Poland - Dec '07 Poultry H5N1 Outbreaks

[HenryN]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

http://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Do-sklepow-na-Pomorzu-trafilo-480-kg-miesa-zarazonego-wirusem-ptasiej-grypy-1677576.html

It has hit for stores on pomerania 480 kg of meat infect virus of bird's flu

It has hit for stores on pomerania 480 kilograms of meat infected virus bird's flu indyczego.

Spokesman of pomeranian sanitary inspector inform anna Obuchowska, that meat has been bought by two wholesale firm < wholesale > in (to) - Żukowie and Sierakowicach, where from it has hit for stores.

It has hit from wholesale firm in (to) for stores in (to) meat gdansk < gdansk > Żukowie and gdynia, but from wholesale firm in (to) for Sierakowicach Człuchowa, Chojnic, Kościerzyny and carthusian. Inspectors establish, infected meat has hit for which (who) outlets and if it remains in farthest pull in (to) them. As anna checks off (note) Obuchowska, there is unlikely, so, meat has hit for wholesale firm on last start of week.

If inspectors will find infected meat in some (certain) stores, it will be recaptured from sale and utilize. From the point of view of risk of falling ill on bird's flu, staff of store is placed under pomeranian oversight of sanitary inspectorate.

Treatment of bird's flu crosses just as in case (accidentally) ordinary " human " flu with utilization of antivirus confection -. Medicine is one of they called Tamiflu. However, specialists pacify, that corrupted (polluted) meat subjected processing thermal indycze - cook, baking, frying it is safe in temperature of 70 degree for people - Celsjusza.

[HenryN]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

http://www.tvn24.pl/0,1530770,wiadomosc.html

WładThey will not make public authorities of pomerania, where infected turkeys have hit

Has no danger -, that anybody < somebody > will be infected bird's flu. So, has not to make public requirement letters of (lists of) stores, where meat sell suspicious < spy > ? assure (provide) governor pomeranian roman Zaborowski. Part of potentially infected turkey has hit for coolers of inhabitants of aggregate of gdynia, sopot, gdansk.

Tones of (tonnes of) meat near semi < tail > indyczego, about contagion (infection) virus of bird's flu suspicious < suspect > < spy >, it has hit for several stores in (to) gdansk < gdansk > and in gdynia. Tonne of meat has been confiscated over and it will be incinerated, but part has hit for houses of inhabitants of aggregate of gdynia, sopot, gdansk. However, list will not be made public they (their)

It has hit for stores 460 kg -, but I fail to say what sell in this moment. In whole mass, it recapture which (who) be from wholesale firm small percent. Stores, certainly < obvious > which (who) considerably more sell meat operate and there would be all-out paralysis of commerce in these outposts. I have recognized (have regard), that has no danger, pomeranian governor has explained from there such decision ?.
Chickens imminent only.

It has added rigorous, that does not have fears, in order to < somebody > rozchorował. Virus of bird's flu disappears during cooking, baking if (or) frying of meat, it is imminent in rigorous only. It confirms pomeranian chief andrzej Sanepidu Jagodziński. Minimal danger exists -, that anybody < somebody > could suffer. We do not eat rigorous meat, we subject thermal processing only it (them), or e.g. we cook it has said - Jagodziński.

It has added, that persons, which (who) will be reported contact with rigorous meat of have it, in order to sickness appearance (signs) entered in case of pronouncement for physician suspicious < suspect >. It has not excluded in conversation with (from) ? gazeta wyborcza ?, that list of this store will appear to monday on internet part station tr?jmiejskiej Sanepidu.
Asked, why it does not deal with already bought meat Sanepid and people (people), which (who) may in cooler it (them) < eat >, they will inform about to monday only it, it has beaten off we deal with it - , that is in business trade.

As it has said veterinary medicine ? ? provincial physician GW Włodzimierz Przewodzki, from stores and it recapture over tonne of meat wholesale firm < wholesale >. - As we treat infect with (from) not only turkey dating Płocka, meat cure also, which (who) was placed with this poultry in transport cars case (together; time), refrigerators and it has explained stores ?.

However, lithuania delays import of import from poland of alive poultry and lithuania has delayed meat time indyczego. Chief of lithuanian state service has informed sunday afternoon of for affairs food lithuanian radio it and veterinary medicine Kazimieras Łukauskas. tłumaczyl, That it has made, because it has not informed warsaw officially about discovering two (two) bird's focal point of flu in poland vilnius.

It was inform according to of emerged situation polish < poland > should not only commission european Łukauskasa, and also and neighbors. It has checked off (has noted), that lithuania will be employed for decision, brussels will take that to monday possibly. It has added also, that it expects from poland to sunday of official letter else.
Ewa lech denied earliest report about suspension by lithuania of import of poultry main physician of veterinary medicine.

I called for chief of state service for affairs food and veterinary medicine Kazimierasa Lukauskasa and he (it) has said, that it falsehood and it introduce no prohibition. Waiting for decision of european commission Lukauskas and it will be employed for principles accepted (catched on) in community it has said in (to) lech -.

Committee of veterinary expert convenes to monday in brussels from countries UE, which (who) will approve (will validate) center (means) by polish authorities after discovering on two under plotsk of focal point undertake farms acrimonious virus of bird's flu extremely H5N1 and it will determine farthest steps possibly, if it will recognize (will regard) it (them) for indispensable.

ascertain bird's flu on mazovia to saturday on two in (to) farms indyczych Uniejewie and it discover focal points in gmina under plotsk acrimonious virus of bird's flu big ( mazovian ) extremely Myśliborzycach Brudzeń H5N1. All turkeys become (stay) already zagazowane. It ascertain new focal points of diseases of poultry.

Przemysław Biliński, Deputy of (substitute of) main sanitary inspector, it has informed in (to) TVN24, that infected meat has hit for stores in (to) three provinces pomeranian, warmińsko-mazurskim and kujawsko-pomorskim. Maximally infected meat 500 kilograms - almost < law (as of right) > it has managed to trace inspectors - in the area woj. Pomeranian. As yet, specialists have established nine with (from) wholesale firm < wholesale > Sanepidu, poultry has hit for which (who). Meat sell on pomerania from 24 november.

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Bird Flu Found in Turkeys in Poland

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...and_Farms.html

Commentary

H5N1 Confirmed on Farms in Poland

Recombinomics Commentary
December 1, 2007

Three poultry farms northwest of Warsaw were cordoned off after the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was found in turkeys, officials said on Saturday.

There are plans to cull 4,000 birds. The cases were found at farms around the village of Brudzen near the city of Plock, Poland's chief veterinary officer Ewa Lech said on television.
Lech said the virus was most likely brought to Poland by migrating ducks, geese or swans and an area within a 3-km radius of the outbreak had been cordoned off.

The above comments describe the first reported cases of H5N1 in domestic poultry in Poland. In the spring of 2006, H5N1 was reported in wild birds in Poland (swans and a hawk ? see satellite map), at multiple locations to the west of the current outbreaks.

These outbreaks in domestic poultry in Poland follow recent reports of H5N1 on farms in Suffolk, England. The H5N1 in England was closely related to outbreaks in Germany, Czech Republic, France, Krasnodar, and Kuwait. All of these outbreaks were related to the Uva Lake sub-clade, detected in wild birds in Mongolia and Siberia in the summer of 2006. It is likely that the Uva Lake strain was circulating undetected in Europe in the winter and spring of this year. First reports of this strain were in the summer in the Czech Republic, Germany and France. Germany and the Czech Republic reported outbreaks in domestic poultry, but all of these western European countries reported H5N1 in wild birds. Over 300 wild bird positives were reported in Germany.

The confirmations in Poland follow domestic poultry outbreaks in the Danube delta region of Romania, as well as multiple locations in and around Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The multiple outbreaks described above raise serious surveillance questions in countries neighboring these recent confirmed outbreaks.

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Bird Flu Found in Turkeys in Poland

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...land_Food.html

Commentary

H5N1 Confirmed in Processed Meat in Poland

Recombinomics Commentary
December 2, 2007

In the Pomorze region 480 kg of turkey meat has been found to contain the bird flu virus.

Anna Obuchowska, spokeswoman for the Sanitary Inspectorate in the Pomorze region, has stated that the meat came from two warehouses, in Żukow and Sierakowice.

The Żukow plant supplied meat to shops in Gdańsk and Gdynia, with the Sierakowice source providing shops in Człuch?w, Chojnice, Kościerzyna and Kartuzy.

The detection of H5N1 in processed turkey meat is cause for concern. The above locations are throughout central and northern Poland. Local media indicates meat has already been distributed to consumers, including those at restaurants and in many instances has already been consumed. Although cooking does kill the virus, contamination of cutting surfaces and cooking utensils would be a concern, as would hand to mouth transmission.

H5N1 within a residence or restaurant greatly increases the likelihood of transmission. The vast majority of human-to-human transmissions reported to date involve family members because once H5N1 has moved into the home, the likelihood of direct contract increases greatly.

More detail on the above distributions and detection of H5N1 in Poland would be useful.


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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

snips from OIE Report

Information received on 03/12/2007 from Dr Ewa Lech, Chief Veterinary Officer, -, General Veterinary Inspectorate, Warszawa, Poland

Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

Serotype H5N1

Outbreak 1 Mysliborzyce, Plock, MAZOWIECKIE

Outbreak 2 Uniejow, Plock, MAZOWIECKIE


Total animals affected

Species Birds

Susceptible 4605

Cases 4245

Deaths 360

Destroyed 4245

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=6540

[HenryN]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

Locations using OIE coordinates

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.000434e9d3e9066b4203c&ll=52.609094,19.472065&spn=0.677145,1.963806&t=h&z=9&om=0

[HenryN]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

<TABLE class=story-top cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2>EU Bird Flu Measures For Poland, Romania, UK

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 7:04 am
Press Release: European Union </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--first blockquote gone!-->

Avian Influenza: Member States endorse measures for Poland, Romania and UK


Following recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Poland and Romania, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today voted in favour of a Decision setting out the eradication and control measures for both Member States.
The measures in place in the UK, in response to the outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza on turkey holdings in Norfolk in November, were also re-confirmed.
Poland
The Commission was informed by the Polish authorities over the weekend of two confirmed outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Płock district, in the county of Brudzeń Duży. The outbreaks were detected following increased mortality rate on two separate turkey holdings.
Samples were sent to the Community Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, which confirmed today that it is the H5N1 strain of the virus. Upon suspicion of the disease, the Polish authorities implemented the measures set out in the Avian Influenza Directive and in Commission Decision 2006/415/EC on H5 avian influenza in domestic poultry.
All remaining birds on the affected holdings have been culled and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been established around the outbreaks. In these zones, strict movement controls are in place, poultry must be kept indoors and on-farm biosecurity measures have been strengthened. The Standing Committee today endorsed a Decision reinforcing these measures and delineating the risk zones and a buffer zone around them.
Romania
The Standing Committee also voted in favour of a Decision confirming the protection and control measures in place in Romania, following an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in a backyard flock in Tulcea Province last week. This replaces the emergency Decision adopted by the Commission last week, confirming the prevention and control measures taken by the Romanian authorities and listing the areas covered by the 3km protection zone, 10km surveillance zone and buffer zone around them. Romanian authorities gave an update of the disease situation at the Standing Committee, and confirmed that surveillance has been stepped up around the Danube Delta for further signs of the virus.
UK
The UK delegation updated Member States on the avian influenza situation in its territory, in light of the recent outbreaks on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk. No further cases of the disease have been detected since 19 November. Epidemiological investigations into the source of the virus are ongoing, and the prevention and control measures set out in the Avian Influenza Directive and in Commission Decision 2006/415/EC are still being applied. These measures were re-confirmed in the Decision voted by the Standing Committee today. Under EU legislation, prevention and control measures must continue to be implemented for 21 days following the last outbreak of the avian influenza virus and the full disinfection of the affected holding. ENDS

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/print.html?path=WO0712/S00177.htm

[HenryN]

Bird flu spreading in Poland (Hens)

Bird flu spreading in Poland
04.12.2007 16:10
Two dead hens found on a farm near Plock, central Poland, had been infected with the deadly H5N1 virus.

Ukraine has banned import of Polish poultry following the detection of the H5N1 virus in two turkey farms near Plock at the weekend.

Over 10,000 turkeys have already been killed on the infected farms in Mysliborzyce and Uniejew, near Plock.

However, it has already been established that the virus is spreading. Medical tests have proven that the two dead hens found on a farm in Mysliborzyce died of bird flu.

But the local authorities in Plock are keeping their calm. ?There is no need at present to enlarge the danger zone. We are still dealing with two hotspots within the danger zone set out earlier?, says Michal Boszko, member of local authorities.

However, the countries buying poultry from Poland are more anxious. Authorities in Ukraine have already banned the import of Polish poultry and none of the EU countries is willing to buy it either.

Following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in turkey farms in Plock, Hong Kong has announced that it has banned all imports of poultry.

?The decision was taken after confirmation of a case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1,? said a spokesperson from Hong Kong?s Centre for Food Safety.

Hong Kong has imported over 6,000 tonnes of frozen poultry already this year from Poland.

http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/human-interest/?id=70967

[HenryN]

Re: Bird flu spreading in Poland (Hens)

Choroba zaatakowała kury

wtorek 4. grudzień 2007 13:31
Są nowe przypadki ptasiej grypy

? Są nowe przypadki ptasiej grypy Zamknij X



zobacz galerię Ptasia grypa zaatakowała kury fot. polskaAgencjaPrasowa



Kolejne przypadki ptasiej grypy w Polsce. Dwie kury, znalezione martwe w jednym z gospodarstw pod Płockiem, zdechły na tę chorobę. Rolnicy wybijają hodowle na fermach, ale wirus przenosi się dalej. Ukraińcy już zakazali importu polskiego drobiu.

http://www.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/article91313/Wirus_ptasiej_grypy_rozprzestrzenia_sie.html

Next cases of (accidentally of) bird's flu in poland. Two hens, in one of farm under plotsk find (be placed) dead, on this disease zdechły. Cultivators (farm workers) strike on farms cultivating, but virus is transmitted (is rescheduled) further. Ukrainians have banned import of polish poultry already. It read dalej...REKLAMA

[HenryN]

Re: Bird flu spreading in Poland (Hens)

Life has lost from farms in (to) 10 thousand turkey already almost < law (as of right) > Uniejewie and Myśliborzycach, where it discover to saturday virus H5N1, and from farm in (to) Siecieniu. There persons worked, which (who) had contact with (from) poultry earlier ill < patient >. It's known < known > however, already, that virus has issued affectation infect farm indycze. Research have confirmed, that two dead hens had bird's flu from farm in (to) too Myśliborzycach. However, they do not lose authorities of administrative districts chill blood płockiego. Does not have necessity of widen of zone " presently zapowietrzonej and threats. We say about two on area still focal points of viruses, which (who) appoint earlier " foreman assures (provide) - płocki Michał Boszko. Can not be praised countries for it such tranquility (peace), which (who) bought from we meat. Authorities of ukraine have banned import of polish poultry. It wants to buy no of states of european union from we also already meat indyczego.

[HenryN]

Re: Bird flu spreading in Poland (Hens)

Provincial station sanitary transfers list in (to) -epidemiological gdansk < gdansk > wholesale firm < wholesale > and stores, which (who) distributed corrupt (pollute) ( ) meat H5N1 indycze

http://www.wsse.gda.pl/index.php?id=544&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=219&tx_ttnews[backPid]=398&cHash=c0b9d254bf


Wojew?dzka Stacja Sanitarno-Epidemiologiczna w Gdańsku przekazuje listę: hurtowni i sklep?w, kt?re dystrybuowały skażone (H5N1) mięso indycze:
z hurtowni ?Drobgen Bis Przetw?rstwo Drobiowe, 83-340 Sierakowice, Tuchlino 127:
1. Człuch?w ul. Kr?lewska 8 ?Trelka? S.C. Trela
2. Sklep Firmowy ?Drobgen Bis?, Brusy, ul. 2 Lutego 10
3. Sklep Drobiarski ?Drobgen Bis? Sierakowice, ul. Słupska 6
4. Sklep Firmowy ?Drobgen Bis? Kościerzyna, ul. Gdańska 13,
5. Sklep Firmowy ?Drobgen Bis? Kartuzy, ul Dworcowa 13,
6. Sklep Firmowy ?Drobgen Bis? Kościerzyna, ul Świętojańska 9,
7. Sklep Firmowy ?Drobgen Bis? Chojnice ul. Obrońc?w Chojnic - sklep ?Kaufland? - stoisko firmowe PPH "Polesie"
8. Robert Piekarski, Stara Kiszewa, ul. Kościerska 12/1

z hurtowni PHU Dziobak Bogusław Byczkowski, 83-330 Żukowo,
ul. Gdańska 63:
1. Gdynia ul. Władysław IV 48,
2. Gdynia- Witomino, ul. Słoneczna 2a, box 10 (Targowisko)

3. Gdańsk, ul Jana Pawła II 5b, box 53 (Hala Targowa)

[HenryN]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12040702/H5N1_Poland_Spread.html

[Treyfish]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

EU-placed ban on Poland fowl over bird flu


Published: Dec. 4, 2007 at 2:21 PM




WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The European Union, Ukraine and Hong Kong have imposed a ban on poultry imports from Poland in light of a bird flu outbreak.

The EU introduced the 30-day ban on Polish poultry exports from five counties in central Poland where the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was registered on farms near Plock, 60 miles northwest of Warsaw, Polish Radio said Tuesday.

More than 10,000 turkeys were culled during the weekend in two villages in the Plock region.

Medical tests Monday proved the virus had spread from turkey farms to a farm nearby where two hens died of bird flu, the report said.

However, Plock authorities remained confident there was no need to widen the danger zone beyond the region since they had undertaken all measures necessary to control the outbreak. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_New...bird_flu/2716/

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Bird flu spreading in Poland (Hens)

snips from OIE-report

Report date 04/12/2007

New outbreaks

Outbreak 1 Mysliborzyce, Plock, MAZOWIECKIE

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=6548

More on the outbreak in Poland in this thread:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42897

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Bird Flu Found in 3 Turkey Farms, Contaminated Meat Found in Stores, Workers Watc

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...nd_Spread.html

Commentary

H5N1 Spread in Poland

Recombinomics Commentary
December 4, 2007

Over 10,000 turkeys have already been killed on the infected farms in Mysliborzyce and Uniejew, near Plock.

However, it has already been established that the virus is spreading. Medical tests have proven that the two dead hens found on a farm in Mysliborzyce died of bird flu.

The above comments describe the spread of H5N1 in Poland. Although initial media reports described three farms, the OIE report only described two farms and media reports indicated H5N1 was not confirmed at the third farm. However, the above report indicates H5N1 has been found at a third farm, and the fatal infections are in chickens.

A recall had been placed on the turkey meat because it had been distributed to two wholesalers who had sold the infected meat to retail meat markets and restaurants.

The latest infections raise concerns that more H5N1 infected poultry will be identified. The quarantine region lies along the river that links to locations with H5N1 positive wild birds in 2006. Recent reports of H5N1 in Romania, England, and Krasnodar suggest that more domestic outbreaks linked to wild birds will be reported.

Recently the sequence of H5N1 from a whooper swan was released. The HA sequence was an exact match with H5N1 from a poultry outbreak in Krasnodar in September. Those sequences were closely related to recently released sequences from wild birds from three distinct outbreaks in Germany over the summer. Those sequences link back to a massive wild bird outbreak at Uva Lake in Mongolia in the summer of 2006. Related sequences are said to be in outbreaks in Kuwait, the Czech Republic, France, and England, suggesting that H5N1 outbreaks will be common this season. H5N1 has also been reported recently in Saudi Arabia and Egypt as well as multiple locations in Asia.

Therefore more outbreaks in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are expected, and many or most of these sequences will also trace back to the Uva Lake outbreak.


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