Bangladesh - Bird flu strikes Rajbari farm

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Bird flu strikes Rajbari farm



Star Online Report

Thousands of chickens and eggs have been destroyed after the bird flu virus was detected at a poultry farm in Rajbari on Monday.

At least 11,230 poultry birds were culled and 43,000 eggs destroyed from Monday night till 11:00am Tuesday due to the outbreak of avian influenza at the farm at Charlakmipur village in the Sadar upazila, reports our Kushtia correspondent.

When farm owner Dipak Kumar Kundu noticed the death of several poultry, he reported the incident to Lutfor Rahman Khan, the district livestock officer, who prescribed medicine for the poultry’s treatment.

On the persistence of deaths of his poultry, Dipak sent some chickens to a laboratory in Dhaka for testing on Monday.

The laboratory confirmed the detection of bird flu Monday evening.

The same evening, a team of the upazila livestock officers, led by Shourendranath Shaha, was deployed at the affected farm to carry out the preventative procedures.

Shourendranath said the chance of contamination in neighbouring farms is very low since all necessary precautions have been taken to ensure that the virus does not spread.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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Bird flu hits Rajbari farm

11,000 fowls culled

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At least 11,000 chickens and 43,000 eggs have been destroyed due to bird flu contraction at a poultry farm in Charlaxmipur village of Rajbari sadar upazila Monday night.
Owner of the farm Dipak Kumar Kundu told The Daily Star that the culling incurred him a loss of around Tk 10 lakh.
District livestock officer Lutfur Rahman said they annihilated and buried the chickens and eggs after being confirmed of H5N1 virus infection in the farm.
The poultry of the farm started to die from Friday and the situation deteriorated on Saturday when a thousand more chickens died, said livestock officer of the sadar upazila Surendranath Saha.
Lutfur Rahman said the district livestock department sent some sick birds to Animal Disease Investigation Centre in Manikganj for further investigation as soon as they sensed bird flu virus infection.
"We started culling the infected birds around 9:30pm, soon after an order from Dhaka reached us," he said, adding that disinfectant chemicals had been sprayed all over the farm while the owners of adjacent farms were alarmed.
About the compensation to the victim farm owner, Lutfur Rahman said it depends on the government's allocation and may take five to six months.
A total of 167 cases of bird flu attack have been recorded so far this year, according to Bird Flu Control Room of the Department of Livestock (DLS).
At least 5.75 lakh chickens have been culled and 5.66 lakh eggs destroyed throughout the country in 2011 because of bird flu attack.
According to DLS, December to February is the peak season for the bird flu outbreak. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesig...php?nid=210352

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11,230 hens culled for bird flu in Rajbari
Rajbari: Posted: 15/11/2011 - 19:35
Over 11,230 hens were culled and 43,000 eggs were destroyed for bird flu at Rajbari Poultry Farm at Charlaxmipur village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.

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District Livestock Office sources said the hens were culled for bird flu after confirmation of avian influenza virus in sick hens and eggs by livestock disease detection centre in Manikganj.
The confirmation was made on Monday afternoon following test of sample sent to the Manikganj centre from Rajbari Poultry Farm.
Upazila livestock office Dr. Sourendra Nath Saha said 1,500 hens perished at the farm in the last 72 hours after several thousand hens fell sick in the last 4 days ending at 3 am Tuesday.
Suspecting bird flu farm authority sent samples to the local livestock office which sent the same to Manikganj for test Monday morning.
The Manikganj centre sent a message to them confirming bird flu in sick hens and eggs on Monday afternoon.
The hens and eggs were destroyed district administration officials, including the civil surgeon and police from 9 pm Monday to 3 am Tuesday, he informed.http://thegoodmorning.net/index.php?id=6136

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Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/he..._131317569.htm

Bangladesh culls 14,000 birds, destroys 50,000 eggs after flu virus detection
English.news.cn 2011-12-20 17:29:13

By Naim-Ul-Karim

DHAKA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's authorities have culled nearly 14,000 chickens and destroyed about 50,000 eggs since this season's first outbreak of bird flu was detected last month, an official said Tuesday.

The government's bird flu control room official told Xinhua that "some 13,727 chickens were culled since its resurrection last month."

Fresh outbreak of bird flu was detected in Bangladesh in the second week of November with arrival of winter season.

Ataur Rahman, assistant director at the control room of Fisheries and Live Stock Department, said some 12,762 chickens were culled in two commercial farms in central Manikganj and western Rajbarbi districts.

He said some 965 birds, including 400 at the latest on Monday, were culled in two flu-hit farms so far this month. "A total of 44, 756 eggs were also destroyed since the first outbreak in mid November," he added.

The country's Fisheries and Live Stock Department has strengthened its surveillance to contain further spread of the infectious disease -- H5N1, said Rahaman.

He said the department had instructed its officials to motivate farmers to adopt all required preventive measures since the disease was found to reemerge last month.

So far, the disease has spread to four districts of the South Asian country since its resurrection last month. There is also instruction for field-level officials for proper culling, destruction, disposal and decontamination immediately after diagnosis.

With the fall in temperature in January and February, risky factors of bird flu disease will continue to rise in Bangladesh, said another official who asked to be unnamed.

"Although we don't expect that there will be a massive outbreak of avian flu this time but we can't rule out the possibility of major resurrection of the disease in the dangerous winter season, which is the high time for outbreak of the disease," he said.

The official added the fresh detections indicate that the virus is still active and may spread to other parts of the country.

Bangladesh's poultry farmers also suffered from the outbreak of the disease during winter season in 2009 and 2010.

The bird flu was first detected in Bangladesh in a poultry farm near capital Dhaka in March 2007. The situation deteriorated later on as the virus spread fast across the country and was reported in 47 districts between December 2007 and March 2008.

The first bird flu in human body in Bangladesh was detected on May 21, 2008. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States diagnosed a 16-month-old Bangladesh child as being infected with H5N1 who later recovered.


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