Taiwan - Confirmed H5N2 in 3000 poultry deaths on farm - Yunlin County

[sharon sanders]

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Taiwan's Yunlin County chicken farm, a large number of deaths suspected avian influenza cause trouble

2012-05-09 22:12:00 Source: China news agency, Taipei, May 9 - Taiwan Council of Agriculture, "Health Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on the evening news release, a chicken farm in Yunlin County on the 7th to the 9th month, chickens unusual deaths over 3000, and whether the H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza mischief or other reasons, "Council of Agriculture, Animal Health Research Institute on the 10th of test results can be confirmed.
Central News Agency reported that the Health Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, "said the farm raising a total of 18,000 chickens died on the 7th, 250 died on the 8th up to over 1000, on the 9th the number of deaths rose further 1,800 died, the reason is subject to The test results came, the final determination.

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[Treyfish]

Re: Taiwan - Confirmed H5N2 in 3000 poultry deaths on farm - Yunlin County

Suspected avian influenza, Yunlin, 281 chickens died
2012-05-11 10:06:00

The outbreak of chickens collective death Peikang town of chicken farms, yesterday, and then died suddenly 281, and epidemic prevention work in full swing, prevent spread of the disease.

Southeast Network May 11 - According to Taiwan media reports, the unusual deaths of chickens collective Beigang Township, Yunlin County chicken farm, yesterday and then died suddenly 281, accumulated over the four days have died 3616, the County Agriculture Department and Livestock Disease prevention yesterday said that the test sample to give a "Council of Agriculture, Animal Health Research, to identify whether infection with avian influenza and related prevention measures, people do not panic.


At a chicken farm near the primary school teachers and students said yesterday, day before yesterday, blowing southerly, the school is located downwind From time to time to smell the foul odor, thought to be flavor of the Clean Team disinfection did not expect farms wrong; The school said the school currently no one body is not, but will do health education and allow students to wear masks, wash their hands prevention.

Agriculture Commissioner of Lu ZZ, said the broiler farm a total of 1 Million 8000 chickens, the cumulative death up to 3616, the mortality rate more than 2 percent. Received on the morning of the 8th chickens wrongful death notification, and immediately the dead chickens specimens for examination, in addition to start the movement control, and the chicken coop and Environmental Hygiene, disinfection and other prevention measures, visit the farm a radius of three kilometers, a total of 16 farms, went to the inspection report released today.

Medical personnel yesterday, a long pull up in a chicken farm near the blockade and entered the monitor, police also blockade standby, as long as anyone close to immediately advise from.




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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Taiwan - Confirmed H5N2 in 3000 poultry deaths on farm - Yunlin County

H5N2 Bird Flu Outbreak Confirmed in Taiwan
2012-05-12 02:44:12 Xinhua Web Editor: luodan
Taiwan agricultural authorities confirmed Friday chickens in a farm of the island's central Yunlin county were infected with H5N2, a strain of avian flu that poses little risk to humans.

Animal health quarantine official said chances were small for northbound migrant birds to pass the virus to the farm and believed the virus was carried by humans or machinery to Yunlin.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Taiwan - Confirmed H5N2 in 3000 poultry deaths on farm - Yunlin County

COA confirms bird flu cause of chicken deaths

By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter


The Council of Agriculture yesterday confirmed that the more than 3,000 chickens that died in Yunlin County in the past four days were infected with highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza, making this the sixth such outbreak in the country this year.
About 15,000 more chickens were culled yesterday to eliminate all 18,000 birds at the chicken farm in Beigang Township (北港), where the outbreak occurred, and prevent the disease from spreading, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Deputy Director-General Huang Kwo-ching (黃國青) said in the afternoon.
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/05/12/2003532633

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Taiwan - Confirmed H5N2 in 3000 poultry deaths on farm - Yunlin County

Updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 0:12 am TWN, CNA

More chickens culled as H5N2 hits Yunlin County

TAIPEI--All chickens at a farm in Yunlin County were culled after it was confirmed to have been hit by a highly pathogenic form of the H5N2 avian influenza virus, agricultural officials said Saturday.
The farm and surrounding area were disinfected after 14,000 chickens from the farm were culled, the officials from the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said.
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http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taipei/2012/05/13/340937/More-chickens.htm