Taiwan: H5N2 reported in Tainan County

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Source: http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_...&lang=eng_news

Taiwan COA to subsidize poultry farmers affected by avian flu
Taiwan News, Website Editorial Staff
2008-12-21 04:17 PM

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) ? Taiwan?s Council of Agriculture (COA) confirmed Saturday that chicken in a Kaohsiung County farm was infected with H5N2 bird flu virus, a low-pathogenic virus that is not communicable to humans. The COA also announced to increase the loan value for affected farmers to help them through the difficult times.

As the news of suspected disease was exposed on Dec. 17, Japan has banned the imports of Taiwan?s poultry the same afternoon. Being the biggest duck provider to Japan, Taiwan exports 5,000 tons of duck annually worth US$23 million (approximately NT$750 million). For the time being, US$4 million (NT$130 million) worth of duck in the process of shipping, customs clearance is expected to be affected.

If the poultry price experiences volatile change, the COA will launch a price stabilizing mechanism to guide businesses to speed up related procedures such as slaughtering, freezing, and processing.

The COA also listed influenced poultry businessmen as applicants for poultry industry management loans, raising the highest loan amount from NT$20 million to NT$30 million, circulating funds from NT$5 million to NT$10 million for farmers. For farming enterprises, maximum loan amount is hiked to NT$40 million from NT$30 million and the revolving funds from NT$10 million to NT$20 million. The annual interest rate for loans is cut down to 1.5%.

According to Animal Health Inspection and Quarantine of Kaohsiung County, a three-month monitoring and examination will be conducted to chicken farms within three kilometers of the infected chicken farm.

Some may worry that the eggs of the sick chicken had already entered market. A Health Ministry official said that the eggs and chicken would be safe when fully cooked and the diseased chicken had all been culled.

In accordance with the standard procedure of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), an infected area can apply to be taken off from the list of infection following a three-month monitoring without new epidemic occurrences.

The resumption of exports to Japan may take five months, with one to two month-evaluation done by Japanese authorities, said the COA.

When H5N2 avian flu broke out in Taiwan in January 2004, Japan did not resume poultry importation from Taiwan until August the same year.

by Taiwan News, Website Editorial Staff

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Taiwan: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Chinese Taipei [WAHID - OIE]

Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Chinese Taipei

[Original PDF Document at LINK]

Information received on 20/12/2008 from Dr Watson H T Sung, Director General, Director General Office, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Taipei , Chinese Taipei

? Summary

Report type: Immediate notification (Final report)

Start date: 12/11/2008

Date of first confirmation of the event: 24/11/2008

Report date: 20/12/2008

Date submitted to OIE: 20/12/2008

Date event resolved: 14/11/2008

Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed disease

Date of previous occurrence: 03/2004

Causal agent: Low pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N2

Nature of diagnosis: Laboratory (advanced)

This event pertains to the whole country

? New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks: Total outbreaks: 1

* Outbreak Location and Affected population - KAO-HSIUNG (Yua-Chih farm)

Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered

* Birds - 18591 - 520 - 230 - 18361 - 0

Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*

* Birds - 2.80% - 1.24% - 44.23% - 100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

? Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
? Unknown or inconclusive

? Epidemiological comments

The primary surveillance in the 3-km-radius is completed. All the 76 flocks in this area have been disinfected and screened. The surveillance programme will be conducted for three months.

? 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: Animal Health Research Institute (National laboratory)

Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result

* Birds - haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT) - 24/11/2008 - Positive

* Birds - intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) test - 19/12/2008 - Positive

* Birds - reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) - 24/11/2008 - Positive

* Birds - virus isolation - 24/11/2008 - Positive

? Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.
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Wal-Mart stores found the bird flu occurred in the real estate eggs

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16日晚上，记者紧急探访了南京的部分大型超市。

On the 16th night, the reporter visited the emergency Nanjing some large supermarkets.

在羊皮巷的一家超市内，记者发现摆在货架上的草鸡蛋不少就是产自东台的。

Lane in sheep's clothing of a supermarket, the reporter found on the shelves is a lot of grass eggs produced in East Taiwan.

?喜凤草鸡蛋?的外包装上就标有?江苏省东台市喜凤蛋业销售中心?的字样；?特小凤草鸡蛋?的外包装上，标 有?东台登奥禽业养殖场荣誉出品?的字样。

"Xifeng grass egg" on the package marked "Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, Xifeng egg industry sales center of"; "special Xiaofeng grass egg" on the package, marked "East登奥poultry farms in Taiwan Honor produced "message.

当记者把东台市在蛋鸡中检出禽流感病毒的消息告诉在场的销售人员时，销售人员吃了一惊：?不会吧？我光听说 香港前几天有禽流感的呀？还没有听说江苏东台的蛋鸡中也检出禽流感病毒啊？?她说，?今天鸡蛋的销售正常， 并没有啥特别变化。?不过，她担心东台市在蛋鸡中检出禽流感病毒的消息传出后，会影响到鸡蛋的 销售。

When a reporter to Dongtai in laying the bird flu virus detected in the news for the presence of sales staff, sales staff was astonished: "do not you? I heard that the Hong Kong a few days before the light of avian flu have you? Also I have never heard of laying hens江苏东台also detected bird flu virus ah? "she said," Today the sale of eggs to normal, in particular what he did not change. "However, she worried that in laying hens Dongtai avian influenza virus detected the news would affect the sale of eggs.

?消费者特别敏感，如果听到这个消息，可能就暂时不会买鸡蛋了。?

"Consumers are particularly sensitive, if heard the news, may be temporarily not buy the eggs."

在新街口的沃尔玛超市，记者在禽肉柜台看到，一排宰杀好的肉鸡放置在冷气柜台里，但看不出产地 。

Wal-Mart supermarket in Xinjiekou, journalists in the meat counter to see a row of good slaughtered chickens placed in air-conditioners in counters, but do not see the origin.

工作人员告诉记者：?这些初步加工好的肉鸡都是来自东北的，没有江苏本地的。?在相邻的柜台，记者看到了不 少真空包装的肉鸡，外包装上标明的产地是山东沂蒙。

Of staff, told reporters: "These preliminary processed chickens are from the Northeast, there is no local Jiangsu Province." In the adjacent counter, the reporter saw a lot of vacuum-packed broilers, overpacks marked the origin of Shandong Yishu Mongolia.

但在鸡蛋销售区，记者发现了产自海安的鸡蛋：由海安婷婷农副产品有限公司生产的佳丰草鸡蛋、苏北草鸡蛋就摆 放在货架的显眼位置。

However, in egg sales area, the reporter discovered the eggs from MSC: MSC Tingting from agricultural by-products produced by Jia Feng grass eggs, eggs on Subei grass placed in a prominent position shelves.

一名中年女士拿起一板佳丰草鸡蛋，仔细看了包装上的介绍，就放到了购物篮里。

A middle-aged Ms. Fung picked up a good plate of eggs grass, carefully read the packaging, presentation, on the decentralization of the shopping basket.

当记者问：?还知道海安县和东台市在蛋鸡中检出禽流感病毒的消息？?她摇了摇头，?没有听说，不过，鸡蛋应 该没有问题吧？我多煮一些时间不就可以消毒了嘛。?

When a reporter asked: "also know Hai'an and Dongtai in laying the bird flu virus detected in the news?" She shook her head, "have not heard, however, eggs should not be a problem, right? I do not cook for some time of them can be disinfected. "http://66.102.1.101/translate_c?hl=e...RqkGpnOdWw8BCw

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Source: http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.a...22&xItem=47445

Kaohsiung bird flu outbreak controlled
Publication Date：12/26/2008
By Ellen Ko

A Kaohsiung County poultry farm was confirmed by the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture Dec. 20 as the site of an H5N2 bird flu virus outbreak.

According to a COA spokesman, the council has responded with epidemic prevention measures and reported the case to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The council emphasized that the H5N2 virus is less virulent than the high-pathogenic H5N1 strain, and there have been no cases of animal-to-human transmission. "Taiwan remains the only country free of H5N1 virus in Asia, and its domestic poultry products are still safe for consumption," the spokesman said.

The first suspected case of avian flu surfaced Oct. 21 when several hundred chickens on a farm in southern Kaohsiung County's Luchu Township died from unknown causes. In addition to immediately quarantining the site, all 76 poultry farms within a radius of three kilometers were disinfected and placed under observation.

According to Lee Shu-hui, deputy director of the COA's Animal Health Research Institute, prior to the council's release of information on the suspected outbreak Dec. 17, its officials conducted exhaustive testing and examination procedures that required 19 to 40 days to produce conclusive results. "Our first test results Nov. 12 showed what looked like a high-pathogenic strain of H5N2, but as less than 3 percent of the chickens had died, this did not concur with lab test findings," she said.

Aware of the potential for an epidemic, Lee explained that the council decided to conduct a second examination while taking precautionary measures to avoid causing public concern. As soon as tests indicated there might have been a bird flu outbreak in October, the COA's epidemic prevention procedures were activated.

"On Nov. 14, all 18,000 chicken on the infected farm were destroyed," Lee said. "In addition, we applied the heightened standards used for managing high-pathogenic avian flu outbreaks to deal with this situation. Since the commencement of prevention procedures, no fresh outbreaks have been discovered."

After analyzing the second sample collected from the Luchu farm Nov. 12, a team of experts confirmed Dec. 20 the existence of the low-pathogenic bird flu virus H5N2. The COA reported the outbreak to the OIE later the same day.

A senior official from the OIE said Dec. 22 that before advising the international body of an incidence of bird flu, testing must be carried out in accordance with its regulations to obtain necessary scientific evidence. He commended Taiwan for reporting the outbreak without delay.

The OIE issued a formal notification to all members Dec. 22 and also posted the information on its Web site the same day.

Meanwhile, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced Dec. 17 a temporary suspension of all poultry imports from Taiwan. The ministry's statement pointed out that the decision was not out of food safety concerns, but as a preventive measure to block H5N2 from entering Japan.

Taiwan exports chicken to markets throughout Asia, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. So far only Japan has imposed a ban on Taiwan's poultry due to the H5N2 outbreak. In 2007 Japan imported from Taiwan 5,128 tons of poultry, 65 tons of poultry products and 148 tons of eggs. According to COA statistics, poultry and egg exports from Taiwan to Japan stand at around US$23 million per year.

In order to prevent domestic poultry prices from fluctuating wildly, COA Minister Chen Wu-hsiung said if necessary, the council would activate a price stabilization measure. Larger loans are also available for poultry farmers to help them weather losses resulting from the outbreak. Under the scheme, each farmer can apply for a maximum loan of NT$30 million (US$908,000), up from the previous NT$20 million; and each related enterprise can apply for a maximum loan of NT$40 million, up from NT$30 million. The interest rate for such loans is 1.5 percent per annum.

Write to Ellen Ko at ellenko@mail.gio.gov.tw