Pakistan: outbreak in poultry, June 2008
March 22nd, 2010
Pakistan: discovery of H5N1 in a chicken farm
PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - The H5N1 virus of bird flu was discovered in the north-west Pakistan in a chicken farm where several thousand birds have died in recent days, announced Sunday the regional authorities.
Tests conducted in Islamabad by a government laboratory confirmed Saturday the H5N1 virus on the farm located in the district of Swabi, told AFP the head of regional department in charge of livestock Ibrahim Khan.
"The virus was discovered after the owner of livestock had Friday warned the authorities that" some 4,000 chickens had died over the past few days, "he added.
The entire staff was considered by health services, and nobody has been affected by the virus, he said.
The other farms in the sector have been placed under surveillance while operating hit was isolated.
The H5N1 virus of bird flu was first detected in Pakistan in March 2006 in chicken in the province of North West Frontier.
Last February, the authorities had had to kill 10,000 birds after an outbreak in Karachi (south).
The authorities had announced in December 2007 death of a man as a result of avian flu.
AFP / 22 June 2008
Pakistan: découverte du virus H5N1 dans un élevage de poulets
PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - Le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire a été découvert dans le nord-ouest du Pakistan dans un élevage de poulets où plusieurs milliers de volatiles sont morts ces derniers jours, ont annoncé dimanche les autorités régionales.
Des tests réalisés à Islamabad par un laboratoire gouvernemental ont confirmé samedi la présence du virus H5N1 dans cette exploitation située dans le district de Swabi, a déclaré à l'AFP le chef du département régional chargé de l'élevage Ibrahim Khan.
"Le virus a été découvert après que le propriétaire de l'élevage eut prévenu vendredi" les autorités que "quelque 4.000 poulets étaient morts au cours des derniers jours", a-t-il ajouté.
L'ensemble du personnel a été examiné par les services de santé, et personne n'a été touché par le virus, a-t-il souligné.
Les autres fermes du secteur ont été placées sous surveillance tandis que l'exploitation touchée a été isolée.
Le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire a été détecté pour la première fois au Pakistan en mars 2006 dans des élevages de poulets de la province de la Frontière du Nord-Ouest. En février dernier, les autorités avaient dû faire abattre 10.000 volatiles après une épidémie à Karachi (sud).
Les autorités avaient annoncé en décembre 2007 le décès d'un homme des suites de la grippe aviaire.
AFP / 22 juin 2008
http://www.romandie.com/ats/news/080622155354.0f9khuip.asp
2008-06-22
Pakistan on Sunday reported that a poultry farm in the northwest found that the avian flu H5N1, need to slaughter thousands of poultry.
Official said that from a national laboratory confirmed the H5N1 avian flu virus. Culture staff at the check after all no problem. :tiphat: http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh%7Cen&u=http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/250/3/1/781180/1.html
By Muqaddam Khan submitted 42 minutes ago
SWABI - The district health department and World Health Organisation (WHO) have closed down a poultry farm at Tordher village after confirmation of bird flu reported from the samples sent to Islamabad laboratories for test on Sunday.
Sources in the livestock and dairy development said that they were suspicious about the Hamid Poultry Farm and took the samples.
Immediately after the virus reports, the WHO and police officials, District Coordination Officer and livestock and dairy department staff reached the poultry farm.
There were total 6,000 chickens in which 4,000 had already expired and the remaining 2,000 were culled, said officials in the livestock department. The killed broilers, they said, were buried while keeping in mind the health principles and the officials supervised the whole operation.
To take remedial measures the people within three kilometres of the poultry farm were placed under observation by the health department. The tests on the people were yet to be carried out.
However, the news of the bird flu has created panic in the region, putting all the people on high alert.
All workers on the affected farm were examined by the Ministry of Health but none was found to have been affected by the virus, he added.
Local health officials are monitoring surrounding farms and advised them to take precautionary measures including vaccination of birds, he said.
Pakistan's first H5N1 cases were detected in March 2006 at two chicken farms in North West Frontier Province, prompting consumer panic and a mass slaughter of birds at several sites:tiphat: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/23-Jun-2008/Bird-flu-outbreak-kills-6000-chicks
| New bird flu outbreak in Swabi |
| Agence France Presse |
| PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities Sunday reported a new outbreak of avian flu at a commercial poultry farm in the country's northwest, killing thousands of birds, officials said. Tests conducted at a government-run laboratory in Islamabad confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a farm in Swabi district, local livestock department chief Ibrahim Khan told AFP. "The virus was detected after the owner of the farm informed us on Friday that some 4,000 birds had died within the past few days," he said. "We got the confirmation on Saturday, sealed the farm and culled around 2,000 birds," he said. All workers on the affected farm were examined by the ministry of health but none was found to have been affected by the virus, he added. Local health officials are monitoring surrounding farms and advised them to take precautionary measures including vaccination of birds, he said. Pakistan's first H5N1 cases were detected in March 2006 at two chicken farms in North West Frontier Province, prompting consumer panic and a mass slaughter of birds at several sites. The virus resurfaced in early February last year among chickens in Rawalpindi, adjoining Islamabad, and in peacocks in the northwestern city of Mansehra. In February this year Pakistani officials sealed off several farms and culled around 10,000 chickens after an outbreak in the southern port city of Karachi. http://thepost.com.pk/MainNewsT.aspx?bdtl_id=11429&fb_id=2&catid=14 |
Epidemiology
Epidemiological comments
The first outbreak of highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza (HPNAI) was reported in February 2007 while the last one was observed on 3 March 2008. The event involved a total of 225,238 commercial poultry of various categories. Stamping out policy was adopted. All poultry on the index
farms were culled and disinfection operations were completed as per OIE guidelines. All culling and disinfection operations in the last reported outbreak were completed on 4 March 2008. All sero-surveillance results obtained within a 10-km-radius zone around the outbreak were negative.
Monitoring and sero-surveillance will continue.
Therefore, since no further outbreaks of HPNAI have been observed in the country since 3 March 2008; Pakistan declares itself free of HPNAI with effect from 4 June 2008.
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection • Contact with wild species
http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_fup_0000007125_20080617_121359.pdf
New bird flu outbreak in Pakistan
By Indo-Asian News Service on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Pakistan has confirmed a new outbreak of avian flu in a poultry farm in the country’s northwest, The News daily reported Monday.
The virus was detected in Hamid farm in Swabi district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after its owner informed that 4,000 chickens died in the past days, the newspaper said.
The province’s livestock and dairy development department and the World Health Organization (WHO) officials said tests conducted in Islamabad laboratory on the tissues of the dead birds proved the presence of deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.
The remaining 2,000 chickens were culled after the confirmation of bird flu outbreak. Another poultry farm was also sealed, the newspaper said.
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype H5N1
Affected animals
Species Birds (Commercial Broilers, ed)
Susceptible 6000
Cases 4000
Deaths 4000
Destroyed 2000
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection : Contact with wild species
Epidemiological comments
Samples were received on 17 and 20 June 2008.
Culling and disposal of birds along with disinfection of the infected premises were carried out on 22 June 2008 by the Rapid Response Team and a State veterinarian.
The premise was closed for one month. Monitoring of the areas is ongoing.
Ring vaccination with an H5 inactivated monovalent vaccine in a one-km-radius zone around the affected isolated farm is ongoing.
http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=7146
| Bird flue closes poultry firm Muqaddam Khan |
| SWABI: The district health department and World Health organization (WHO) have closed down a poultry firm at Tordher village after the confirmation of positive bird flue reported from the simples taken to the Islamabad laboratories for test on Sunday. The simples were taken by the livestock officials from the Hamid Poultry firm in the Tordher region which is located at South about 38 kilometers away from the district headquarter. The sources in the livestock and dairy development said that they turned doubtful over the Hamid poultry and took the simples for testing because such facilities were not available at the district. "We sent the simples to Islamabad laboratories and positive virus -avian influenza- was reported from there. It created an alarming situation across the district and the vet doctors were told to rush to the areas on emergency basis," said a doctor. Immediately after the virus reports the WHO and police officials, district Coordination Officer and livestock and dairy department staff dashed to the Hamid's poultry firm. They sources said that they ordered to the officials/staff to start the killing operation of the remaining broilers. There were total 6000 broilers in which 4000 had already expired and the remaining 2000 were killed, said official in the livestock department. The killed broilers they said were buried din the ground while keeping in mind the health principles and the officials supervised the whole operation. To take remedial measures the people within surrounding of three kilometers of the Hamid poultry firm put under observation by the health department. The tests of the people were yet carried out but it has been planned to conduct the medical check-up of the dwellers. However, the news of the bird flue has created peculiar situation in the region, putting all the people on high alert. http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=1303&ad=23-06-2008 |
Posted: 23 June 2008 0034 hrs
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities Sunday reported a new outbreak of avian flu at a commercial poultry farm in the country's northwest, killing thousands of birds, officials said.
Tests conducted at a government-run laboratory in Islamabad confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a farm in Swabi district, local livestock department chief Ibrahim Khan told AFP.
"The virus was detected after the owner of the farm informed us on Friday that some 4,000 birds had died within the past few days," he said.
"We got the confirmation on Saturday, sealed the farm and culled around 2,000 birds," he said.
All workers on the affected farm were examined by the ministry of health but none was found to have been affected by the virus, he added.
Local health officials are monitoring surrounding farms and advised them to take precautionary measures including vaccination of birds, he said.
Pakistan's first H5N1 cases were detected in March 2006 at two chicken farms in North West Frontier Province, prompting consumer panic and a mass slaughter of birds at several sites.
The virus resurfaced in early February last year among chickens in Rawalpindi, adjoining Islamabad, and in peacocks in the northwestern city of Mansehra.
In February this year Pakistani officials sealed off several farms and culled around 10,000 chickens after an outbreak in the southern port city of Karachi.
- AFP /ls
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/355744/1/.html
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, June 26: The provincial government has transferred an official of the livestock department from Swabi to Mardan as punishment for allegedly disclosing that H5N1 strain of bird flu influenza had been detected in a poultry farm of the district, sources told Dawn.
They claimed that on the advice of a local MPA, who favoured the poultry farm owners, Basic Livestock Officer Mohammad Ibrahim was made a scapegoat for revealing the information and “transferred within a day as the process usually takes a month”.
Earlier, the livestock department had conducted a test of poultry samples at the National Research Institute Islamabad that reportedly detected H5N1 virus in the poultry samples taken from a poultry farm in Tordher, Swabi.
In contrast to this report, the Poultry Association Swabi claimed that they had conducted a similar test of the poultry sample at the Poultry Research Institute Rawalpindi, which identified the virus as H5N9, which was not dangerous for human beings.
Meanwhile, a team of the World Health Organisation (WHO) discussed the bird flue issue with the local authorities in Swabi. They discussed the signs and symptoms of the avian influenza with the healthcare providers at the two basic health units and one rural health centre in the area. The local health workers were instructed to conduct daily fever monitoring of all poultry workers along with their families.
As there is no isolation ward at the District Headquarters Hospital Swabi, the WHO has recommended that suspected cases of avian influenza in the area be shifted to the Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar.
The WHO has recommended early disease warning system in the district to prevent outbreaks of the disease. Specific veterinary staff for bird flu investigation and surveillance in the district be sensitized, it added. Currently there is no proper surveillance system.
Sources said that upon the recommendation of the WHO, about 1,700 birds at the poultry farm were culled whereas 4,300 had already died. The birds had been supplied to the farm by a Lahore-based company.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/27/local23.htm
2008-6-24 10:08:46
染. Pakistan government officials said Monday in a poultry farm in the country found that the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu, has isolated about 25 people, but found no infection.
This is the year in Pakistan for at least the fifth outbreak of bird flu, the official said the outbreak was confirmed Saturday in the town of Swabi a poultry farms in the capital, Islamabad, about 60 kilometers northwest.
. "Has been identified as H5N1, thank God has not found someone infected," the Ministry of Agriculture who asked to remain anonymous senior official said.
He said that the region has about 4,500 poultry were culled, disinfected and have been.
The Ministry of Health is also an official said on condition of anonymity, including poultry farm workers and their closest staff, about 25 people are under quarantine surveillance. < :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh-CN%7Cen&u=http://www.chinabreed.com/poultry/develop/2008/06/20080624200414.shtml&prev=/translate_s%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dhuman%2Bbird%2Bflu%2Bi n%2Bhong%2Bkong%2B2008%26tq%3D%25E4%25BA%25BA%25E7 %25B1%25BB%25E6%2584%259F%25E6%259F%2593%25E7%25A6 %25BD%25E6%25B5%2581%25E6%2584%259F%25E5%259C%25A8 %25E9%25A6%2599%25E6%25B8%25AF2008%26sl%3Den%26tl% 3Dzh-CN%26start%3D30
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Date: Fri 27 Jun 2008
Source: Dawn.com [edited]
The provincial government has transferred an official of the
livestock department from Swabi to Mardan as punishment for allegedly
disclosing that H5N1 strain of bird flu influenza had been detected
in a poultry farm of the district, sources told Dawn.
They claimed that on the advice of a local MPA [Member Provincial
Assembly], who favoured the poultry farm owners, the Basic Livestock
Officer was made a scapegoat for revealing the information and
"transferred within a day as the process usually takes a month."
Earlier, the livestock department had conducted a test of poultry
samples at the National Research Institute Islamabad that reportedly
detected H5N1 virus in the poultry samples taken from a poultry farm
in Tordher, Swabi.
In contrast to this report, the Poultry Association Swabi claimed
that they had conducted a similar test of the poultry sample at the
Poultry Research Institute Rawalpindi, which identified the virus as
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06220802/H5N1_NW_Pakistan_2.html
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| Remedial measures taken to avert spread of deadly virus Monday, June 23, 2008 Our correspondent SWABI: At least 2,000 chickens were culled and another poultry farm was sealed in Tordher village Sunday after confirmation of positive bird flu report. Sources said that Livestock & Dairy Development Department and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials had collected samples from six poultry farms and sent them for test to laboratories in Islamabad where sample from Hamid Poultry Farm tested positive for H5-N1. Tordher village is located 38 kilometres south of the district headquarters. Immediately after the report, the WHO and police officials, district coordination officer and Livestock and Dairy Development Department staff rushed to Hamid Poultry Farm and directed the concerned staff for culling the broilers. There were total 6,000 broilers in which 4,000 had already expired and the remaining 2,000 were culled, said an official. “We sent the samples to Islamabad laboratories and a positive report of avian influenza virus was received. It created an alarming situation across the district and the vet doctors were told to rush to the area on emergency basis,” said a doctor. To take remedial measures, the Health Department put the people in a radius of three kilometres of the Hamid Poultry Farm under observation and their tests would be conducted. The officials also sealed off another poultry farm near the affected farm and deputed police there. Check-posts have been set up at all the entry and exit routes of the district and police and doctors are checking the shifting of chicks to other areas.:tiphat: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=119948 |
Laboratoriumtests hebben intussen de aanwezigheid van het H5N1-virus in de kwekerij, in het district Swabi, bevestigd. Laboratory tests have already become the presence of the H5N1 virus in the nursery, in Swabi district, confirmed. Het virus werd ontdekt nadat de eigenaar van de kippenkwekerij de autoriteiten vrijdag had meegedeeld dat er de laatste dagen 4.000 kippen waren gestorven. The virus was discovered after the owner of the kippenkwekerij the authorities had indicated Friday that the last days 4,000 chickens had died. Het kwekerijpersoneel werd door de gezondheidsdiensten onderzocht, maar niemand bleek het virus te hebben opgelopen. The kwekerijpersoneel was examined by the health services, but nobody appeared to have contracted the virus.
Andere kwekerijen in de regio werden onder toezicht geplaatst en het getroffen bedrijf werd geïsoleerd. Other farms in the region were placed under the supervision and the affected farm was isolated.
De gevaarlijke variant van het vogelgriepvirus dook in maart 2006 voor het eerst op in Pakistan. The dangerous strain of avian flu virus appeared in March 2006 for the first time in Pakistan. In februari 2008 lieten de autoriteiten nog 10.000 dieren afmaken nadat de streek rond Karachi getroffen werd door een epidemie. In February 2008 the authorities were still culling 10,000 animals after the region around Karachi was hit by an epidemic. (afp/ka) (afp / ka)
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SWABI: Swabi Poultry Association (SPA) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against District Livestock and Dairy Development Department and National Research Institute (NRI), Islamabad, for what they called ‘mistaking an H5N9 strain for H5N1’ that caused bird flu. The authorities had detected H5N1 strain at a poultry farm in Swabi three days ago and ordered immediate closure of the farm and culling of 2,000 birds. The association’s office-bearers said that they had conducted their own test at the Poultry Research Institute (PRI), Rawalpindi, where the strain was identified as H5N9. The association’s president, Zabiullah, demanded that the government constitute an impartial committee that should take samples for fresh tests. He warned that if the government failed to listen to their demand till June 30, they would hold a hunger strike camp in front of the NWFP Assembly.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008 626story_26-6-2008_pg7_53
Trying to pin 4000 (out of 6000) poultry deaths in a couple of days on H5N9 seems to be a stretch.
Afp, Peshawar
Pakistani authorities yesterday reported a new outbreak of avian flu at a commercial poultry farm in the country's northwest, killing thousands of birds, officials said.
Tests conducted at a government-run laboratory in Islamabad confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a farm in Swabi district, local livestock department chief Ibrahim Khan told AFP.
"The virus was detected after the owner of the farm informed us on Friday that some 4,000 birds had died within the past few days," he said.
"We got the confirmation on Saturday, sealed the farm and culled around 2,000 birds," he said.
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=42445
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If the current outbreaks are officially confirmed -- as they appear
to be -- this is disappointing and a blow to the Pakistani poultry
industry and indeed to the veterinary services which have,
reportedly, invested considerable efforts and skill to control and
eradicate the epizootic; the declaration of freedom above may have to
be reconsidered. Possibly, the current event is due to the unstable
situation along the borders with Afghanistan, allowing introduction
of infected animals and their products, contaminated feed, etc.
Swabi District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan
bordering Afghanistan and can be located on the map at
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Avian influenza, human (03): Egypt, Pakistan, WHO 20080104.0038 (http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2987418521983681::::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_A RCHIVE:1001,20080104.0038,Y)]
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Wild birds have wings and neither the birds nor H5N1 read ProMED commentaries.
Editor: wangds date :2008-6-25 10:31:00 Source: Zhongqing Wang
-- ISLAMABAD, June 23 (Xinhua, Li Zhong) Pakistan, "Business News" on the 23rd reported that a chicken farm in northern Brazil on the 22nd been identified in highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu.
According to reports, the epidemic in poultry farms in this northern border province of Brazil Swabi district. Farm management staff, said in recent days, this farm has more than 4,000 chickens have died. The local agricultural sector and the World Health Organization subsequent tests confirmed that the dead chickens infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.
In order to control the epidemic, this farm the remaining over 2,000 chickens have been culled all. WHO also to Pakistan six other poultry farms were tested samples. However, it has not yet determined the extent of the epidemic.
Pakistan in 2006, the first time that bird flu, and then found that the number of poultry and birds infected with avian influenza virus. December 2007, WHO confirmed that Pakistan has moving-to-human transmission of avian cases.
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Staff Report
SWABI: Swabi Poultry Association (SPA) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against District Livestock and Dairy Development Department and National Research Institute (NRI), Islamabad, for what they called ‘mistaking an H5N9 strain for H5N1’ that caused bird flu. The authorities had detected H5N1 strain at a poultry farm in Swabi three days ago and ordered immediate closure of the farm and culling of 2,000 birds. The association’s office-bearers said that they had conducted their own test at the Poultry Research Institute (PRI), Rawalpindi, where the strain was identified as H5N9. The association’s president, Zabiullah, demanded that the government constitute an impartial committee that should take samples for fresh tests. He warned that if the government failed to listen to their demand till June 30, they would hold a hunger strike camp in front of the NWFP Assembly.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008 626story_26-6-2008_pg7_53
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06240801/H5N1_NW_Pakistan_Migration.html
§ Epidemiological comments
The first outbreak of highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza (HPNAI) was reported in February 2007 while the last one was observed on 3 March 2008.
The event involved a total of 225,238 commercial poultry of various categories.
Stamping out policy was adopted.
All poultry on the index farms were culled and disinfection operations were completed as per OIE guidelines.
All culling and disinfection operations in the last reported outbreak were completed on 4 March 2008.
All sero-surveillance results obtained within a 10-km-radius zone around the outbreak were negative.
Monitoring and sero-surveillance will continue.
Therefore, since no further outbreaks of HPNAI have been observed in the country since 3 March 2008; Pakistan declares itself free of HPNAI with effect from 4 June 2008.
http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=7125
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''Serosurveys will continue''?
PESHAWAR: Authorities on Sunday reported a new outbreak of avian flu at a commercial poultry farm in the Swabi district, killing thousands of birds, officials said. Tests conducted at a laboratory in Islamabad confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a farm in Swabi, local livestock department chief Ibrahim Khan told AFP. “The virus was detected after the owner of the farm informed us on Friday that some 4,000 birds had died within the past few days,” he said. “We got the confirmation on Saturday, sealed the farm and culled around 2,000 birds,” he said. afp:tiphat: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008 623story_23-6-2008_pg7_11
Thanks to Commonground - copied from H5N1Experts.org
June 23, 2008
Bird flu found on Pakistani poultry farm
ISLAMABAD - AN OUTBREAK of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in chickens on a farm in Pakistan and about 25 people had been quarantined but no human cases had been discovered, government officials said on Monday.
The outbreak, at least the fifth in birds in Pakistan this year, was confirmed on Saturday at a poultry farm in Swabi town, about 60 km northwest of the capital Islamabad, the officials said.
'It was confirmed as H5N1 and thank God, no case of human infection has been reported,' said a senior Agriculture Ministry official, who declined to be identified.
About 4,500 birds on the farm had been culled and the area disinfected, he said.
A Health Ministry official, who also declined to be identified, said about 25 people including farm workers and their close contacts were being monitored in quarantine.
Pakistan confirmed its first human death from the virus in a northwestern town in December.
Several outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in poultry and other birds have occurred in Pakistan, most in the country's northwest, since it was first detected in early 2006. -- REUTERS
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2...ry_250812.html (http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Asia/STIStory_250812.html)
situation along the borders with Afghanistan, allowing introduction
of infected animals and their products, contaminated feed, etc."
Nope. Bad guess. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
Islamabad (Reuters) - government officials said on Monday that it had been monitoring the virus (Watch 5 to 1) that causes bird flu among chickens at a farm in Pakistan and it was developed some 25 people in quarantine but have not detected any human infection.
وأضاف المسؤولون انه تأكد يوم السبت الماضي وجود الفيروس في مزرعة للطيور الداجنة في بلدة سوابي على بعد نحو 60 كيلومترا شمال غربي العاصمة اسلام اباد. The officials added that last Saturday confirmed the presence of the virus in domestic farm birds in the town of SWAPO only around 60 kilometres north-west of the capital, Islamabad.
وهذه هي البؤرة الخامسة على الاقل التي يظهر فيها المرض بين طيور في باكستان هذا العام. This is the focus of at least five of your disease among birds in Pakistan this year.
وقال مسؤول كبير بوزارة الزراعة طلب عدم نشر اسمه "تأكد أن الفيروس هو فيروس (اتش5 ان1). والحمد لله لم تظهر أي اصابة بشرية." He said the Agriculture Ministry's senior official asked not to named "Make sure that the virus is HIV (Watch 5 to 1). Thank God did not show any injury mankind."
وأضاف أنه تم اعدام نحو 4500 طائر في المزرعة وتطهير المنطقة. He was executed about 4500 birds on the farm and purge the region.
وقال مسؤول بوزارة الصحة انه يجري فحص نحو 25 شخصا هم العاملون بالمزرعة ومن يتعاملون معهم عن قرب. He said Health Ministry official was being examined about 25 people are farm workers are dealing with them closely.
وكانت باكستان قد أكدت أول وفاة بشرية ناجمة عن الاصابة بالمرض في بلدة بشمال غرب البلاد في ديسمبر كانون الاول الماضي. And Pakistan had confirmed the first human death caused by disease in the northern town west of the country in December last December.
http://ara.reuters.com/article/inter...33468220080623 (http://ara.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idARAEGO33468220080623)
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[1]
Date: Mon 23 Jun 2008
Source: The Post, Agence France-Presse (AFP) report [edited]
New bird flu outbreak in Swabi
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Pakistani authorities Sunday [22 Jun 2008] reported a new outbreak of
avian flu at a commercial poultry farm in the country's north west,
killing thousands of birds, officials said.
Tests conducted at a government-run laboratory in Islamabad confirmed
the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a farm in Swabi
district, local livestock department chief Ibrahim Khan told AFP.
"The virus was detected after the owner of the farm informed us on
Friday [20 Jun 2008] that some 4000 birds had died within the past
few days," he said.
"We got the confirmation on Saturday [21 Jun 2008], sealed the farm
and culled around 2000 birds," he said. All workers on the affected
farm were examined by the ministry of health but none was found to
have been affected by the virus, he added. Local health officials are
monitoring surrounding farms and advised them to take precautionary
measures including vaccination of birds, he said.
Pakistan's 1st H5N1 cases were detected in March 2006 at 2 chicken
farms in North West Frontier Province, prompting consumer panic and a
mass slaughter of birds at several sites.
The virus resurfaced in early February last year [2007] among
chickens in Rawalpindi, adjoining Islamabad, and in peacocks in the
north western city of Mansehra. In February this year [2008]
Pakistani officials sealed off several farms and culled around 10 000
chickens after an outbreak in the southern port city of Karachi.
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[2]
Date: Mon 23 Jun 2008
Source: Monsters and Critics, Deutsche Presse-Agentur report [edited]
Bird flu prompts cull in north west Pakistan
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Authorities have culled nearly 2000 broiler chickens following
confirmation of a fresh outbreak of avian influenza in Pakistan's
North West Frontier Province (NWFP), media reports said Monday [23 Jun 2008].
The culling was carried out in the Swabi district on Sunday [22 Jun
2008] after samples taken at a poultry farm tested positive for
deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a laboratory in the capital
Islamabad, English-language The News daily said.
Two-third of the birds at the farm, which had more than 6000
chickens, died during the last few days while the rest were killed
and buried under the supervision of local authorities and UN's World
Health Organization (WHO) staff.
According to the newspaper, people settled within a 3-km (2 mi)
radius of the farm had been put under observation to monitor possible
bird-to-human transmission.
The News said another farm in the proximity of the infected facility
had also been sealed off, and health officials posted at various
checkpoints were examining birds being transported out of Swabi district.
Pakistan's poultry population has seen multiple outbreaks of the H5N1
strain since 2006, with almost 80 outbreaks taking place last year [2007].
The 1st human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Pakistan was
reported last November [2007] in the NWFP capital Peshawar, where a
man passed on the deadly virus to 2 of his brothers, one of whom died.
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
[Pakistan submitted on 16 Jun 2008 its 13th and "final" report on
HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) H5N1 to the OIE (World
Organisation for Animal Health); it included the following
epidemiological comments:
"The 1st outbreak of highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza
(HPNAI) was reported in February 2007 while the last one was observed
on 3 Mar 2008. The event involved a total of 225 238 commercial
poultry of various categories. Stamping out policy was adopted. All
poultry on the index farms were culled and disinfection operations
were completed as per OIE guidelines. All culling and disinfection
operations in the last reported outbreak were completed on 4 Mar
2008. All sero-surveillance results obtained within a 10-km (6 mi)
radius zone around the outbreak were negative. Monitoring and
sero-surveillance will continue.
Therefore, since no further outbreaks of HPNAI have been observed in
the country since 3 Mar 2008, Pakistan declares itself free of HPNAI
with effect from 4 Jun 2008".
The event summary, including a map, is available at
If the current outbreaks are officially confirmed -- as they appear
to be -- this is disappointing and a blow to the Pakistani poultry
industry and indeed to the veterinary services which have,
reportedly, invested considerable efforts and skill to control and
eradicate the epizootic; the declaration of freedom above may have to
be reconsidered. Possibly, the current event is due to the unstable
situation along the borders with Afghanistan, allowing introduction
of infected animals and their products, contaminated feed, etc.
Swabi District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan
bordering Afghanistan and can be located on the map at
[see also:
Avian influenza, human (41): Indonesia, Pakistan, WHO 20080404.1235 (http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2987418521983681::::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_A RCHIVE:1001,20080404.1235,Y)
Avian influenza (38): China (Guizhou), Pakistan 20080227.0801 (http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2987418521983681::::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_A RCHIVE:1001,20080227.0801,Y)
Avian influenza (29): Pakistan (NWFP, Sindh) 20080205.0468 (http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2987418521983681::::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_A RCHIVE:1001,20080205.0468,Y)
Avian influenza (26): Pakistan (Sindh), UK (England), swan 20080202.0420 (http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2987418521983681::::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_A RCHIVE:1001,20080202.0420,Y)
Avian influenza, human (05): China, Pakistan 20080110.0134 (http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2987418521983681::::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_A RCHIVE:1001,20080110.0134,Y)
Avian influenza, human (03): Egypt, Pakistan, WHO 20080104.0038 (http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2987418521983681::::F2400_P1001_BACK _PAGE,F2400_P1001_ARCHIVE_NUMBER,F2400_P1001_USE_A RCHIVE:1001,20080104.0038,Y)]
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2008-06-25 12:10 Source: Consulate General in Karachi business chamber
The article type: original content Categories:
Pakistan on June 22 in North West Frontier Province of the Swabian Albert (Swabi) suburban farm outbreak of avian flu. According to the farmers, most recently the farm birds have died 4000, and June 22 by Islamabad, laboratory tests confirmed that the farm presence of H5N1 avian influenza virus. Local health authorities are currently testing whether the farm workers infected with the virus, while monitoring the farm to other farms in the vicinity. Pakistan in early 2006 reported the first cases of H5N1 virus infection, also near Islamabad last year in the recurrence of avian flu.
(The Chinese Consulate General in Karachi business chamber ancient Acer W)
http://karachi.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/jmxw/200806/20080605624759.html
Recombinomics Commentary 18:19
June 22, 2008
Tests conducted at a government-run laboratory in Islamabad confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a farm in Swabi district
"The virus was detected after the owner of the farm informed us on Friday that some 4,000 birds had died within the past few days," he said.
"We got the confirmation on Saturday, sealed the farm and culled around 2,000 birds," he said.
All workers on the affected farm were examined by the ministry of health but none was found to have been affected by the virus, he added.
The above comments describe a new H5N1 outbreak in Pakistan (see satellite map (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&t=h&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004353ecc9cb8856de8c&num=200&start=400&ll=34.171885,72.405567&spn=4.19894,6.427002&z=7)). Although the above comments note that no farm workers had symptoms, disease onset dates are usually 2-4 days after exposure, so the above clearance may be premature.
The location is near the human outbreak that began in October, 2007, but was not reported until December (http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12130705/H5N1_Pakistan_H2H.html). Three brothers were H5N1 confirmed and the familial cluster defined human to human to human transmission. (http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04090801/H5N1_H2H2H_Pakistan_Proof.html)
More information on the health of the workers in upcoming days, more data on neighboring farms, and sequence information would be useful.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06220802/H5N1_NW_Pakistan_2.html
situation along the borders with Afghanistan, allowing introduction
of infected animals and their products, contaminated feed, etc."
Nope. Bad guess. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
But ProMED SOP
http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/22/rss.htm
Our site is in a highly developed urban area, surrounded by what looks to be other large commercial buildings (including several similar long, narrow light-colored roof silhouettes nearby, that might also be large poultry operations).
Not backyard flocks. This is another area where large-scale poultry rearing might be a major local industry.
The backyard outbreaks are, forgive the pun, 'chicken feed', in terms of cause and effect behind this H5N1 pandemic.
Lisa Schnirring http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/images/purple-speck.gif Staff Writer
Jun 23, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A livestock official in Pakistan today confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza virus has struck again in the country's North-West Frontier province, killing thousands of chickens at a commercial farm.
Ibrahim Kahn, a livestock department chief in Swabi district, where the outbreak occurred, said confirmatory tests were performed at a government laboratory in Islamabad, according to a report today from Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Kahn told AFP that the farm's owner notified authorities on Jun 20 about the suspicious deaths of about 4,000 birds. After a laboratory confirmed the H5N1 virus in samples from the birds the next day, authorities sealed the farm and destroyed about 2,000 birds, he said.
Pakistan's health ministry examined workers on the farm, but none appear to be infected with the virus, Kahn told AFP.
Last December, H5N1 outbreaks in North-West Frontier province contributed to suspected human-to-human transmission of the virus.
A few days before the new outbreak, Pakistan had filed a final report with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on outbreaks that occurred sporadically throughout 2007 and into early 2008. The country's last outbreak, which occurred in early March, also hit a commercial chicken farm in North-West Frontier province, near Abbottabad, according to a previous report from the OIE.
The report said wild birds were the probable source of the H5N1 virus in the previous 2007 and 2008 outbreaks.
Hong Kong farmers angry
Elsewhere, chicken farmers in Hong Kong threatened to release their chickens to protest what they see as an unfair compensation offer from government officials who, after recent H5N1 outbreaks in the city's live poultry markets, are exploring the possibility of phasing out live chicken trading, according to a Jun 20 AFP report.
The government has offered farmers and traders compensation totaling $163.9 million to give up their sales licenses, according to AFP. Chicken stall owners would receive between $600,000 and $1.5 million, depending on the size of the stall and product turnover, the report said.
York Chow, Hong Kong's health minister, said in a statement that the offer was "very reasonable," but a representative from the farmer's group that is threatening to release chickens said the government's offer was too low, according to AFP.
In early June, Hong Kong's government announced that animal health officials had found the H5N1 virus in five chicken-dropping samples from three poultry market stalls. The officials did not say if the testing was prompted by reports of sick or dead birds.
After the virus was found in chicken droppings at four more poultry markets, authorities on Jun 11 announced that all market poultry would be culled and that they were considering extending a 3-week ban on all live poultry from local farms and mainland China.
Less than a week later, authorities in Guangdong province, on Hong Kong's northern border, announced that the virus had struck a duck farm in Yashan Village.
FAO: Vietnam should keep vaccinating
In other avian influenza developments, experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently said Vietnam will probably need to continue vaccinating poultry for at least the next 3 to 5 years, according to a Jun 19 statement from the FAO. The experts made the statement in a report on a recent avian flu conference that was held in Vietnam, sponsored by the country's agriculture ministry, the FAO, and two US government agencies.
Jeff Gilbert, the FAO's avian influenza team leader in Vietnam, said in the statement that given farmers' lack of knowledge about biosecurity, Vietnam is at risk for significant outbreaks, like those that occurred in 2004 and 2005, unless vaccination continues.
After those widespread outbreaks, which led to the destruction of 66 million birds, Vietnam in 2005 became the first country to institute mandatory poultry vaccination against the H5N1 virus. However, over the past year, the country has suffered recurring smaller outbreaks, often among unvaccinated birds.
Bui Ba Bong, Vietnam's deputy agriculture minister, said further study of H5N1 virus transmission should be combined with restructuring of the country's poultry sector to boost biosecurity and strengthen educational messages about the disease.
Andrew Speedy, an FAO representative in Vietnam, praised Vietnam's government for acknowledging avian influenza risks, maintaining transparency, and taking a scientific approach to battling the virus. He said the country should "reconsider" vaccination, calling it effective but costly.
Gilbert said that changing Vietnam's traditional farming systems to incorporate better biosecurity and surveillance measures will require a careful approach. "So there is a push and pull. They (the farmers) will be pushed by legislation, but they will be pulled by giving them access to markets," he said.
Anni McLeod, a senior official with the FAO's livestock division, told meeting participants that a recent study indicated that mass media messages about avian influenza are losing their effectiveness in Vietnam.
She suggested a more personal, interactive approach to communities. "For many people in Vietnam, avian influenza is a part of life, it's not unusual, so we have to think about more direct ways to communicate with people, ways that are more related to their lives," McLeod said in the statement.
See also:
Mar 10 OIE report (http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_fup_0000006884_20080310_175524.pdf)
Jun 11 CIDRAP News story "Hong Kong finds more H5N1, culls all market poultry (http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/jun1108avian-br2.html)"
Jun 19 FAO statement
http://www.fao.org/avianflu/news/vietnam_230608.html (http://www.fao.org/avianflu/news/vietnam_230608.html)
Oct 25, 2006, CIDRAP News story "Special report: Vietnam's success against avian flu may offer blueprint for others (http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/oct2506vietsuccess.html)"
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/jun2308avian-br.html
Epidemiology
Epidemiological comments
The first outbreak of highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza (HPNAI) was reported in February 2007 while the last one was observed on 3 March 2008. The event involved a total of 225,238 commercial poultry of various categories. Stamping out policy was adopted. All poultry on the index
farms were culled and disinfection operations were completed as per OIE guidelines. All culling and disinfection operations in the last reported outbreak were completed on 4 March 2008. All sero-surveillance results obtained within a 10-km-radius zone around the outbreak were negative.
Monitoring and sero-surveillance will continue.
Therefore, since no further outbreaks of HPNAI have been observed in the country since 3 March 2008; Pakistan declares itself free of HPNAI with effect from 4 June 2008.
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection • Contact with wild species
http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_fup_0000007125_20080617_121359.pdf
The above epidemiology was conspicuously absent from the ProMED commentary (which included long excerpts from the final report).
The time to halt the ProMED propaganda campaign has long since passed.
Thanks to Commonground - copied from H5N1Experts.org
Pakistan outbreak of avian flu
2008-06-23
巴基斯坦《新聞報》報道，西北地區一家養雞場被確認發生H5N1型高致病性禽流感疫情。 Pakistan, "Business News" reported that the NT was confirmed in a poultry farm of highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu.
據報道，發生疫情的這家養雞場位於西北邊境省的斯瓦比地區。 According to reports, this outbreak occurred in poultry farms in North West Frontier Province of Swabi district. 養雞場管理人員說，近幾天來，這家養雞場有4000多隻雞相繼死亡。 Farm management staff said that in recent days, this farm has more than 4,000 chickens have died. 當地農業部門和世界衛生組織隨後進行的檢驗證實，死雞感染了H5N1型高致病性禽流感病毒。 The local agricultural sector and the World Health Organization subsequent tests confirmed that the dead chickens infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.
為了控制疫情，這家養雞場剩餘的2000多隻雞已被全部撲殺。 In order to control the epidemic, this farm the remaining over 2,000 chickens have been culled all. 世衛組織還對巴基斯坦另外6家養雞場進行了取樣檢驗。 WHO also to Pakistan six other poultry farms were tested samples. 不過，有關方面目前尚未確定疫情的蔓延程度。 However, it has not yet determined the extent of the epidemic.
巴基斯坦於2006年首次發現禽流感疫情，其後又發現了多起家禽和鳥類感染禽流感病毒的病例。 Pakistan in 2006, the first time that bird flu, and then found that the number of poultry and birds infected with avian influenza virus. 去年12月，世衛組織確認，巴基斯坦出現了禽流感人際傳播的病例。 Last December, the WHO confirmed that Pakistan has moving-to-human transmission of avian cases.
http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=e.../782045/1.html (http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh%7Cen&u=http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/250/3/1/782045/1.html)
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