Avian H5N1 Bird Flu is back

[Samen]

I did a quick search on the birdies and here is the synopsis.
10 days 10 countries

Egypt, Taiwan, N Vietnam, S Vietnam, Israel, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, Burma,


Jan 28, 2010
Egypt: reports four new human H5N1 infections

Egypt's health ministry has confirmed four new H5N1 avian influenza cases, which aren't related although all had contact with sick and dead poultry and are recovering in stable condition, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/con...0egypt-jw.html


January 28, 2010
Taiwan: Seven thousand chickens died of bird flu

About 7,000 chickens died of H5N2 bird flu on a chicken farm of Changhua County, Taiwan, chinataiwan.org reported today.
There are some 50,000 chickens on this farm, and the death rate this month is 10 times higher than the average. But no sick chickens were reportedly sold on the market, the report said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_9364379.htm


January 28, 2010
Vietnam north & south: Bird flu is back

Around 1,500 fowls have been killed in two communes of Dien Bien District since Monday after the H5N1 virus was spotted on January 14, the second time in 11 months in Thanh Hung Commune and third time in Thanh Yen Commune.
Meanwhile, as of Wednesday, nearly 1,000 fowls had been killed in Ca Mau, 20 days after bird flu was detected again in the nation’s southernmost province.
http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy...8&newsid=54923


January 28, 2010
Israel: 43,000 Pullets Destroyed Because of Avian Flu

Agriculture Minister inspectors on Thursday destroyed 43,000 pullets at Kibbutz Ein-Shemer, about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, which were infected by the avian flu. Burial of the corpses and their food was expected by the end of the day. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...sh.aspx/179533


January 31,2010
India: Bird flu alert in Balasore

The outbreak of bird flu in Murshidabad district of neighbouring West Bengal has spread panic among the poultry farmers in Balasore district. While the border villages in Balasore and Mayurbhanj have been put on alert, Chief District Veterinary Officers (CDVOs) of both the districts have been asked to inspect chicken farms and hatcheries.
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/s... 00nzFMGEniA=


February 01, 2010
Indonesia: Bird flu kills 5,500 chickens in central Java

Bird flu killed around 5,500 chickens in Purbalingga district, Central Java, during January 2010, a local official said.
Some 5,000 dead chickens were found at Tumanggal village and 500 at Pasunggingan village, both in Pengadegan sub district, Purbalingga, Hartono, head of the Purbalingga animal husbandry office, said here on Monday.
The local authorities have conducted measures such as insecticide spraying, rapid test and vaccination to prevent the bird flu or H5N1 virus from spreading to wider areas.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2...tral-java.html


February 03, 2010
Cambodia: Ducks culled after outbreak of bird flu virus

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities began a mass killing of ducks Wednesday after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus.
The cull comes after more than 15,000 ducks died last week in the southern province of Takeo and samples tested positive Tuesday for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, said Kao Phal, an official of the Agriculture Ministry.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...254&sec=nation


February 03, 2010
Nepal: London tests confirm avian flu in Pokhara

Detection of bird flu in Pokhara has spread panic in the Lake City. Ministry for Agriculture and Cooperatives, in a press meet held in Kathmandu today, stated that ducks and chickens were dying in Pokhara due to bird flu and a high alert has been sounded in Pokhara and the surrounding areas.
District Veterinary Office, Kaski, has urged the locals of Ghopripatan area not to consume the meat of dead birds and to bury them properly.
The office has also been spraying medicine in the affected areas.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2...n-pokhara.html


February 05, 2010
Burma: B2B H5N1 return

Bird flu H5N1 has re-struck Myanmar with one case occurring in Yangon's Mayangong township in the beginning of this month, according to a statement of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) Saturday.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2...1-returns.html


February 06, 2010
Nepal: Locals resist culling of chickens

People residing near Tutunga in Pokhara-15 did not let affected birds be buried in a pit dug there arguing that the move would spread bird flu in the area.
Some locals were found to be hiding their poultry.
Others had already eaten their chickens citing that the government would provide them only Rs 100 as compensation for each bird.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2...-chickens.html

[Kassy]

Thanks fot the list Samen.

I just started a seperate thread on Myanmar/Birma:
http://thisbluemarble.com/showthread.php?t=24457

And updated the Israel bird flu thread since it's now confirmed as H5N1.

[andy]

Thanks for the update Samen!

[Exodia]

Active H5N1 while we have a pandemic going on. GREAT!

[Samen]

The main reason i posted this roundup was to show readers that Bird flu is still around and thank the members who actively post on the subject as there really is not nothing in my above post that hasn't been covered here by others, sort of an eye opener and a reminder as the Bird flu posts disappear fast under the Swine flu ones.

I did a quick search here and did not find this one, well its old news anyway

January 4, 2010
Hong Kong: Oriental Magpie Robin tested H5N1 positive
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong said Monday that an Oriental Magpie Robin, a common resident bird in the city, found in a country park in the New Territories was confirmed H5N1 positive.
(Xinhua) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...t_12752156.htm

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http://search.news.cn/language/searc...s=&ct=&n1=h5n1
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/bird-f...d-flu-news.php
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Hot+Topic...emics/Bird+Flu

[Kassy]

You missed it.

It's #115 in the China H5N1 thread:
http://thisbluemarble.com/showthread.php?p=178436

[Kassy]

Originally Posted by Exodia

Active H5N1 while we have a pandemic going on. GREAT!

It was bound to happen since H5N1 never went away.

H5N1 was very active in China at the start of last year and then just stopped.

In Egypt new cases of mild H5N1 popped up every other day sometimes faster. Most of these where in young kids. It got drowned out in the news when the pandemic started and the rate of cases also declined at the time. This might be due to the Egyptian flu season.

The timing is similar to the expected pattern given in the newest Egypt Swine Flu article.

New cases of mild H5N1 kept popping up and swine flu is there too. It's a region to watch and at least they do press releases.

The others are:

China.

Because the 2009 pattern was weird (although that is consistent with prior years ) , there's lot's of bird flu & history shows it's necessary.

and

Indonesia

They killed the H5N1 press rather efficiently but i doubt they did the same to the virus. The first Indonesian H1N1 was actually confirmed in another asian country while there still was no swine flu in Indonesia.

Officially.

Those two need a closer watch then Egypt because they're not bound to come out with the news right away.


The outbreaks in birds we see now all over Asia are not quite as bad as back in 2005/2006 so there's probably less risk in most of those areas.

Or so i guess. My focus is on the three countries above.

[Kassy]

...

Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis are already working on vaccines against H5N1 bird flu, which has killed or forced the culling of more than 300 million birds since 2003 as it spread to 61 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

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The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization reported 250 outbreaks of H5N1 in birds in February alone — in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal and Vietnam.

Avian influenza has killed 261 people out of 424 infected since 2003.

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http://www.canada.com/health/Scienti...087/story.html