly and pain in the throat, coughing develops to a viral infection in the lungs and sharp if not rush to the treatment has failed to develop pneumonia and may lead to death in some cases.
He revealed the absence of a vaccine for human beings until today against avian influenza, but there are vaccines under test and there Automatic Tamevlo (TamiFlu), which is used to treat the patients and gives Mkhalten for the prevention of infection and treatment started as early effect was better and faster and increases the likelihood of recovery.
An emergency meeting was held
On the other hand, officials in the Ministry of Agriculture branch in the eastern region yesterday afternoon Saturday an emergency meeting with poultry producers in the region to discuss the implications of the emergence of a "bird flu" in the eastern region in a private farms.
The general supervisor of the preventive security branch of the poultry projects of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region, Dr. Abdul Jabbar Al-employer satisfaction the announcement during the meeting of poultry producers in the region yesterday afternoon in Dammam, the Ministry of Agriculture is working under the draft preventive measures and the emergency plan to combat avian flu disease in the cities of the Kingdom.
The humble employer satisfaction "Al-Watan" that there is the case of one emerged in the eastern region, where a farm had been executed 670 birds of 37 different types, as they are currently in the process of "epidemiological survey" (inquiry) to the source of infection and the emergence of the disease in the region, which is still not known, and the possibilities still available for the reasons infection, pointing out that agriculture worked at a veterinary eight teams each task consisting of a doctor and assistant is sufficient for the time being there is no epidemic, which has removed the focus of this disease and of death, burial and cleansing of the farm.
The officials confirmed that the number of poultry farms in areas which appeared near the avian flu disease that farm modern medical follow all the rules, there are no fears of the emergence of the disease in that modern farms that carry out immunization and follow-up and control theory, which cancels the spread of the disease, assuring that the emergence of the disease is in farms and rest belong to the private property of individuals, not companies.
While there in the cities and districts of the Eastern region 25 projects for poultry cements tracking the safety and supervision of the branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region.
http://www.alwatan.com.sa/daily/2007-03-25/local/local36.htm
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