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SANTO DOMINGIO.- The Web site ThePoultrySite said today a case of ?low pathogen? avian flu has been reported in the Dominican Republic, and reported to the World Animal Health Organization (OIE).
Repeated attempts to reach the head of the Agriculture Ministry?s livestock department, Dr. Ramon Qui?onez for a response were unsuccessful.
Dr. Elizabeth Gomez, the Public Health Ministry?s director for Epidemiology, said no cases of the disease in humans have been reported here or in this hemisphere.
The Web site ThePoultrySite said the Dominican Republic authorities have also instituted a program of screening, quarantine and disinfection to control the disease. ?A total of 115 birds were affected in the outbreak at a live bird market and 15 birds were affected in a village in Higuey (east). All the birds have been slaughtered.?
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Dominican health officials killed 115 chickens that tested positive for avian flu in an effort to contain the virus, the government said Thursday.
The rare outbreak in town of Higuey was discovered last month when fighting roosters awaiting export to Colombia were tested and found to carry the H5N2 strain of avian flu, government livestock director Angel Faxas said
H5N2 is not a danger to humans, but has produced outbreaks across Asia and prompted the killings of more than 5 million birds in Japan alone since 2005. The more virulent H5N1 strain has infected humans, killing more than 120 people in Asia.
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The birds tested positive for H5N2, a strain of avian flu that poses no risk to humans, and were killed Friday in the eastern town of Higuey, where 115 other infected chickens were exterminated in early January.(AP)
Husbandry waiting technician of OIE in order to attempt grippe avian 2/3/2008 Saint Domingo. - The secretary of Agriculture, Salvador Jim?nez, informed yesterday that it is in expectation of that the International Organization of Epizoot?as (OIE) is assigned by a specialist, who will come to the country to support the efforts that the Government realizes, along with the private sector, to certify that the poultry commercial production is free of the influenza to get ready, condition before to the opening of the Haitian market.
While a technical mission of Haiti met yesterday the official and then he travelled to Hoguey to observe the advances in the measurements of control of the illness in some hobbles of roosters.
The poultry sector and the authorities, from the notification of the virus of fall patogenicidad H5N2 have giving pursuit to the strengthening of the biosafety system, to the point that 22 international technicians of the highest knowledge have spent in the matter and recently five international technicians were, Chilean four and a Mexican, observing everything what is existed hecho on the subject of animal health.
Jim?nez indicated that queel country expires faithfully with the international protocols on the handling of exotic illnesses and that jointly with the poultry sector, the authorities are employed at the strengthening of the system of commercialization of the alive birds. Mission goes to Hig?ey
Yesterday there was a meeting in the head office of the Secretary of Agriculture, between the Dominican and Haitian delegations headed by the holder of this institution in the nearby country, Joanas Gu? and secretary Jim?nez. There was completed the agenda of work of four points agreed in the interview with the president Ren? Pr?val. Then, the delegation of Haiti moved in helicopter to the zone of Hig?ey to observe the sanitary works. http://www2.listindiario.com/app/article.aspx?id=46602
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Agriculture: ?UN has an outdated report?
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Public Health Ministry continues an active, nationwide effort to control the recent outbreak of bird flu, with personnel being trained to take and analyze lab samples to diagnose the disease and other types of flu, said deputy minister Nelson Rodriguez today.
Rodriguez said Dominican Republic is prepared to face any eventuality regarding bird flu cases, which have been detected in poultry farms across the country. Though the possibility of a pandemic is remote, the government is looking at ways to bolster its response capacity, he said.
Rodriguez said the country is also complying with international agreements on sanitary regulation.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) released a report last week saying the Dominican government had failed to take adequate steps to control the outbreak and prevent new cases, according to a story published today by Reuters.
In a move unrelated to the scandal surrounding Dominican baseball star Pedro Martinez's attendance at a cockfight, the report urged the government to ban cockfighting until all outbreaks are cleared. The rationale is to limit the movement of potentially infected fighting birds and prevent other birds from coming into contact with infectious fluids such as blood.
Agriculture Ministry Livestock director Angel Faxas today said a UNFAO report of recommendations for the sanitary control of bird flu is "outdated," because it was published in January 2007.
"That report is old; the FAO?s recommendations were implemented more than 15 days ago," he said. However, that report may be different from the one cited in the Reuters story that criticized the government's inaction.
Faxas said the situation is ?currently under effective control and in the last weeks we haven?t had a report of any type of cases of bird flu."
Written by: Alexandra Pope, with files from Jorge Pineda
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SANTO DOMINGO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has urged the Dominican Republic to ban cockfights to stop the spread of bird flu in the Caribbean country.
But the government is not expected to halt the popular sport in the run-up to presidential elections in May.
An FAO report released this week said Dominican health authorities had failed to control bird flu as new cases of animals infected with innocuous strains of the virus were reported in rural communities.
Officials said 1,096 birds exposed to the H5N2 and H7 strains have been slaughtered in the villages of San Pedro de Macoris, La Vega, Bani and Higuey. Ten farm animals have also been destroyed.
The H5N2 and H7 strains of bird flu do not infect humans.
The FAO report, published in the media, said authorities have not taken steps to curb the movement of birds and have yet to make a map of outbreaks of the virus in the country.
The Dominican Republic government says it has taken adequate steps to slaughter and quarantine animals, and disinfect areas where the virus has been detected.
A rooster trained for cockfights was found infected in La Vega, the FAO said. The report, drawn up last month by three FAO experts sent to the Dominican Republic, recommended banning cockfights for 30 days at a time.
The report could undermine Dominican efforts to persuade neighboring Haiti to lift a ban on the import of Dominican chicken and eggs due to the presence of the virus. Haiti's ban has financially hurt hundreds of poultry farmers in the Dominican Republic. (Editing by Anthony Boadle)
Update: Health Ministry says contrary to reports, bird flu is under control in Dominican Republic
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SANTO DOMINGO. - The Public Health Ministry continues an active, nationwide effort to control the recent outbreak of bird flu, with personnel being trained to take and analyze lab samples to diagnose the disease and other types of flu, said deputy minister Nelson Rodriguez today. Rodriguez said Dominican Republic is prepared to face any eventuality regarding bird flu cases, which have been detected in poultry farms across the country.Though the possibility of a pandemic is remote, the government is looking at ways to bolster its response capacity, he said.
Rodriguez said the country is also complying with international agreements on sanitary regulation.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) released a report last week saying the Dominican government had failed to take adequate steps to control the outbreak and prevent new cases, according to a story published today by Reuters.
In a move unrelated to the scandal surrounding Dominican baseball star Pedro Martinez's attendance at a cockfight, the report urged the government to ban cockfighting until all outbreaks are cleared. The rationale is to limit the movement of potentially infected fighting birds and prevent other birds from coming into contact with infectious fluids such as blood.
Agriculture Ministry Livestock director Angel Faxas today said a UNFAO report of recommendations for the sanitary control of bird flu is "outdated," because it was published in January 2007.
"That report is old; the FAO?s recommendations were implemented more than 15 days ago," he said. However, that report may be different from the one cited in the Reuters story that criticized the government's inaction. Faxas said the situation is ?currently under effective control and in the last weeks we haven?t had a report of any type of cases of bird flu."http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/loc...d-flu-is-under
<!-- Start more galeries --><!-- End more galeries --> Santo Domingo.? The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization urged the Dominican Republic to ban cockfights to stop the spread of bird flu in the country.
But the government is not expected to halt the popular sport in the run-up to presidential elections in May.
An FAO report released this week said Dominican health authorities had failed to control bird flu as new cases of animals infected with innocuous strains of the virus were reported in rural communities.
Officials said 1,096 birds exposed to the H5N2 and H7 strains have been slaughtered in the villages of San Pedro de Macoris, La Vega, Bani and Higuey. Ten farm animals have also been destroyed. The H5N2 and H7 strains of bird flu do not infect humans. The FAO report, published in the media, said authorities have not taken steps to curb the movement of birds and have yet to make a map of outbreaks of the virus in the country.
The Dominican government says it has taken adequate steps to slaughter and quarantine animals, and disinfect areas where the virus has been detected.
A rooster trained for cockfights was found infected in La Vega, the FAO said. The report, drawn up last month by three FAO experts sent to the Dominican Republic, recommended banning cockfights for 30 days at a time.
The report could undermine Dominican efforts to persuade neighboring Haiti to lift a ban on the import of Dominican chicken and eggs due to the presence of the virus. Haiti's ban has financially hurt hundreds of poultry farmers in the Dominican Republic.http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/loc...nican-Republic
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By Manuel Jimenez
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): The Dominican Republic put its army on alert along the northwest border with Haiti on Sunday as residents of the two nations traded allegations of cross-border incursions, kidnapping and cattle rustling, local media reported.
Armed Haitians crossed into the Dominican Republic on Saturday near the community of Dajabon, 175 miles northwest of Santo Domingo, and abducted two workmen who were dredging sand in the Massacre River, authorities said.
The abduction apparently was in retaliation for an incursion by about 50 armed Dominican cattle farmers who had crossed into Haiti on Friday to claim 16 cows and two horses they alleged had been stolen from them.
The Dominican army was reinforced along the border, while civil authorities and soldiers were negotiating with Haitian police, officials told Reuters.
"We trust the Haitian authorities will help us to resolve this problem as soon as possible and that will diminish the tension in the region," said a Dominican official who asked not to be identified.
Pedro Jose Suero Rodriguez, president of the Dajabon Association of Cattle Raisers, blamed Haitians for the frequent theft of cattle near the border.
"If the army authorities do not guarantee the security of our livestock, we will go to protect them," Suero Rodriguez said.
The Massacre River separates the two nations that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Dominican-Haitian relations have been strained in recent weeks after Haiti banned the importation of Dominican chickens and eggs because of the discovery of bird flu in the Dominican Republichttp://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-6108--18-18--.html</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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