Saudi Arabia reports lethal bird flu found in poultry farm

[Theresa42]

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Fifth poultry farm in Al-Kharj affected.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Execution of 100 thousand [100,000] chickens
Discovery of new infections Avian fifth in the draft in Al-Kharj

Al-Kharj - Rahman Almkrn:

Yesterday, yesterday, Friday, the discovery of avian influenza disease site for a fifth poultry status Alberh through Riyadh Al-Kharj old Al-Kharj Governorate has committees in charge of the execution of approximately 100 thousand chickens infected with avian influenza illness where she worked in the pits, great project to be executed and buried and the project includes several barns specializing in poultry Allahm whiting, and lacks the means to project safety, roads preventive medical and barns based on the methods unsound and barns, some openly population has increased fears Center Alberh the transmission of the disease to them as the distance between the project and nearby population and demand dimensions of this project from the center because it caused them health problems and loathsome smells.

It is noticeable that the execution of some of the injured are chicken executed and buried in a non-valid as drilling is still an open chicken injured in some projects executed last week.

http://www.alriyadh.com/2007/11/24/article296411.html

 

[Theresa42]

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First story on page.

Google-translated from Arabic:

11 international experts dealing with avian influenza in Riyadh
Nov 26, 2007

RIYADH: Mansour Alhatm

Denied, director general of health affairs Riyadh region, Dr. Hisham Nazirah register any human infection of avian influenza virus Riyadh area since the discovery appearing in a number of poultry farms region more than two weeks till now.

He pointed out that the Ministry of Health represented at the General Directorate of Public Health Riyadh area subjected more than 815 workers in the poultry sector of the contacts of infected poultry for a medical examination while the medical tests and clinical laboratory free of the disease remains with medical procedures and preventive continuous cooperation and coordination between the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry Health to avoid any human casualties of this disease.

He stressed looking for "Al Watan" that the validity of Riyadh working on a vaccination for more than 3 thousand workers who work in clearing the sites infected with the disease, noting that the epidemiological situation of the disease began to reverse, gradually, and that there is intensive efforts to curb and prevent the spread of the vastness.

He said that the health Riyadh seeks to raise confidence in the citizens through complete transparency of the situation of epidemic disease with the media in line with the guidance Commissioner in this regard and rebuttal to the rumors - based scientific opinion or accurate medical information.

The other A number of owners of restaurants and shops selling poultry that demand to buy poultry has not been affected greatly, as well as the request, and that sales are still growing despite a request from the presence of avian influenza, with reasons attributed to the rise in awareness among citizens of the cooking in degrees high temperature spoil the effect of the virus in the event of the infected chicken in addition to the chicken meal is a key to the Saudis is no difficulty indispensable particular, the prices of red meat are on the rise and that many citizens are unable to buy them constantly.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2614&id=30575

 

[Theresa42]

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Fourth story on page.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Teams ban the entry of diseased cattle began its work
Tightening measures to prevent migratory birds go to the Mecca
Nov 26, 2007

Jeddah: Omar al-Mutairi

The Ministry of Agriculture has intensified its efforts to prevent the entry of birds from outside the area Mecca whether migratory birds or birds transferred to Mecca.

The Director of the Directorate General for Agriculture region Mecca Engineer Jaber monthly that precautionary steps by the Agriculture in partnership with other sectors that will prevent the entry of birds to the area that have become closed pointing to the importance of drawing the Emir of Mecca, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal on the implementation of the plan to prevent the entry of birds rest areas.

He pointed to the need for action to ensure immunization workers on the farms and dealers with the flu, in addition to the tours abrupt shops birds and poultry farms and follow around the clock.

He explained that the agenda of the monthly meeting of the Emergency Committee, which meets the day after tomorrow in the area of agriculture branch Mecca will be distributed functions of the Commission in implementing the plan, in addition to the actions that could be taken in case of any communication or suspect cases anywhere region Mecca.

On another level, prevented teams deployed in agriculture outlets leading to Mecca enter any cattle are not sure of their integrity.

Eng said that the actions of the monthly started since last Friday aimed at preventing the entry of any sick cattle in the presence of the difference in points since early tighten oversight especially since serious work in the transfer of livestock to Mecca every year beginning with the month of argument, especially before the holidays.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2614&id=30575

 

[Theresa42]

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First story on page.

Google-translated from Arabic:

11 international experts dealing with avian influenza in Riyadh
Nov 26, 2007

RIYADH: Mansour Alhatm

Denied, director general of health affairs Riyadh region, Dr. Hisham Nazirah register any human infection of avian influenza virus Riyadh area since the discovery appearing in a number of poultry farms region more than two weeks till now.

(...)

Here are the 11 international experts. (Fifth story on the page.)

Google-translated from Arabic:

Discussion of the spread of infectious diseases and bird flu
118 working paper on the table of the International Meeting on Epidemiology tomorrow in Riyadh
Nov 26, 2007

Riyadh: Mohammed Alawage

Discusses the International Federation of epidemiological tomorrow in Riyadh, the spread of infectious diseases and emerging cataclysm and the epidemic of avian influenza, through 118 paper work for over three days with 11 speaking internationally from universities and research centers worldwide traditions.

It is scheduled to be opened to the general supervisor of the Executive King Faisal Hospital and Research Center specialist Dr. Osman Bin Qasim pulmonary events scientific Seventh Meeting of the International Union of epidemiological the eastern Mediterranean region, which will continue over 3 days Bekaa Prince Salman hospital, in cooperation with the Saudi Ministry of Health, WHO and the International Union of epidemiological.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee Chief of the Epidemiology Research Center at the hospital specialist, Dr Ali bin Saeed Al-Zahrani that the conference is the participation of 11 speaking internationally elite specialists in the field of epidemiology of universities (Harvard), (John Hopkins), (University of California-Los Angeles) and the Control Center diseases of the United States and University (Miguel) and the Canadian Institute (Milan), Italy for Medical Research, WHO addition to the two local speakers from the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health and King Faisal specialist hospital.

He added that the conference aimed to identify problems in the area of epidemiological research and publicize ways emerging epidemiological research and its uses in the areas of health, and to encourage joint research cooperation between research centers, regional and translated into prevention programs interferometric to overcome health problems common in the Eastern Mediterranean, through discussion 118 Working paper submitted by the 14 States put in the form of lectures and posters presented to the most common diseases in the region such diabetes, cancer and heart disease, and adverse changes in the pattern of life, food, in addition to discussing the epidemic outbreaks of infectious diseases in emergencies and emerging cataclysm including avian influenza, and research and development means activating observer programs and epidemic monitoring and benefit from the early detection of epidemics, as well as a devoted the last day of the conference workshops specializing in epidemiological survey and scientific publishing techniques.

The Zahrani that can be considered disease epidemic when showing an increase unjustified and unusual in infection rates, pointing out that the reasons for the spread of epidemic diseases in the Kingdom such diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases is due to many factors, including increased population growth and increasing rates of migration to the cities and its negative changes in the pattern of life, such as lack of physical activity and the proliferation of fast food deal and exposure to environmental hazards due to air pollution, in addition to other environmental factors, genetic factors and different.

He noted that the Kingdom is an area prone to epidemics because of its geographical location, and provide ways of living prosperity, and distinguishes Haj and Umrah seasons and endured from the health hazards and the possibility of transmission of infectious diseases from [and potentially to! T42] all over the world.

He pointed out that science is one of Epidemiology basic sciences in medicine, which is sensitive research in pathogens and methods of deployment and the creation of effective preventive plans to reduce its impact on the health and safety of the community.

He stressed the need to support the programs of community medicine and epidemiology encourage collective action and activate the communication between researchers, doctors and decision makers and to translate these decisions into research and prevention programs interferometric contribute to the upgrading of health care in the region.

It is noteworthy that the Saudi health disciplines adopted a 19-hour training for the conference, adopted in the education of the American Academy of continuing medical 17.75 hours of training.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2614&id=30575

 

[Theresa42]

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Dead pigeons in Ha'il province (90 km east of Ha'il city). Tests taken -- no results yet. (Fourth story on page).

Google-translated from Arabic:

Death of 100 bird Governorate hostilities raises fears of disease
Nov 26, 2007

Ha'il: Bin Alaftyman

Effects of death of more than 100 pigeon during the past five days fears of a number of bird breeders in the province of hostilities (90 km east of Ha'il) after the outbreak of Avian number of poultry in the city of Al-Kharj.

He said farm Mashaal Fayed "has moved claiming the lives of more than 100 bird sorts of pigeon, as well as the continuation of the rate of ten per day pigeon where you yesterday morning to inform the Branch Agriculture Governorate who hostilities immediately send a veterinary team has examined the dead bird and take a sample, and explained to me that he was not initially there are signs of the disease and avian influenza but the sample will be sent to laboratories to detect the final Hail them.

For his part, explained to "Al Watan" branch of Agriculture Acting Director Engineer Ahmad Alcdokhi that this author is the first of up to the Directorate of Agriculture, pointing out that the initial screening sample refers to the non-infected contracted the bird flu, saying: We are now waiting for the final disclosure.

Alcdokhi confirmed that the branch has prepared a case where the processing of emergency room operations tend to approach any communication to examine suspected cases and thankfully we have not reached us so far no cases of serious illness avian influenza.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2614&id=30648

 

[Theresa42]

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FAO to Saudi Arabia.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Grazing festive Agriculture Committee Conference Riyadh over 25 years old on the foundation
Minister of Agriculture: hiring "FAO" to counter bird flu
Nov 25, 2007

Al-Riyadh Thursday: Naif lens-war:

(...)

For his part, revealed the Minister of Agriculture d. Balgnim Fahd in a statement to "Al-Riyadh" on the use of the expertise of the Kingdom of Agriculture and Food World "FAO" in order to get acquainted with the latest developments on "Avian" and that by the arrival of a global expert in Riyadh soon.

(...)

He pointed out that migratory birds from the main causes of the occurrence of the disaster, although it did not hide expectation that there are other causes, including imported feed may be one of the possibilities....

http://www.alriyadh.com/2007/11/25/article296760.html

 

[Theresa42]

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Wild/migratory birds hanging around infected poultry farms where culling is going on. Follow link for a couple of photos.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Continued execution of birds in Al-Kharj
Nov 25, 2007

Al-Kharj - Rahman Almkrn:

Still specialized committees in the execution of birds infected with avian flu disease continues to destroy Al-Kharj Governorate of birds in some poultry projects, which discovered the disease.

It has been observed that some of these projects [poultry farms] infected the disease lacked means of preventive and precautionary from the disease since some poultry sheds covered with wooden panels, as well as eggs are stored in rooms unprepared for storage are indiscriminately has also been watching and monitoring of some migratory birds hovering around these projects infected with influenza illness birds have not been eliminated since the left causing the transmission of the disease to other projects which will help in increasing the scope of the spread of avian influenza.

http://www.alriyadh.com/2007/11/25/article296762.html

 

[HenryN]

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Officials Intensify Efforts to Check Spread of Bird Flu
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan & Hayat Al-Ghamdi, Arab News</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>RIYADH/ABHA, 26 November 2007 ? Attempts to smuggle six truckloads of live birds into Riyadh during the last four days have been thwarted by the municipality.
In the campaign against bird flu, the municipality also declared the city off-limits to vehicles carrying live birds. Several government agencies, including the ministries of agriculture and health, have intensified efforts to check the spread of the disease.
Soliman Hamad Al-Buthi, a municipality spokesman, said yesterday, ?Our inspection teams have impounded trucks loaded with chickens which were subsequently culled.? He called on the public to report cases of unlicensed shops operating under unhygienic conditions.
Al-Buthi, who heads the municipality?s environmental health department, said all efforts were being exerted to keep Riyadh safe. The Ministry of Agriculture, he said, had also imposed a ban on the import of live birds into the Kingdom and had also banned the hunting of migratory birds.
He said a total of 153 shops selling chicken and eggs had been cleared by regulatory agencies and that the items for sale in those shops are safe. He explained that officials of all 15 branches of the Riyadh Municipality are making every effort to find any traces of bird flu anywhere in the capital or its vicinity.
Asked about the situation in the city, Al-Buthi said that outbreaks of the lethal H5N1 virus were on poultry farms in Mazamiyah, a Riyadh suburb, and resulted in the slaughter of about 3.5 million birds. Later, the H5N1 strain was also detected in farms around Riyadh. There is, however, no report of the disease spreading to humans in the Kingdom.
Referring to preventive measures taken by government agencies to check the spread of the disease, Al-Buthi said that a task force had been created comprising workers from the ministries of agriculture and health and the municipalities in order to deal with the problem. ?Our workers have already slaughtered about 260,000 birds in the city of Riyadh since the outbreak was confirmed on Nov. 12,? he said.
?Poultry owners have been urged to take necessary precautions in order to prevent the spread of the disease,? said Afzal Sanai of Arabian Farms Company Ltd., a poultry farm located in Al-Kharj, 70 km south of Riyadh.
He said, ?We are using strong disinfectants all over the poultry farm and every truck is disinfected before arriving on our premises.? This is in addition to strong disinfectants and chemicals being used on access roads and streets on the farms, he pointed out.
Asir Not Affected
Mubarak Al-Mutlaga, general manager of the Agricultural Department in Asir, said that the region does not have a bird flu problem, thanks to several preventive measures in place.
He added that the authorities had taken steps to prevent chickens from arriving in the region through Alab, a border pass between the Kingdom and Yemen. ?Crops and fodder are also prevented from entering unless they undergo thorough checking,? said Al-Mutlaga.
The department is also checking up on 160 poultry businesses in Asir. Workers are only allowed to come into contact with birds wearing sterilized clothes and captured migratory birds are kept separate from domestic livestock.
?Water and food are never left uncovered to ensure there is no contamination,? he said, adding, ?Culling doesn?t mean that birds are infected. This is just a precautionary measure to prevent the disease from spreading as suggested by international organizations.?
?Bird flu has not been documented in Asir. Chicken died in the area two years ago due to the Newcastle disease, which spread in Wadi Shahbal due to a human mistake,? he said.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=103996&d=26&m=11&y=2007
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Deadly bird flu found on Saudi poultry farm

RIYADH, Nov 26 (Reuters) - More cases of a deadly strain of bird flu have been found at a poultry farm in Saudi Arabia just weeks before the Muslims flock to Mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Monday.

A statement published on the official Saudi Press Agency said all birds at the farm at al-Kharj, 150 km (94 miles) south of Riyadh, were culled on Thursday after the H5N1 strain was found there. It gave no more details.

Saudi authorities killed 50,000 birds in al-Kharj earlier this month after 1,500 birds died of unspecified causes and inspection teams have since then culled thousands more at markets around the capital of around 4 million people.

The discovery comes just a few weeks before nearly 2 million faithful arrive for the haj pilgrimage season in Mecca.

The virus has caused more than 200 deaths in humans globally since 2003, according to World Health Organisation data.

Although most people who have caught bird flu have had direct or indirect contact with infected fowl, experts fear the constantly mutating virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person.

The Saudi government says it has large stocks of Tamiflu anti-flu tablets in case the virus spreads to humans.

In March, Saudi Arabia said the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been discovered in peacocks, turkeys, ostriches and parrots at a house in the east of the kingdom and that an unspecified number of birds in the area had been culled. (Reporting by Andrew Hammond; editing by Dominic Evans)

http://wap.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26588482.htm

 

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<TABLE cellSpacing=8><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Campaign against bird flu intensifies</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle>

RIYADH
Authorities thwart attempts to smuggle live birds into Riyadh

Attempts to smuggle six truckloads of live birds into Riyadh during the last four days have been thwarted by the municipality, reports Arab News.
In the campaign against bird flu, the municipality also declared the city off-limits to vehicles carrying live birds. Several government agencies, including the ministries of agriculture and health, have intensified efforts to check the spread of the disease.
Soliman Hamad Al-Buthi, a municipality spokesman, said yesterday, ?Our inspection teams have impounded trucks loaded with chickens which were subsequently culled.? He called on the public to report cases of unlicensed shops operating under unhygienic conditions.
Al-Buthi, who heads the municipality?s environmental health department, said all efforts were being exerted to keep Riyadh safe. The Ministry of Agriculture, he said, had also imposed a ban on the import of live birds into the Kingdom and had also banned the hunting of migratory birds.
He said a total of 153 shops selling chicken and eggs had been cleared by regulatory agencies and that the items for sale in those shops are safe. He explained that officials of all 15 branches of the Riyadh Municipality are making every effort to find any traces of bird flu anywhere in the capital or its vicinity.
Asked about the situation in the city, Al-Buthi said that outbreaks of the lethal H5N1 virus were on poultry farms in Mazamiyah, a Riyadh suburb, and resulted in the slaughter of about 3.5 million birds.

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http://www.bahraintribune.com/ArticleDetail.asp?ArticleId=180723&CategoryId=2

 

[Theresa42]

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Suspicious eagle illness in Medina. Vet says it's not bf, but there are no tests or test results mentioned in the article. Many Hajj pilgrims go to Medina in addition to Mecca, although it's not a required part of the Hajj.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Environmental health delayed three hours to inspect the situation
ALERT teams cultivation city because of suspicion of injury "eagle" Avian
Medina: Khalid Aljhenne, Yousef Ghaith
Nov 27, 2007

Using teams participating in the Agriculture plan to combat avian flu yesterday after efforts to find a sick bird in the northern city of Riyadh region Acol by suspected avian influenza illness.

One of the security patrols had informed on the state of health of the environment bird disease suspected to affect it immediately seen him, when eight o'clock and a half yesterday morning but the health of the environment secretariat of the Medina did not respond quickly with the author despite the seriousness of the situation and in light of the growing bird flu disease.

Did not reach the health environment of the site-by author-only after three hours.

It had moved immediately to the site team composed of agriculture and the police Medina.

It turned out that the bird-type "eagle" and appeared exhausted and sick time, causing the disease to affect it belief.

Having taken on the status of devices jumper seriously injured, were taking all precautions to be provided when monitoring any infection Avian, where they were clearing the area found the bird before subjected to scrutiny by the veterinarian doctor continued branch of the Ministry of Agriculture city.

The disclosure after the bird was not infected with Avian.

Saw site, which collapsed when the bird collected a number of citizens who stopped their vehicles on the road-side and left benchmark ask the Ministry of Agriculture about the reason for the injury jumper, has reassured them the doctor who is on-site time that bird sound and non-infected.

So, the Director General Department for Agriculture Medina area engineer in charge of Saleh Ali, entered the bird-infected Avian and fall was due to illness in the digestive system, and that treatment jumper at the site of the situation.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2615&id=30763

 

[Theresa42]

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Two new outbreaks in poultry near Riyadh -- one in Al-Kharj, one in Thadiq [new location NW of Riyadh]. That makes 13 outbreaks totally so far.

Google-translated from Arabic:

All birds in the execution of projects for the production of eggs
The emergence of new infections Avian Thadk and in Al-Kharj
Nov 28, 2007

RIYADH: WAS

The Ministry of Agriculture announced in a statement yesterday Follow two goals as the emergence of new disease avian influenza high-intensity one in a project [poultry farm] to produce eggs round Governorate Thadk [Thadiq] Riyadh region and the other project [poultry farm] for the production of table eggs in the governorate of Al-Kharj area of Riyadh where the ministry immediately take all necessary measures and precautions necessary, as the emergency plan for this disease, in coordination with the other concerned with the relationship and in particular sectors of the Ministry of Interior, Thadk General Hospital and the King Khaled Hospital Bakherj, municipalities in the two provinces where they were executed all birds found in the two projects and disposal methods used were sound technical updating procedures yesterday clearing sites and the closure of the two projects.

It called upon the Ministry of Agriculture and stockbreeders poultry producers to intensify the application of preventive measures precautionary preventive security and to take all necessary precautions, as well as owners of farms raising poultry put in places closed to ensure the non-arrival of migratory birds into barns or warehouses feed or drinking water or cooling water.

The ministry also called on the owners of the projects and all citizens and residents need to cooperate immediately report any suspected case of death or bird through contact with the ministry's operations room telephone No. 014030911 or phone free 8002470000, or the nearest branch of the Ministry of Agriculture on the need to adhere to strict non-hunting migratory birds of all kinds by whatever means in order to avoid friction [contact] and exclusivism effect may be infected.

The Agriculture Ministry confirmed that the injuries were announced of the 13 injured [outbreaks] since the date of 2/11/1428 [Nov 12, 2007] to date does not represent any danger or harm to the consumption of poultry and eggs produced by poultry projects in the Kingdom, which are always follow-up and control.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2616&id=30949

 

[Theresa42]

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Suspicious poultry deaths at a private home (i.e. not a poultry farm) in Najran in southern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. Tests taken. No results yet.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Death of chickens in the fold raises particular concerns people in Najran
Nov 28, 2007

Photo caption: Veterinary doctor takes a sample of dead chickens for testing in the laboratories of Agriculture

Najran: Repertoire of Salum

Led death of large numbers of chicken School yesterday to the apprehension of the citizens and residents of the arrival of avian influenza disease in the region and the provinces, while the Director of Agriculture in Najran region Eng Fahd Bin Said Alfrtic that the results of inspecting samples negative for dead birds avian influenza virus.

It was one of the citizens who have special hangars for poultry has surprised Bnfouk large numbers during the past few days.

The pop citizen who resides endorsed the status suffocating School that his sons have more than 50 chickens carrying the education in special hangars near their house.

The surprise Bnfouk large numbers during the brief period not exceeding three days of the past, did not have even left yesterday, only three chickens.

We have informed the jurisdictions fear that this disease is avian influenza.

He added that one of the supported employment incoming who worked with noted a number of chickens in the case of poor So that the reason for this is a fight among the oldest in the slaughter of two before her death and the Bthiaa and fruit.

In a farming area manager in Najran Engineer Fahd Bin Said Alfrtic explained that he was assigned to a doctor of veterinarian specializing directly location of dead chickens were examined by special equipment for the detection of avian influenza disease and the results were negative, as well as existing symptoms do not point to this disease.

He added that samples were taken for testing in the laboratories of the Directorate of Agriculture region to determine the quality [type] of the disease, which led to death of chicken accurately.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2616&id=30953

 

[Theresa42]

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From an Iranian source -- emergency meeting of the "Committee of Mecca" to discuss the bird flu situation presumably in light of the upcoming Hajj (pilgrims are already arriving in Saudi Arabia). No bf has been reported in Mecca.

Google-translated from Arabic:

The Commission on the question of emergency Mecca examine procedures to combat bird flu
اMedina / ‪ 27 ‬ November / IRNA

The Committee of Mecca area emergency meeting this morning chaired by the director of the Directorate General for Agriculture region Mecca Jaber monthly and in the presence of a representative of the Secretariat of Jeddah Province and representatives from each of the Red Crescent and de la health Minago Mecca, the police and civil defense and all government sectors to participate in the Committee on the face of avian influenza.

Al-monthly in a statement issued today that the meeting will discuss a number of important topics in the forefront of the audit plan, as modified by the Ministry of Agriculture and devices used by emergency teams on Bembeshrhai communication and review what has been accomplished during the plan Almrahlhazl site and the destruction of birds.

The monthly situation normal for the Mecca No cases have been registered so far or suspicion, pointing out that the cases that have been detected and recorded in the Kingdom have been dealt with and eliminate There Haliaai cases What is happening now is a precautionary action in addition to strict procedures the transfer of birds and poultry farms in each region under the control and follow-up continuing.

http://www2.irna.ir/ar/news/view/menu-269/0711279437134750.htm

 

[HenryN]

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<TABLE style="WIDTH: 405px; HEIGHT: 44px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=caption style="WIDTH: 360px"> November 29 2007 at 02:51AM </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]Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that 216 000 birds have been culled or are in the process of being destroyed following the discovery of a new outbreak of bird flu.

In all nearly four million birds have now been culled since the first infection with the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease was detected on November 12.

All necessary measures were taken to cull all birds in the farm in the Al-Kharj region, 80km south of Riyadh, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

The ministry said 14 outbreaks of bird flu have been detected since November 12, including the latest among 216 000 birds.

The ministry announced a week ago that more than 3.5 million birds were culled or in the process of being destroyed.

It has singled out migrant birds as the source of the disease, and stressed again on Wednesday the need to refrain from hunting them.

Saudi Arabia banned all live poulty imports after bird flu was last detected in the kingdom in March. In April, neighbouring Kuwait culled 1.7 million birds after the strain was found.

There have been no reports of the disease spreading to humans in either country.

The H5N1 strain first emerged in Asia in 2003, and has caused some 205 deaths in humans, with Indonesia and Vietnam among the worst hit countries, according to World Health Organisation figures. - Sapa-AFP
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[Theresa42]

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Ca. 300 (or 1200? according to some reports) migratory birds dead in Al Jawf province in the north of the country (bordering Jordan) -- not bf according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Fifth story on page.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Alderbas: 300 bird migrants die of diseases not normally figure to 1200
Nov 29, 2007

Abdomen: facilitating Eid

(...)

The director general of the Directorate General for Agriculture Fahd Al Jawf region, Taamallah Alderbas...

He said Alderbas that is not registered any case of avian influenza and that the region was declared the number of bird mortality has exaggerated the number up to 1200 a bird, and that was claiming the lives of a number of migratory birds do not reach for 300 bird.

He pointed out that the Directorate processed all preparations to follow up bird flu task force was formed region with the departments concerned have also been assigned a doctor alternate around the clock to receive any news and when there is no suspicion of samples are analyzed quickly and sent to laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture to confirm them.

Alderbas finds that the dead bird mortality is caused diseases that afflict birds enter the winter and Calcamounila Alnicassol.

He pointed out that chickens are vaccinated and pigeons weekly and monthly doses to combat these diseases, either migratory birds shot, it is difficult to control.

It is noteworthy that the municipal council of the secretariat of the Jawf holding an emergency meeting presided over by its president, Dr. Naif Bin Saleh Almaiql presence of director general of Agriculture Engineer Fahd bin Taamallah Alderbas, has been meeting during discussion of all regarding an outbreak of avian influenza and the most important caveats and actions taken and follow-up of this disease.

The Council decided the importance of cooperation between the secretariat and agriculture and to provide all possibilities for use in the event of the discovery spread of the disease.

The Council also decided to follow up the closure of all shops selling birds and poultry in order to prevent the spread of the disease on the basis of the cabinet decision, the distinguished, as well as printing Bulletin Board decided nurturing and distribution of the citizens through Jawf Olive Festival, which will be launched during the coming days, as well as parks and government departments and schools.

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Re: Lethal bird flu found in Saudi poultry farm

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Google-translated from Arabic:

The Ministry of Agriculture closed 110 farms in the poultry violation Mecca
She does not guarantee the non-arrival of the disease to the farm
Nov 29, 2007

Jeddah: the Hraih

The Ministry of Agriculture attributed the closure of 110 farms poultry, in the region of Mecca, the last day before yesterday in the neighborhood Berman Jeddah Governorate, contrary to [for] being unlicensed, and not because of the presence of avian influenza infections disease.

The ministry pointed across branches in the region of Mecca, they do not give guarantees for the non-arrival of the disease, but they develop procedures to ensure unavoidable.

Al Jaber Mohammed monthly general manager Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water region Mecca during a press conference held at the headquarters branch of the ministry in Jeddah yesterday that the total poultry existing projects, and licensed by the ministry in the Mecca of 149 projects out of 400 project various parts of the Kingdom.

The ministry permanent control of the areas where migratory birds, which is why the President of the spread of the disease, which often are stationed in dams and wetlands and protected areas.

He also directed Prince Khaled Al-Faisal the Emir of Mecca for activating the decision to ban the entry or exit of birds from the area of Mecca, and to take all measures to prevent the arrival of the disease, in addition to the decision to ban hunting and the application of the preventive security and scrutiny by the ministry conferred teams follow places poultry.

The monthly that what took place in the meeting with the secretariat of the Jeddah health affairs and the Red Crescent, the police and civil defense, and resulted in the formation of a committee to the emergency intervention when any infection real disease, and will surround the area at a distance of 10 kilometers, and will be disclosed to all citizens of the region and execution birds are fully available, in addition to cleansing the region, pointing to the receipt of communications in the past found that mortality was of natural causes.

And on the subject of censorship on the market in Jeddah pigeons, between the monthly Jeddah that the secretariat is responsible for oversight in addition to control swarms Ravens, which he described as the great pandemic.

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Re: Lethal bird flu found in Saudi poultry farm

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Bird Flu: Scramble For Eggs

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Two popular supermarkets here have resorted to rationing eggs in order to prevent bulk buying by customers in the wake of supply shortages fanned by the bird flu scare.
Carrefour and Lulu Hypermarket are allowing only up to two trays of eggs per customer after the UAE banned imports from Saudi Arabia, where bird flu was detected at a poultry farm.
Officials of big supermarkets admit they are facing an egg shortage, but say they have avoided big price hikes.
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Whatever supply we get is sold out on the same day. So we decided on two trays. Senior manager, Lulu Hypermarket​

</TD><TD style="WIDTH: 1px" vAlign=bottom></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"If we see people buying more than one tray, we inform the customer of the new limit," said a senior manager of Lulu Hypermarket. "Even if prices remain the same, there’s no supply. Whatever supply we get is sold out on the same day. So we decided on two trays per customer to prevent bulk buying."
Food stores in Umm Al Quwain and Ajman were also reported to have resorted to egg rationing.
Dr Hussain Hassanein, Technical Secretary, UAE Poultry Producers Association, said the situation was "not serious" and the import ban was a "preventive measure".

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Re: Lethal bird flu found in Saudi poultry farm

Re: Lethal bird flu found in Saudi poultry farm

H5N1 found at 2 more farms in Al Kharj area. This makes a total of 15 farms infected to date.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Influenza in round white Bakherj and locals show remote farms
Nov 30, 2007

RIYADH: Tariq Alnofal, WAS

The Ministry of Agriculture revealed the emergence of new infections contracted the bird flu in a project to produce table eggs in the governorate of Al-Kharj Hinniyah Riyadh region consisting of 8 hangars and the number of 95 thousand bird.

The ministry said in a statement yesterday that he was taking all necessary measures and precautions necessary, as the emergency plan for H5N1 to execute all the birds in the project and disposal methods functional sound practice to clear the site and the closure of the project.

She reported that the injuries which have been announced of the 15 injured [outbreaks] since the date 2 of AH 1428 [Nov 12, 2007] until today does not represent any danger or harm to the consumption of poultry and eggs produced by poultry projects in the Kingdom, which are always follow-up and control.

The Ministry of Agriculture on breeders and poultry producers to intensify the application of preventive measures precautionary preventive security and to take all necessary precautions, as well as the need for entrepreneurs and citizens and residents to report immediately any suspicious death of birds or through contact with the ministry's operations room telephone 014030911 or phone free 8002470000, or the nearest branch of the Ministry of agriculture and recalled the need to adhere to non-hunting migratory birds of all kinds in any way in order to avoid friction and exclusivism effect may be infected.

The ministry explained that the action taken is imposing a total ban on the farm and the injury Service radius 5 km away, and bring the necessary equipment and full employment and required bags for the collection of birds destitute jurisdictions, and to take full measures for the health farm employment and preventive action to those who would Disposal of birds infected exclusivism and wear respirators, gloves, footwear and protective clothing allocated to the provisions of their coverage is the work of digging deep no less than five meters are assembled bags filled birds and placed in the pits after a lime and distribution of live and pre-drilling down heavily by 2 meters are covered liming and backfilling fully to ensure disposal the sound of birds infected and exclusivism, after full burial is disposed of fodder and all the contents of the project, facilities and the process of cleansing all the contents of barns from inside and outside the areas surrounding the project, and then get the equipment and cleared after the closure of the project and a ban on the project workers are screened every 12 hours before health authorities to check on their health and as a precautionary measure is a survey of infection in the area with a radius of 5 km away and execution of all domesticated birds that region and disposal methods functional sound above taking pledges for the owners not to enter or live poultry Asmdtha or products.

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Re: Lethal bird flu found in Saudi poultry farm

Reports of illegal poultry farms in Al-Kharj region. (Second story on page.)

Google-translated from Arabic:

The population of Al-Kharj discover remote farms between mountains and guest houses
Nov 30, 2007

RIYADH: Tariq Alnofal

A number of the population of Al-Kharj province searching for poultry farms that have not reached remote patrol teams in charge of agriculture disclosure of an avian influenza pandemic.

He said the factory dates Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdul Aziz Khalidi that some people Bakherj discovered a hiding farms between farms and private guest houses or the mountains surrounding the region, stressing that Mkhatabath the competent authorities in the past have not yielded the dimensions of poultry farms from areas of population for causing harm to people because of perfume smells emitted from them.

Khalidi and that some farms taken from the mountains surrounding Al-Kharj Governorate headquarters for the production and sale of Doajnha residents and shops fresh poultry, pointing out that he has charged a number of Amalth in the plant to search for poultry farms have not been disclosed so far.

Khalidi and appealed to the competent scanning speeds at different areas of preventive government, the presence of irregular farms may carry diseases.

As one complained dignitaries Alrvaya Bakherj Saad bin Hadi Al-Qahtani of stinks coming from the period which led him to offer his house up for sale, adding that the discovery of a poultry farm located near Alrvaya, and the address was official and so far have not been removed.

The migration Alberh near Al-Kharj province witnessed a week before the discovery of new cases of bird flu farm adjacent to the scope of the population.

The draft Qassim poultry had witnessed the execution of about 81 thousand bird "51 thousand chickens and 30 thousand of Alsos" after the discovery of the disease amid bird, and show a lack of preventive aspects of the project.

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