Bird Flu Monitor: Containing Avian Influenza

Bird Flu Monitor > Containing Avian Influenza

[thepoultrysite - Industry News] According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), there were more than 300 reported outbreaks of H5N1 in nine European countries during 2007. These included outbreaks in commercial poultry (broilers, ducks and geese), outbreaks in backyard poultry (village poultry), and more than 250 outbreaks in wild birds (swans, wild ducks and wild geese).

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[A1A South] Migratory Birds Not Main Source of Bird Flu: WWF.: The statement said that the statements about migratory birds being the main reason for the latest outbreak of bird flu in Pakistani poultry farms might have serious repercussions against the birds and their habitats. It said since the recent outbreak of bird flu in Sindh, WWF Pakistan had been in contact with BirdLife International, which carried out research on the role of wild birds, including migratory species, in the spread of HPAI H5N1.

[Bird flu updates] Defra publish report into H5N1 outbreak at Abbotsbury: Surveillance for avian influenza continues on RSPB nature reserves across the UK, in order to ensure that the poultry industry and other interests have the earliest possible warning of new outbreaks. We are grateful to Scottish Natural Heritage for recognising our efforts and making a significant contribution towards our monitoring costs in Scotland.

[RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information] BH-20080212-15361-CHN - Biological Hazard - Asia - China: AFCD, FEHD, the Customs and Excise Department and the Police will strive to deter the illegal import of poultry and birds into Hong Kong to minimise the risk of avian influenza outbreaks brought by imported poultry and birds that had .

[Avian Influenza News] Mallards and highly pathogenic avian influenza ancestral viruses ...: Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which originate in poultry upon transmission of low pathogenic viruses from wild birds, have occurred relatively frequently in the last decade. During our ongoing surveillance .

[gretelfwg] United Nations News: April 2DESPITE FEWER OUTBREAKS THIS YEAR, UN AGENCY WARNS BIRD FLU STILL THREATENS LIVES New York, Apr 2 2007 9:00AM Although there have been fewer outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that the disease continues to spread to new areas in countries where it has not been contained, threatening the lives of those working around poultry and hurting farm economies. Worldwide, “there have been fewer cases of the disease this year than last year at the same time, indicating that there is a reduction in overall viral load,”

[Iraq Civil Taliban Government Control] H5 Update: Implications for human healthThe poultry outbreaks in Russia and Kazakhstan are caused by a virus that has repeatedly demonstrated its ability, in outbreaks in Hong Kong in 1997, in Hong Kong in 2003, and in south-east Asia since early 2004, to cross the species barrier to infect humans, causing severe disease with high fatality.

[Shelly Mary] Learning Mandarin - New bird flu cases confirmed in Germany ...: National laboratories are working intensively to determine whether the outbreaks were caused by the H5N1 virus, and are keeping close contact with the Community Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza in Weybridge, Britain.

[Medical News and Health News Blog] New Avian Influenza Flare-Ups: Since December 2007, Bangladesh, Benin, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Myanmar, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Viet Nam have confirmed new H5N1 outbreaks in poultry stocks. Except for a few cases in wild birds in China, Poland and United Kingdom, most of the confirmed outbreaks occurred in domestic poultry, including chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks.

[For the Birds] A Glimpse into the World Health Organization Plan for a Bird Flu ...: In addition to the influenza preparedness checklist, the WHO sent all countries a document outlining recommended strategic actions for responding to the avian influenza pandemic threat. Suggested actions intend to reinforce national preparedness, lessen prospects for a pandemic virus to emerge, further develop the early warning system, setback preliminary global spread, and hasten vaccine development.

[ONLINE DIARY] Bird Flue! Spreads in India: Health workers burn their bird flu protective gears after culling chickens outside a poultry farm in Margram village, about 240 km (149 miles) north of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata January 17, 2008. Villagers at the centre of a bird flu outbreak in India's east refused to hand over their chickens and ducks for culling on Thursday, hampering efforts to stamp out the deadly disease in poultry.

[Valerio Weblog] Bird Flu Affects Half Of Bangladesh Districts: Avian influenza (bird flu) discount rabeprazole spread to infect birds in half of Bangladesh’s 64 districts, say Bangladeshi officials. The two latest outbreaks took place in Gopalganj and Sylhet, according to the Ministry of Health.

[Louis J. Sheehan] revival: The first documented outbreak of human infection with H5N1-Bird Flu occurred in Hong Kong in 1997. These 18 human cases in Hong Kong occurred simultaneously with a pathogenic avian influenza in poultry farms and markets which was caused by a virtually identical virus.