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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
Bird flu spreads to seventh district in Assam
Guwahati (PTI): More poultry deaths were reported on Thursday in Assam where avian influenza spread to another district, taking the count of affected districts in the State to seven, even as some crows tested positive for the H5N1 strain.
Blood samples of the crows found dead in Chatribari area in Guwahati were confirmed as H5N1 positive by laboratories in Bhopal and Pune, sources said.
The laboratories also confirmed that avian influenza had spread to three more areas in Assam, hitting seven districts so far with culling operations on in three.
Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary A. Kakati said three samples sent from Sariha village in Barpeta, Kheluamara village in Bongaigaon and Kharguli in Guwahati to the Bhopal-based High Security Diagnostic Laboratory had tested positive.
With this, the number of bird flu affected epicentres increased from six to nine in seven districts, Kakati said. Fresh cases of unusual bird deaths were reported from Karbi Anglong, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Sibsagar and Golaghat districts, and reports of the samples sent for tests to Bhopal were awaited, the sources said.
Over four lakh birds have been culled by 1,156 members of Rapid Response team and Rs 1.11 crore paid as compensation to affected poultry farmers.
The targeted 5.40 lakh affected birds were expected to be culled within the next few days, they said. Culling operations were on in Barpeta, Chirang and Dibrugarh, while it was completed in Kamrup (Rural) and Nalbari. The seven districts affected by the avian flu are Kamrup Rural, Kamrup Metro, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Dibrugarh and Bongaigaon.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
Nagaland bans entry of poultry from Assam
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008 AT 8:12 PM
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<!--Article bodyContent--> Kohima: In view of the bird flu outbreak in neighbouring Assam, two border districts of Nagaland have banned entry of poultry and related products from the bordering state.
The district administrations of Mokokchung and Mon have asked the police and civil officials posted at the inter-state border check-posts of Tizit and Naginimora, to keep strict vigil on the movement of fowls, sources said.
?The Mokokchung deputy commissioner has asked all concerned departments to strictly ban entry of poultry and related products, to the district till further orders,? they said.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
Bird flu spreads in Assam and Bengal
BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS
KOLKATA/KALYANI/GUWAHATI
Dec. 18: State animal resources development minister Anisur Rahman asked the people in the state to "learn to live with bird diseases".
Mr Rahman feels that in a country like India, outbreak of bird flu is quite but natural and the government also cannot ask the people to stop farming of ducks and chickens. The minister, however, stressed for the development of awareness about the diseases so that it could be prevented. He invited teachers, students and individuals to come up and join hands with the government to make people aware of the disease.
Refuting reports that bird flu has spread to Murshidabad, Mr Rahman said that the H5N1 virus was confined to just one area i.e. the English Bazar in Malda. "Except English Bazar in Malda, there has been no reports of bird flu from any other district in the state. The news of the presence of the virus in Murshidabad was false," he added.
Meanwhile, the Assam bird flu scenario turned severe as it has spread to 11 districts where culling operations are in full swing besides in many parts of the capital city Guwahati.
The health officials said that the bird flu virus was found in some tests conducted by the rapid response team in new areas.
The state government officials clarified that they were unable to meet the deadline of culling as there was a growing fear that it may soon spread to humans.
Incurring daily losses of over Rs 2 crores, especially in this peak season when profits would have doubled, the poultry farmers in flu affected districts has also demanded better compensation package and speedy culling operation so that business could be resumed at the earliest.
"The poultry industry has been adversely affected as we have lost Rs 2.21 crores so far," general secretary of All-Assam Poultry Farmers Association R.K. Sharma said.
The association demanded interest subsidy along the Maharashtra model, where 100 per cent loan subsidy was provided to poultry farmers by clubbing Central and state subsidies.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
3.8 lakh birds culled by vets in State
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GUWAHATI, Dec 18 ? In the drive to combat bird flu in the State, the Veterinary Department culled till last evening a total of 3,80,903 poultry. The department is also sending bird samples from Hamren Sub-division of Karbi Anglong district again to the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (HSADL) on Monday.
Earlier, the department had sent bird samples from the subdivision to the HSADL. But so far there has been no confirmation of the presence of the bird flu virus in those samples, said official sources here today.
There has been no report also on the samples sent by the State from the wildlife sanctuaries to the HSADL, said the sources.
Meanwhile, culling operations are going on in Sariha Sakla area of Bajali Circle of Barpeta district, Boitamari area in Bongaigaon district, Nilibari area in Chirang district and Kharghuli area in the city. Mopping operations are also on in Jalah Bejera area of Kamrup district and Ward No 6 and adjacent areas of Dibrugarh district, while combing operations were launched in the Khanapara area of the city today, said the sources.
AB Negi, Joint Commissioner, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry (Livestock Health) of the Union Government, is supervising the anti-bird flu drive in the State, said the sources.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
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Sikkim bans supply of poultry from outside
Published: December 19,2008
Gangtok , Dec 18 The Sikkim government today banned the supply of poultry products like eggs and chickens from outside the state with immediate effect in view of the outbreak of bird flu in neighbouring West Bengal and Assam, a top Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services department (AS&VS) official said.
The supply of poultry products to Sikkim from outside the state has been banned with immediate effect, AS&VS Director, K C Bhutia said.
It may be mentioned that the latest decision was the third instance when the state government has prohibited supply of poultry products from outside in the past one year.
"We have sufficient production of poultry products to meet the domestic demand of chickens and eggs to meet the shortfall arising out of the ban on poultry products from outside,"he said.
There was no option but to ban supply of poultry products from outside as the bird flu had spread to Malda district in north Bengal, he said.
Meanwhile, the prices of chickens and eggs are likely to skyrocket again due to shortage in the domestic market, the traders said.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
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H5N1 Confirmed in Dead Crows in Guwahati Assam
Recombinomics Commentary 15:31
December 18, 2008
Blood samples of the crows found dead in Chatribari area in Guwahati were confirmed as H5N1 positive by laboratories in Bhopal and Pune, sources said.
The above comments confirm H5N1 in dead crows in the Assam's largest city, Guwahati, where extensive culling is ongoing (see zoomed map). Although H5N1 in crows has been reported in many outbreaks, including Bangladesh and Egypt, confirmations by India in the past have been lacking.
Last season crows and other wild birds were noted in West Bengal and Bangladesh, but only Bangladesh confirmed that the crows were H5N1 positive. The dead crows produced panic last season in Bangladesh and Calcutta, and similar concerns have been voiced in relation to the hundreds of dead crows in Malda.
The careless discarding of dead poultry leads to infections in wild birds and animals that eat the H5N1 positive poultry, which leads to local spread. Therefore, restrictions on the movement of poultry and sealing of borders are compromised by the spread of H5N1 by wild birds, which do not respect border closings.
Although infections in wild birds are not a surprise, the confirmation by India helps define the problems and difficulties in bringing these outbreaks under control after there has been a rapid expansion of infections as confirmed in Assam, West Bengal, and Bangladesh.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
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Additional H5N1 Spread To Central Assam Raises Concerns
Recombinomics Commentary 18:48
December 18, 2008
Fresh cases of unusual bird deaths were reported from Karbi Anglong, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Sibsagar and Golaghat districts, and reports of the samples sent for tests to Bhopal were awaited, the sources said.
The above comments suggest H5N1 has spread throughout Assam (see updated map). H5N1 has already been confirmed at the northwest and northeast corners, and the above areas fill in the areas in between. Confirmation has been slow, but culling groups are already stretched thin battling H5N1 in regions where H5N1 has already been confirmed.
Included in the confirmations were crows in Assams largest city, Guwahati, and extensive culling in the city is ongoing (see zoomed map). The outbreak in and around the city has led to culling in adjacent regions in Meghalaya.
The testing of wild birds is far from ideal, so the true spread of H5N1 is likely to be markedly greater than the confirmed areas or the areas with unnatural poultry deaths. Wild birds are being tested via cloacal swabs, which generally yield false negatives fro the Qinghai strain (clade2.2), which is the strain previously reported for India and Bangladesh.
The new outbreaks suggest the H5N1 spread has been rapid and will likely spread to the south as the weather cools. Last season most of the spread was in January and February, so more spread to the south is likely.
The confirmation of H5N1 in dead crows in Guwahati is consistent with results in Bangladesh last season, and suggests the hundreds of dead crows in Malda signal the spread of H5N1 to wild birds, which lead to local spread.
Excessive poultry deaths have been reported for areas north of the outbreak in Englishbazar in Malda, and there are rumored deaths to the south in Marshidabad. In addition to these areas in India, Bangladesh has reported multiple outbreaks in the north as well as the area around Dhaka.
Thus, continued spread of H5N1 is expected and this spread may extend to new areas that have not previously reported H5N1.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=articleheader>Culling to be over today
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=articleauthor>A STAFF REPORTER</TD></TR><TR><TD class=story align=left>Guwahati, Dec. 18: The Assam veterinary department today said the culling process would be completed by tomorrow while the affected districts will be under surveillance to prevent recurrence of bird flu.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Ashiwini Kataki, the director of the veterinary department, said tonight that rapid response teams would carry out the final round of the culling process at Nilibari in Chirang district tomorrow.
The latest detection of bird flu was at Kharghuli here and some parts of Barpeta and Bongaigaon district yesterday.
?Our job is far from over even after the culling process is done as we will begin surveillance of the affected areas. After about a month, our teams will visit the affected areas and collect blood samples from poultry, if any is left there, to find out their status,? Kataki said.
The veterinary department has culled nearly 4.5 lakh poultry till yesterday since bird flu was first detected in the Hajo area of Kamrup district last month. Seven districts have been affected by the flu.
Official sources said Dispur has come up with an alternative source of livelihood to offset the losses suffered by families during the outbreak of bird flu in Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts in February this year.
The government has sanctioned Rs 3 crore to help the nearly 12,000 affected families. As part of the scheme, a pair of goats or pigs would be distributed to the families, for sustenance.
The directorate of veterinary sciences has already started floating tenders for suppliers of goats and pigs.
Kataki said the government is planning to launch the scheme soon through the respective deputy commissioners.
This scheme goes beyond the compensation of nearly Rs 30 lakh paid to the affected people because of culling.
?The whole idea is to help the families by providing an alternative source of livelihood, some kind of relief because most of these families depended on poultry and its products for their sustenance to a large extent. Instead of breeding poultry, they can now rear goats and pigs, which do not get affected like the birds by avian influenza. During the outbreak in the two districts, they lost the birds because of culling. Some 12,000 families were affected,? he said.
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Re: India: Assam, AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN POULTRY (December 2008+)
Dimapur on high alert following bird flu
Kohima, Dec 19 : The district administration of Dimapur, especially the district health and veterinary departments, has sounded a red alert throughout the district following reports of deaths of some poultry and wild birds bordering Assam's Karbi Anglong district.
Official sources said besides poultry, wild birds like crows, doves, bulbuls, owls and kites were reportedly found dead in the jungles of Karbi Anglong district bordering Nagaland. Unofficial reports said some poultry and birds were found dead inside Nagaland.
The district administration of Dimapur, Additional Deputy Commissioner Sedevikho Khro, in an order has banned transport of all types of poultry and poultry products. The order also sought the cooperation of all concerned in complying with the directive in order to ensure a safe festive season.
Sources said Nagaland spent about Rs three hundred crores annually on meat consumption.
The state veterinary department had already informed all villages bordering Assam to immediately inform the nearest Veterinary Centre in case of abnormal death of any poultry or birds and constituted Rapid Reaction Teams (RRT) in all the districts as precautionary measures to prevent spread of the Avian Influenza.
The Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung Bengankokba, by an order, had also temporarily banned import of poultry and poultry products from Assam.
Official sources said the DC in an order issued at Mokokchung yesterday, asked all the concerned departments manning check gates and check posts to keep strict vigil on the entry of banned poultry and its products into Nagaland through the district.
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Culling process in Assam to be over today
Guwahati, Dec 19 : The culling process of poultry in the bird flu affected areas in Assam is expected to be completed by this evening.
The disease has been identified in 12 locations in seven districts in the State.
According to State Director of vetenary Dr. Aswani Katoky, except few areas of Kharghuli, Sirang and Bongaigaon districts, culling has been completed in all other locations.
Around 450 thousand poultry birds have culled so far in the state. The affected districts will be kept under surveillance for at least three months to prevent recurrence of the bird flu.
No fresh report of spread of the disease has been received from anywhere in the State.
Veterinary officials have slaughtered over 300,000 chicken and ducks since late November, after the virus was detected in poultry last month in a village close to Guwahati.
The WHO has described the outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal last January, when more than four million birds were culled, as the worst ever in India.
--- ANI
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