Mexico - More than 22.3 Chickens Culled/Died Due to High Pathogenic H7N3

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Published Date: 2012-06-24 17:24:25
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (39): Mexico (JA), poultry, H7, quarantine
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AVIAN INFLUENZA (39): MEXICO (JALISCO), POULTRY, H7, QUARANTINE
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Date: Thu 21 Jun 2012
Source: El Universal [in Spanish, trans. Mod.JG, edited]

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The National Service of Agro Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA, according to its Spanish initials) reported that signs indicating the presence of an H7-serotype virus causing avian influenza were found in 3 farms in Tepatitlan and Acatic in Jalisco State, so strict sanitary control measures and a preventative quarantine have been declared in the affected areas.

The decentralized entity from the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA, according to its Spanish initials), revealed that immediate actions were taken in order to protect the region's agriculture from the H7 virus, which is normally found in wild birds and has a worldwide distribution.

"The virus does not affect humans or pigs or other domestic animals, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)", declared the aforementioned entity in a press release, assuring that eggs, meat, and other poultry products are safe and emphasizing that poultry products from the surveyed area, as well as from other parts of the country, are free of the H7 virus.

They also pointed out that OIE does not establish any restriction for consuming poultry products from farms declared free of H7 virus, even in regions where the disease may be present.

SAGARPA emphasized that surveillance and verification are being carried out in poultry farms, with the participation of representatives from the poultry industry, in order to certify that their products are free from any pathogen. They insisted that appropriate laboratory tests are carried out in every farm for verifying that both eggs and poultry meat are free of any pathogen. "Mexico has been free from the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus since June 1995," they said and added, "We currently have a permanent surveillance program for this infection, and sampling is carried out in every federate entity, including technified production units, backyard chickens, fighting cocks, and slaughterhouses. During 2011, 315 604 samples were processed."

[Byline: Julian Sanchez]

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Influenza viruses that infect birds are called avian influenza viruses. Only influenza A viruses infect birds, and all known subtypes of influenza A viruses can infect birds. However, there are substantial genetic differences between the subtypes that typically infect both people and birds. Within subtypes of avian influenza A viruses there also are different strains.

Avian influenza A H5 and H7 viruses can be distinguished as "low pathogenic" and "high pathogenic" forms on the basis of genetic features of the virus and the severity of the illness they cause in poultry; influenza H9 virus has been identified only in a "low pathogenicity" form. Each of these 3 avian influenza A viruses (H5, H7, and H9) theoretically can be partnered with any one of 9 neuraminidase surface proteins; thus, there are potentially 9 different forms of each subtype (such as, H5N1, H5N2, H5N3, H5N9).

This is unlikely to be the highly pathogenic strain; nevertheless, most countries do not advocate eating the animals. However, in many countries, this amounts to taking food out of the mouths of people who may not be able to afford the loss of the animal, or the meal.

H7 infection in humans is rare, but can occur among persons who have direct contact with infected birds; symptoms may include conjunctivitis and/or upper respiratory symptoms. Nevertheless, vigilance of this disease is important. Low pathogenic diseases in birds can mutate to the highly pathogenic form.

Portions of this comment were extracted from
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-inf...-influenza.htm. - Mod.TG]

[Giuseppe]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N3, Mexico (OIE, June 26 2012): 1st Occurrence of the Disease

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Mexico


Information received on 26/06/2012 from Dr Hugo Fragoso S?nchez, Director general de salud animal, Servicio nacional de sanidad, inocuidad y calidad agroalimentaria (SENASICA), Secretar?a de Agricultura, ganader?a,desarrollo rural, pesca y alimentaci?n (SAGARPA), Mexico, Mexico

• Summary
  • Report type Follow-up report No. 1
  • Start date 13/06/2012
  • Date of first confirmation of the event 21/06/2012
  • Report date 25/06/2012
  • Date submitted to OIE 26/06/2012
  • Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
  • Date of previous occurrence 06/1995
  • Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
  • Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
  • Serotype H7N3
  • Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
  • This event pertains to a defined zone within the country
  • Related reports
    • Immediate notification (21/06/2012)
    • Follow-up report No. 1 (25/06/2012)
• Outbreaks
  • There are no new outbreaks in this report
• Epidemiology
  • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    • Unknown or inconclusive
• Epidemiological comments
  • The epidemiological investigation is on-going to identify the source of the infection and the risk factors.
  • The isolates were tested by intravenous pathogenicity test and correspond to a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H7N3.
  • A full gene sequencing of the virus is on-going.
  • Following this diagnosis, about 60 poultry farms within the area around the outbreaks have been sampled in order to determine their health status.
  • The samples are being tested by the official national reference laboratory.
  • Preventive quarantine measures will be established throughout the poultry region at risk, which is estimated at around 500 production units.
  • Currently, the following control measures are being applied:
    • official movement control measures on poultry and poultry products inside and outside the area around the outbreaks;
    • official sampling in industrial poultry farms, backyard poultry farms and poultry markets;
    • assessment of biosecurity and good livestock practices;
    • depopulation of affected farms in order to introduce later sentinel animals.
  • Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department:
    • this event, previously notified to the OIE as low pathogenic avian influenza, is due to serotype H7N3 of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.
• Control measures
  • Measures applied
    • Stamping out
    • Quarantine
    • Movement control inside the country
    • Screening
    • Zoning
    • Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
    • Vaccination prohibited
    • No treatment of affected animals
  • Measures to be applied
    • No other measures
• Diagnostic test results
  • Laboratory name and type Biosecurity Laboratory Level 3 (National laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
      • Birds - intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) test - 25/06/2012 ? Positive
  • Laboratory name and type National Animal Health Diagnostic Services Center/CPA (National laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species ? Test - Test date ? Result
      • Birds - neuraminidase inhibition assay - 25/06/2012 ? Positive
• Future Reporting
  • The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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[Annie Prange]

Re: Highly pathogenic avian influenza Mexico

Here's another article - looks like it is related....

Avian Influenza outbreak in Mexico
Wednesday 27 June 2012 17:25
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been reported on three farms in Mexican state of Jalisco, the World Organisation for Animal Health has confirmed....


http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/27/06/2012/133628/Avian-Influenza-outbreak-in-Mexico.htm

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Confirmed outbreak of bird flu in Jalisco
June 28, 2012
MEXICO CITY-After confirmation of the presence of avian influenza type H7N3 in three poultry farms and municipalities Tepatitl?n Acatic in Jalisco, the leading egg producer nationwide, the authorities launched the National Emergency Animal Health 110 farms in the state.

According to statements by the Secretary of Health of Jalisco, Antonio Mu?oz 2.5 million birds have been culled since to contain the spread. Meanwhile, federal authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) met yesterday with producers in the region today and is expected to disclose more information...http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/confirm...o-1319353.html

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Already denials of human cases

June 2012 12:00

200 000 birds die from influenza



* Inspect farms to establish the damage caused by the disease

More than 200 000 birds in Texas have died from avian influenza AH7N3, reported the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA).

SENASICA representatives established a perimeter quarantine aviaries 110 centers, where carrying a 80 percent advance of the inspection.
According to the SENASICA only 4 poultry farms have confirmed the presence of the AH7N3 virus, however, on a tour in Tepatitlan, producers warned an involvement in 30 of the 48 farms established in the township.
Jalisco is estimated that there are more than 80 million birds, and in the towns of Ajijic and Tepatitl&#225;n calculate a universe of 12 million poultry.
Enrique S&#225;nchez Cruz, chief of the agency, said that the results of the farms that have been inspected will be available towards the following weekend.
Due to the nature of the virus, all birds carry the AH7N3 must be killed because there is no treatment to reverse this avian disease.
Risk discarded Jalisco Health Secretariat health risks dismissed human cases of avian influenza in Tepatitl&#225;n and Acatic.http://www.latarde.com.mx/index.php/...-por-influenza

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Re: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N3, Mexico (OIE, June 26 2012): 1st Occurrence of the Disease

200 000 chickens die of bird flu

National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality has reported the deaths of more than 200 000 birds in Texas because of the H7N3 avian influenza.

June 28, 2012 by Edgar Carolina National Section

Around 200 000 birds have died from H7N3 avian influenza, according to reports from the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA).

According to the agency, only four poultry farms have confirmed the presence of the AH7N3 virus, but some media have warned that Tepatitl?n, producers have an involvement in 30 of the 48 farms in the region

Against this background, representatives of SENASICA established quarantine centers in at least 110 aviaries, where carrying a 80 percent advance of the inspection.

Jalisco is estimated that there are more than 80 million birds and according to the results obtained from the farms and inspected, they will be taken next weekend, will depopulate poultry those centers that have tested positive, said Enrique S?nchez Cruz, chief director of the body.

Because there is no treatment to reverse the disease and that it would be affordable, all birds carry the AH7N3 virus will be killed, he said.

The agency has not quantified the economic impact that producers face, since the work is completed to health.

Tomorrow will come to the state, the first batch of one million doses of vaccine from Pakistan, with which they seek to curb the spread of the disease in poultry farms close to those already affected.

In this regard, local producers and even some members of the SENASICA who are conducting the sampling, maintain total secrecy for fear that society misunderstand the situation and people stop using their products, driving down sales, such as happened with the pork after the H1N1 public health emergency. http://www.sexenio.com.mx/articulo.php?id=16573

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Re: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N3, Mexico (OIE, June 26 2012): 1st Occurrence of the Disease

Mexican chicken do not come to Japan



Mexico City, June 28, 2012.

- Japan banned imports of poultry and other birds of Mexico, because it confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza, Kyodo News reported roasted it quoted Japanese Ministry of Agriculture.

After that, announced that it expects the impact of the ban is minimal, given that Mexico represents less than 0.1% of Japanese imports of chicken that is not thermally processed. Note that in 2011, Japan imported 377 tons of poultry meat from Mexico, according to the ministry.

Remember that on Tuesday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Food, Rural Development and Fisheries (SAGARPA) confirmed the presence of avian influenza A subtype H7N3 in poultry farms and municipalities Tepatitl?n Acatic, which were placed in quarantine.

Nevertheless, the agency said the disease does not affect humans but only the birds, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. http://elsemanario.com.mx/categorias/Mundo/nota/24/11697/pollos-mexicanos-no-entran-a-japon

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Round secrecy in Tepatitl?n

In the animal health inspection modules located in a highway revenue Tepatitl?n ruled that their reviews had to do with bird flu.


Lose 200 000 birds per influenza
Guadalajara, Mexico (June 28, 2012). - Not only avian influenza A H7N3 haunts Tepatitl?n farms. So does the seal.

And yesterday, while in Guadalajara authorities reported the deaths of more than 200 000 birds in Texas because of avian influenza A H7N3, near main Municipality of egg producer in the country seemed that nothing was wrong.

Some farmers interviewed recognized that this secrecy is mainly due to fear of misinformation.

Producers fear that the public misunderstood the situation that exists in the area and that, consequently, stop eating eggs and falling sales, as happened with the health emergency by the Influenza A H1N1 and sales of pork in 2009.

Arriving at a poultry farm in the town of Los Puddles, where sampling was conducted by the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA), the person at the scene collecting samples sent to a lab even in the area denied there was any outbreak of avian influenza and said his sample was "ordinary."

Knock on doors of poultry farms is in vain, for them the only way to provide information is the Association of Poultry Tepatitl?n or SAGARPA, who in turn passed the ball.

Past the toll booth to enter the visitor receives Tepatitl?n animal health inspection module.

"I just said to watch here and I do not know what it is or anything," said one person who was in the module.

In another checkpoint located off the city, heading to San Juan de los Lagos, awaiting another health inspection module, only completely empty.

According to one producer, the roadblocks are put in different places to "mislead" the truck drivers who transport animals.

And is that infected hens have to be sacrificed on their own farms and then buried to avoid infection. Hundreds of them are buried daily in the morning on most farms.

According to Fidencio Garc?a Campos, general director of the Poultry Processing Poultry trail Tepa (Pate), some of its vendors detected this virus, so we immediately had to cancel the entry of their goods to it.

He estimated that in the medium term, production of the Federal Inspection Type could drop 10 percent.

Meanwhile, provided you do not see a tape recorder or a camera, poultry producers warn that a serious problem for the supply of eggs and that certainly is going to hit.
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Re: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N3, Mexico (OIE, June 26 2012): 1st Occurrence of the Disease

quarantine isolation to about 150 farms and Acatic Tepatitl?nhttp://jalisco.milenio.com/cdb/doc/n...aa1bc5f704b93a

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Re: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N3, Mexico (OIE, June 26 2012): 1st Occurrence of the Disease

Mexico animal health emergency


The National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) confirmed, following a series of molecular diagnostic tests, the presence of avian influenza type A, subtype H7N3, in poultry farms and municipalities Tepatitl&#225;n Acatic, which does not affects humans, only birds, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

In this situation, the SENASICA reported that in order to diagnose, prevent, control and eradicate the virus activated the National Emergency Animal Health covering, home, review of farms in the region where the first cases of this type of highly pathogenic influenza, exotic to Mexico.

The H7N3 avian influenza virus poses no risk to the consumption of poultry and containment measures to be applied are intended to protect the production of this area.

The health measures provide for the control of the movement, to prevent the affected birds, poultry, offal and manure are transferred to regions without the presence of the virus.

Para ello, se dispondr&#225; de cordones zoosanitarios.

For this purpose, beads have animal health.

It is also considered immunization prior permission from the SENASICA, to protect and prevent the spread of the disease and quarantine and isolation of affected farms. Even be eradicated poultry products and byproducts in the terms determined by the body.

Other health measures are the practices of sanitation, disinfection, sterilization, using germicides and pesticides in animals, premises and transport to prevent transmission to farms and uninfected birds.

This process is expected to attend technical and reference laboratories of the National Diagnostic Services in Animal Health (CENASA) and the National Service Center for Animal Health Certification (CENAPA) SENASICA.

It also asked the producers increase biosecurity measures and report to health authorities when they detect suspected cases of infection by the virus. This will help control and eradication of the disease and protect the poultry industry.
Symptoms that may have chickens, turkeys and other birds, are: sudden drop in egg production, soft shelled egg, depression and decay, reduction in consumption of food, overcrowding of birds and ruffled feathers; bloody nasal discharge, blue and purple chin crest swollen head, eyelids, comb, wattles and legs, and diarrhea and death.

SENASICA certify, through laboratory tests, that the farms that sell eggs and poultry meat for human consumption are healthy as marking the international animal health standards.
Finally, it was reported that, based on international protocols followed in these cases, the SENASICA notified the OIE of the presence of this disease and the measures taken to eradicate it.
For further information or reports, contact the Mexico-United States for the Prevention of Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Exotic Diseases of Animals: Toll free, 01 800 75 1210 0;
Phone: (55) 52593035, 52591441 and 36180821 to 30 ;
(55) 59051000 Ext. 51234, 51236, 51241 and 51242.

Tambi&#233;n v&#237;a correo electr&#243;nico a: iromero@senasica.gob.mx;
julio.garcia@senasica.gob.mx; juan.acevedo@senasica.gob.mx , inform&#243; SENASICA.

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Authorities agro Thailand or Vietnam will bring the first Western vacunas
June 29, 2012


Guadalajara, Jalisco. - To counteract the effects of avian influenza H7N3 in poultry type of the Los Altos de Jalisco, authorities agribusiness in Thailand or Vietnam will bring the first vaccines to counter the damage, is expected to arrive in biological during the week.

For now, the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) kept under surveillance poultry farms in that area to prevent the virus from spreading, as well as conduct research to identify its origin.

The biological be paid by the Poultry its own procurement and distribution will be through the National Union of Poultry Farmers and state. Currently some farms remain under quarantine, but nowhere was banned the transportation of birds. http://www.oem.com.mx/eloccidental/notas/n2598999.htm

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Quarantined in Mexico at least 150 farms on suspicion of avian influenza


150 egg production farms are under quarantine in Jalisco, in western Mexico, where they were detected the first cases of avian influenza AH7N3 called, which is not contagious to humans, health officials said.



"In order to diagnose, prevent, control and eradicate the virus" is "activated the National Emergency Animal Health, which encompasses home, review of farms in the region where the first cases of influenza AH7N3" , said in a statement the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality.


He explained that through a series of tests confirmed the presence of avian influenza type A, subtype H7N3, in poultry farms and municipalities Tepatitl?n Acatic in Jalisco (West), which does not affect humans but only to birds.


The health measures provide for the control of the movement of affected birds, poultry meat and offal to avoid being moved to regions without the presence of the virus.http://www.ntn24.com/noticias/ponen-...-mexico-054241

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Mexico Emergency bird flu: FAO



Call to take preventive actions in other regions and thus help prevent further spread of the problem
MEXICO CITY. - The FAO called on the authorities in Mexico to act to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, subtype H7N3, detected in three commercial poultry farms in Jalisco.
So far they have killed about 200 000 birds and 600 000 others have had to be sacrificed, said in a statement the regional office of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in Santiago de Chile.
"In this context FAO calls on the authorities in Mexico to make all possible efforts in this emergency to contain the outbreaks confirmed and take preventive actions in other regions and thus help prevent further spread of problem, "the statement said.
According to the international body, Mexico and the device has enabled national animal health emergency and has informed the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that is conducting an epidemiological investigation.
The objective is to determine the magnitude of the problem and the likely source of infection, to establish measures contraepid&#233;micas enabling rapid elimination of the disease. The three poultry farms, the statement said, are in the municipalities of Tepatitl&#225;n and Acatic in the state of Jalisco, known as the largest producer of eggs in Mexico.
According to FAO, in Mexico there had been so far the presence of this subtype of influenza, H7N3.
The last outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza occurred in 1994, affected eleven states and was the subtype H5N2. Since then the disease remains controlled, the agency said.
The birds showed clinical Sinology acute and death, between 32 and 94 weeks of age.
The H7N3 subtype of influenza is very aggressive in poultry, FAO advierti&#243;.
In 1963 affected turkeys in the United Kingdom, in the early 90's came to Australia where he killed hundreds of chickens and in 2002 an outbreak in poultry farms in San Antonio, Chile, affecting more than 500 000 birds at a cost of $ 31 million.
Also featured twice in Canada: in 2004 in British Columbia, where forced to sacrifice 17 million birds, and in 2007 in Saskatchewan, where a staff of affected players.
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A 870 000 and 1.7 million dead birds affected by avian flu in Mexico


Bird flu has killed about 870,000 birds, sick or killed, a dozen farms in Jalisco (western Mexico), Mexican authorities confirmed Friday that found that there are 1.7 million birds affected.


"The number of birds that have died from disease or depopulated as a control and eradication are 870,000, until today," he said in a statement the National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA), which did not specify the number of animals slaughtered.

The body under the Ministry of Agriculture reported that 1.7 million have been detected in birds affected, about 6,120,500 were reviewed in the medical device implemented in recent days in the Los Altos de Jalisco.

Last Thursday, the agency announced the presence of the H7N3 strain of avian influenza viruses in animals from three farms in the municipalities of Tepatitl?n and Acatic that were quarantined as a control measure.

The SENASICA stated that launched the National Emergency Animal Health, which have reviewed 111 large poultry farms, of which 10 were with the virus, 7 more than in the first review.

He confirmed that next week could get the vaccine to Mexico will be imported from Asia to "protect the birds from the disease and prevent mortality."

He said the H7N3 avian influenza virus poses no risk to the consumption of poultry products and that the control and eradication measures implemented are intended to protect the production of that area.

The Organization of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had already reported Friday that about 200,000 birds have died directly in Mexico by the disease while another 600,000 have had to be culled to control the outbreak.

The agency called on the authorities in Mexico to act to prevent the spread of the disease, considered "highly pathogenic".

According to FAO, in Mexico there had been so far the presence of the H7N3 subtype.

The last outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza occurred in 1994, affected 11 states and was the subtype H5N2. Since then the disease remains controlled, said the international organization. http://www.unionradio.net/ActualidadUR/nota/visornota.aspx?id=114808&tpCont=1&idSec=2