China: Jiangsu, new avian influenza h5n1 poultry epizootics

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Jiangsu Province - Map of Dongtai

[Click on Title for map of Dongtai. Using the side scroll it is to the extreme northeast]


Dongtai has a physical land mass of 2,340 square kilometers and its population is close 1.2 million.

Dongtai County is located at the junction of three cities: Nantong, Taizhou and Yancheng municipalitan area. The China East Sea (Yellow Sea), which is a part of Pacific Ocean, is on its east. It has a coastline of 85 km and a total wetland of more than 10,000 hectares.

The city is becoming a hub in production of stevia, a crop that its leaves taste extremely sweet and has been used to replace cane sugar. Stevia, native to Paraguay, has been used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer for many years. In 2008, the production of the crop in Dongtai occupies 80% of the country's total production.
Dongtai?s economy depended traditionally on its agriculture sector and major agricultural products included cotton, crop, cocoon, etc. Dongtai has been honored as an important agricultural region with a national reputation. In addition, the county has abundant natural resources including forestry and crude oil.

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These outbreaks and adjacent provinces was reported in a ProMED RFI last month

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?...ID:10001,75025

The ProMed published this inquiry on December 4th.

[HenryN]

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The ProMed published this inquiry on December 4th.

Just to clarify, the ProMED report of Dec 4 cited this report of Nov 25, which matches the location of the confirmed outbreaks.

Sources say that over the last few weeks, there has been an outbreak
of possible avian influenza near Jiangsu's Haian and Dongtai
[counties]. Local chicken deaths are relatively serious. Egg
production has dropped sharply due to the outbreak. But because [the
outbreak] has not yet been confirmed by authorities, it is still
uncertain whether it is actually avian influenza. Area demand for
poultry feed has dropped under the impact of chicken deaths and
declining egg production.

Original publication dated 11/25/2008:

Hai, Taiwan, East suspected outbreak of bird flu, is expected to reduce significantly the death of chicken

2008-11-25

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据悉，近半个月时间以来，江苏海安和东台附近有疑似禽流感疾病暴发现象，当地鸡只死亡现象比较严重，蛋鸡产 蛋率也是因病大幅下降。

It is reported that nearly half of the time since, Jiangsu Hai East and Taiwan are in the vicinity of suspected bird flu outbreak, local chickens killed more serious phenomenon, the rate of egg laying hens also dropped due to illness.

不过，由于当前没有得到相关部门确认，究其是不是真正的禽流感病情还不明确，受鸡只死亡和蛋鸡产蛋率等下降 影响，近期该地区禽料市场需求下降较为明显。

However, due to the current relevant departments have not been confirmed, It is not a real bird flu disease is not clear, by the death of chickens and laying hens, and so the rate of decline in influence in the region of the recent decline in the demand for poultry feed market is more obvious.
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根据笔者对江苏周边地区调查来看，目前除了以上两地以外，其余周边地区尚未发现此类病情，希望养殖户提前做 好防疫工作。

According to the investigation surrounding areas of Jiangsu, with the exception of the above two places, the rest of the surrounding areas have not yet found such conditions, farmers would like to do a good job ahead of epidemic prevention work.

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China Culls Fowl in East China After Finding Bird Flu (Update1)
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By Lee Spears
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China culled 377,000 poultry in eastern Jiangsu province after finding the H5N1 strain of the avian-flu virus in chickens in the area, the Ministry of Agriculture said on its Web site.
The virus was found in poultry being raised in Dongtai city and Hai?an County, both in Jiangsu, the ministry said. There was no outbreak of the virus in the region, the statement said.
The areas where the poultry were raised have been disinfected, other poultry have been placed under quarantine, and transport of all poultry from the two areas has been halted, the statement said. Experts have been dispatched to the affected areas to survey the situation, it said.
Contact with migratory birds carrying the virus is one possible cause of infection in the poultry, the statement said. The announcement comes after dead chickens in Hong Kong last week tested positive for the H5N1 strain, and India culled more than 250,000 birds in its northeast to contain an outbreak.
At least 387 people in 15 countries have been infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian-flu virus since 2003, according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization. Almost two of every three cases were fatal. China has had 30 bird-flu cases in humans and 20 deaths since December 2003, according to WHO.
To contact the reporter on this story: Lee Spears in Beijing at lspears2@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: December 16, 2008 08:51 EST

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本网讯据农业部相关负责人介绍，12月15日，农业部接到江苏省兽医部门报告，在对家禽实行例行监测时，在 海安县、东台市个别农户饲养的蛋鸡中监测到H5N1禽流感病原学阳性样品。

Ben Wang inquiry, according to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dec. 15, the Ministry of Agriculture in Jiangsu Province received a report of the veterinary department in the implementation of routine monitoring of poultry, in Hai'an, Dongtai individual farmers of the layers reared in the monitoring Pathogenic avian influenza H5N1-positive samples.

目前上述地区未发现禽流感疫情。

At present, these areas have not found bird flu.

经专家初步分析，检测到的禽流感病毒与我国南方地区流行毒株有一定差异。

Preliminary analysis by experts, detected the avian influenza virus with pandemic strain of China's southern region some differences.

家禽带毒可能与迁徙候鸟传播病毒有关。

Poultry virus may be related to migratory birds spread the virus.

据秋季集中免疫大检查结果显示，江苏省兽医部门组织对全省家禽实施禽流感免疫，抗体合格率在89%以上，高 于国家规定70%的标准。

According to concentrate on the fall of the immune inspection results show that Jiangsu's veterinary sector organizations on the implementation of the province's poultry avian influenza immunization, antibodies in the passing rate of 89% or more than 70% of the state.

接到报告后，农业部立即部署江苏省兽医部门落实防控措施。

Upon receiving the report, the immediate deployment of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture veterinary departments implement measures for prevention and control.

一是对监测阳性鸡群及周边地区家禽进行扑杀，已扑杀家禽37.7万只。

One positive for monitoring flocks and the surrounding areas to carry out culling of poultry have been culled 377,000 poultry.

二是实行隔离监控。

The second is to monitor the implementation of isolation.

禁止调运东台市和海安县所有家禽及其产品，限制流通。

Dongtai transport ban on all poultry and Hai'an and its products, restrictions on the flow.

三是消毒灭源。

The third is to eliminate the source of disinfection.

对被扑杀家禽的养殖场（户）及其周边地区环境进行彻底消毒，防止病毒传播扩散。

Poultry have been culled on the farm (000) and the surrounding environment to carry out thorough disinfection to prevent the spread of the virus.

按照农业部监测方案规定，每年5月、11月需要进行两次禽流感集中监测，日常监测由各地根据实 际情况安排。

The Ministry of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the monitoring program, in May each year, in November need to focus on two bird flu monitoring, from all over the day-to-day monitoring of the actual situation in accordance with the arrangements.

今年1-10月，全国各地已监测禽流感样品431万份，检出禽流感病原学阳性样品46份，对病原学阳性禽群均及时进 行了处置。

January to October this year, all over the country have been monitoring the bird flu samples were 4,310,000, pathogenic avian influenza detected in 46 samples were positive, positive pathogenic bird groups were conducted in a timely manner disposal.

目前，海安县、东台市周边县市没有发现异常情况。

At present, the MSC County, Dongtai surrounding counties and cities did not find anything unusual.

国家禽流感参考实验室已按农业部要求，对阳性样品开展进一步检测，分析病毒是否发生变异。

National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory has been requested by the Ministry of Agriculture, on the positive samples for further testing and analysis of whether the virus mutates.

中国动物卫生与流行病学中心也已派出专家组赶赴上述地区开展流行病学调查，分析病毒来源。

China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center also sent a group of experts have rushed to the above-mentioned areas of epidemiological investigation, analysis of the source of the virus.

农业部已将有关情况向世界动物卫生组织（OIE）进行了通报。

The Ministry of Agriculture has been the situation to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) were informed.
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By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH

SHANGHAI -- Chinese agriculture officials ordered the slaughter of more than 300,000 chickens after they found poultry infected with a lethal form of avian influenza -- the first such outbreak publicly reported in mainland China since June.
The discovery of the H5N1 form of the bird flu virus in two areas of Jiangsu province northwest of Shanghai follows recent outbreaks in India, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, raising the risk of human infections during the winter.
After routine testing turned up signs of the H5N1 virus in chicken eggs on farms in two locales, the agriculture ministry said it moved to cull 377,000 chickens and ban the transport of poultry in or out of the affected areas.
Bird flu remains mainly a danger to poultry, not people, since it is not easily transmitted to humans. Just 38 cases of human H5N1 infection -- including 29 that led to deaths -- have been reported this year. That's minuscule compared with the number of people who die annually of regular influenza.
Still, the World Health Organization and others say governments in Asia and around the world should be on their guard against H5N1, because the virus has the potential to mutate into a more transmissible form and spark a deadly pandemic.
Last week, Hong Kong health authorities ordered the slaughter of 80,000 chickens after three dead birds tested positive for H5N1. It was the first group of new cases on a farm in the territory in more than five years.
Hong Kong officials also said they would temporarily suspend poultry imports as they work to determine the source of the infection. Hong Kong officials have said smuggled fertilized chicken eggs from China could have carried the disease.
Write to Gordon Fairclough at gordon.fairclough@wsj.com

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Just to clarify, the ProMED report of Dec 4 cited this report of Nov 25, which matches the location of the confirmed outbreaks.

Sources say that over the last few weeks, there has been an outbreak
of possible avian influenza near Jiangsu's Haian and Dongtai
[counties]. Local chicken deaths are relatively serious. Egg
production has dropped sharply due to the outbreak. But because [the
outbreak] has not yet been confirmed by authorities, it is still
uncertain whether it is actually avian influenza. Area demand for
poultry feed has dropped under the impact of chicken deaths and
declining egg production.

Original publication dated 11/25/2008:

Hai, Taiwan, East suspected outbreak of bird flu, is expected to reduce significantly the death of chicken

2008-11-25

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据悉，近半个月时间以来，江苏海安和东台附近有疑似禽流感疾病暴发现象，当地鸡只死亡现象比较严重，蛋鸡产 蛋率也是因病大幅下降。

It is reported that nearly half of the time since, Jiangsu Hai East and Taiwan are in the vicinity of suspected bird flu outbreak, local chickens killed more serious phenomenon, the rate of egg laying hens also dropped due to illness.

不过，由于当前没有得到相关部门确认，究其是不是真正的禽流感病情还不明确，受鸡只死亡和蛋鸡产蛋率等下降 影响，近期该地区禽料市场需求下降较为明显。

However, due to the current relevant departments have not been confirmed, It is not a real bird flu disease is not clear, by the death of chickens and laying hens, and so the rate of decline in influence in the region of the recent decline in the demand for poultry feed market is more obvious.
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根据笔者对江苏周边地区调查来看，目前除了以上两地以外，其余周边地区尚未发现此类病情，希望养殖户提前做 好防疫工作。

According to the investigation surrounding areas of Jiangsu, with the exception of the above two places, the rest of the surrounding areas have not yet found such conditions, farmers would like to do a good job ahead of epidemic prevention work.

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Thanks Henry.

Taiwan significantly increased the bio-security of poultry farms in September, supposedly due to the migratory season:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86812

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BEIJING, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - About 380,000 chickens and ducks have been culled in eastern China's Jiangsu Province following an outbreak of bird flu, the Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday citing China's Agriculture Ministry.
Two hotbeds of the H5N1 virus have been discovered in the province, the ministry said.
In early December the Chinese Health Ministry warned that new outbreaks of bird flu were likely in the country.
The last confirmed outbreak of bird flu in China was registered last week in Hong Kong, when over 80,000 chickens were slaughtered after samples came back positive for the virus.
According to the World Health Organization, avian influenza has so far killed 243 people out of a total 387 confirmed cases worldwide. Although there have been no incidences of human to human infection, experts fear that it may mutate into a form that could easily be transmitted from person to person, causing a global pandemic.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20081216/118887589.html

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Hong Kong: Importation of Jiangsu poultry eggs suspended (12/16/2008) [CFS]

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) announced today (December 16) that importation of poultry eggs from Jiangsu Province into Hong Kong would be suspended with immediate effect.


"The decision was taken following confirmation of H5N1 avian influenza involving chickens in the province," a CFS spokesman said.

"According to the information from the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine , there are four registered egg processing plants in Jiangsu Province. We understand that no poultry eggs have been imported from Jiangsu into Hong Kong in recent years. Nonetheless, the importation of poultry eggs from Jiangsu Province into Hong Kong would be suspended with immediate effect. "

According to CFS' records, there is no live poultry, chilled/frozen poultry meat imported into Hong Kong from Jiangsu Province in 2008."
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Deadly bird flu virus found in Jiangsu

NEARLY 380,000 birds were slaughtered after the deadly strain of H5N1 avian flu was found in east China's Jiangsu Province, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.

The virus was discovered in Dongtai City and neighboring Hai'an County, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Website.

There were no reports of human cases.

The ministry said it received information about H5N1 infection among hens in Dongtai and Hai'an on Monday. It was discovered during routine checks; no birds were reported sick.

Preliminary analysis by ministry experts indicated the virus could have been spread by birds migrating through the area, and that it was a different type from the variety usually found in the southern part of the country.

A ministry laboratory yesterday was testing samples of the virus to see if it had mutated. Experts fear that the H5N1 virus could spark a pandemic if it mutates into a form that can be transmitted easily among people.

Local authorities said they have stopped the transport of all poultry and poultry products from the two areas and were sterilizing the poultry farms in those locations and nearby regions to prevent the virus from spreading.

The agriculture ministry has reported the case to the World Organization for Animal Health.

The discovery occurred only a week after 80,000 chickens were culled in Hong Kong after local health departments confirmed that samples tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

So far this winter, bird flu has killed two people in Indonesia and Egypt, and made two people ill in Indonesia and Cambodia.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=384822&type=National

[HenryN]

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Sounds like clade 0 (found at Qinghai Lake this year) or clade 2.2 (Qinghai, but usually in Japan / South Korea or counries west of China).

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BEIJING, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - About 380,000 chickens and ducks have been culled in eastern China's Jiangsu Province following an outbreak of bird flu, the Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday citing China's Agriculture Ministry.
Two hotbeds of the H5N1 virus have been discovered in the province, the ministry said.
In early December the Chinese Health Ministry warned that new outbreaks of bird flu were likely in the country.
The last confirmed outbreak of bird flu in China was registered last week in Hong Kong, when over 80,000 chickens were slaughtered after samples came back positive for the virus.
According to the World Health Organization, avian influenza has so far killed 243 people out of a total 387 confirmed cases worldwide. Although there have been no incidences of human to human infection, experts fear that it may mutate into a form that could easily be transmitted from person to person, causing a global pandemic.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20081216/118887589.html

On December 10 -

"Avian influenza banking stocks rose sharply the concept of solid"

"..there is support for subject matter, to follow the trend of enthusiasm is very high, reflecting the strong market is to be expected. .."

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...aks#post195651

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China culls chickens after finding bird flu virus

Tuesday 16th December, 11:52 PM JST
HONG KONG ?
Agriculture authorities in eastern China?s Jiangsu Province said Tuesday 377,000 chickens were culled after samples tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu, while a rights watchdog claimed as many as 1.2 million chickens were dead.
The Agriculture Ministry said in a statement it received reports on Monday about H5N1 infection among hens in Dongtai city and nearby Hai?an county.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/china-culls-chickens-after-finding-bird-flu-virus

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Fowls culled after avian flu virus found
By Cui Xiaohuo (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-12-17 07:43 Agricultural agencies have culled 377,000 fowls in two counties in eastern Jiangsu province during the past two days after some of them tested positive for bird flu virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
A statement on the ministry website, however, said the culling was a precautionary measure and not because of a bird flu outbreak. But health officials are on high alert.
Veterinary officials in Jiangsu told the ministry on Monday that samples collected from some farms in Hai'an and Dongtai counties had tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
The virus was detected on the mainland province less than a week after Hong Kong authorities culled tens of thousands of fowls following a bird flu scare. The Ministry of Health had warned earlier that the possibility of an outbreak of animal epidemic on the mainland this winter was "relatively high".
Dongtai is north of Hai'an and a vital source of poultry in Jiangsu, raising more than 80 million fowls a year.
Animal epidemic experts have been sent to Jiangsu, but neither the ministry nor the provincial agricultural authority said whether the virus had killed any fowl or how many birds were infected.
Local officials have disinfected and quarantined the areas where the virus was detected and banned the supply of poultry from the two counties.
The Ministry of Agriculture quoted agricultural experts as having said that the virus detected in the two counties was different from that found in southern China recently. It suggested that migratory birds could have transmitted the H5N1 virus.
On Dec 9, Hong Kong banned the import of poultry for 21 days and culled more than 80,000 birds after three chickens found dead in a farm tested positive for the H5 virus.
The Ministry of Agriculture, running two nationwide campaigns against bird flu this year, said only 46 of the 4.3 million samples collected between January and October had tested positive for H5N1.
The H5N1 has killed at least 246 people across the world, with Indonesia accounting for one-third of those deaths, and forced authorities across Asia to cull millions of fowls since late 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
The virus has not mutated to pass on from human to human and people have been infected only after coming into direct contact with sick birds. The number of countries and regions reporting a bird flu outbreak in the first nine months of the year fell from 25 in 2007 to 20 this year, UN officials said.
Experts are worried because many people have started taking bird flu casually since the virus has not mutated. WHO has, however, urged Asian governments not to let down their guard against the virus.
Agencies contributed to the story

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