Taiwan - H5N2 in Poultry Farm - No culling to avoid consumer panic

[sharon sanders]

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【2010/10/05 21:43 報導】​

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Proactively monitor, Changhua Animal Disease Control found that Fangyuan Township, located in part of a chicken egg farm hit by bird flu N5N2, a large number of chickens because there is no abnormal mortality, reporting dynamic inspection bureau confirmed, by banning mobile control measures, temporary not culling, disinfection and self-defense but will strengthen the prevention, to prevent spread of the disease.

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(Li River tin coverage)

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Timing has entered the autumn season, the predilection of avian influenza high-risk period, Changhua County Animal Disease Control in order to strengthen prevention, the recent implementation of the normal serum samples of farm inspection and monitoring of the vaccination program, resulting in a layer Fangyuan Township taken place in the chicken samples isolated were classified as low pathogenic avian influenza virus N5N2; county director of animal epidemic prevention ugly Zhe Guo said this at the farm were kept more than eighteen thousand hens, the recent The average daily number of deaths is only about five, six, even more than the normal mortality rate is much lower, the surface is almost no unusual deaths of chickens epidemic, seized upon by the Central Bureau of dynamic re-examination confirmed, a temporary move to take control of prohibited measures, unless the epidemic continues to worsen, or they will not take mandatory culling as to avoid lead to consumer panic, demanding that businesses fully enhanced disinfection and prevention of self-defense to prevent the spread of the disease.

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Many industry sources, from the beginning of the year, Changhua and neighboring cities and counties had been repeated rumors of H5N2 occurred in sporadic outbreaks of bird flu hazard, almost no chickens are also a large number of mass die-off, indicating the virus might already localization , the industry is sufficiently effective prevention; However, Guo Zhe, director or call the ugly chicken industry, we must comprehensively strengthen the prevention, so as not to suffer.

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[Giuseppe]

Re: Taiwan - H5N2 in Poultry Farm - No culling to avoid consumer panic

An Immediate Notification Report has already been sent to OIE (Report Date October 4 2010)(http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9783).

According the report, viral pathogenicity test is underway.

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Taiwan - H5N2 in Poultry Farm - No culling to avoid consumer panic

Changhua County Central News Agency

2010.10.05 05:18 pm


Fangyuan Township, Changhua County, a farm spread of avian flu, Changhua County Animal Disease Control, said today that this place has been disinfected and movement control of poultry farms, and monitoring chicken farms within 1 km radius around the support poultry farms, no abnormal situation.

Changhua action against the said farm, this place is there 18,000 laying hens, which were found to belong to the avian influenza virus H5N2 subtype, but within the current farm chickens in good health, they are only for chicken farms to move control.

Also moving against the spread of bird flu for poultry farms within 1 km radius around the poultry farms to monitor, not yet found any exceptions.

Called for action against the recent changes in a large temperature difference between day and night, to prevent the highly pathogenic avian influenza, poultry family the best of people and vehicles out of control, disinfecting transport vehicles, empty homes and other facilities of poultry, poultry exception if the spread immediately to the township City Hall briefing.

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