Saudi Arabia reports first bird flu outbreak in fowl

[Gert van der Hoek]

Saudi Arabia reports first bird flu outbreak in fowl


RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi authorities announced Thursday that they had found H5N1 bird flu in captive birds, in the kingdom's first outbreak of the strain of the disease that is dangerous to humans.

Laboratory tests found the strain in turkeys, parrots, peacocks and ostriches at a farm in the Eastern Province, an agriculture ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency said.

The ministry gave no figures for the number of cases but said that measures had been taken to stop the disease spreading.

The neighbouring Gulf state of Kuwait has reported a spate of cases of H5N1 bird flu in fowl since February 25, many of them in Wafra, close to the border.

But of some 300 people tested for infection by the disease, not one has so far tested positive.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/hl_afp/healthflusaudi_070322195509;_ylt=A0SOwkh.4QJG2EwA0AqTvyIi

[Theresa42]

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Google-translated from Arabic:

Still infected cases in a suspected and the cornerstone [quarantine] of all farm employment [employees] to ensure they are free from disease
March 24, 2007

Abdallah al-Zahrani - Dammam

A medical source veterinarian official chamber operations branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region [Ash Sharqiyah] that the special cases of the disease a bird flu that has been discovered in a poultry farms in the eastern region, which lies on the road to Kuwait, Dammam area called the old (Sabigaui) I still do in a suspect after the tests were taken from through the medical team had visited the farm and took samples from the dead birds and that this project goes ownership of one of the citizens named (p. Al. GMT) and the name of the project draft inherent Poultry.

On the other hand, the director of health affairs in the eastern region, Dr Aqil al-Ghamdi of the "city" that the hospitals in the eastern region did not record any case of the "prisoners" [hospitalized persons] suffer from bird flu and said: The Directorate has taken precautionary measures regarding the disease and the work of raising and distributing pamphlets to citizens and stressed that the Ministry of Health has a great role in this regard exemplified in the local committee will be monitoring the situation and responding to happen when, God forbid, and that all hospitals be ready to deal with this disease, as well as real estate available in enough.

The eastern region has recorded no case of the disease since the infected announced until yesterday, and learned that the city branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region had addressed the security authorities imposed a security blockade on the farm not be allowed near the site of the farm as well as the lack of exit or entry to any citizen whatsoever has been tightened Oversight on this project by the security authorities to be completed and make sure that there are no other injuries On the other hand, a number of residents of the eastern region fears of the spread of the disease, which was detected by a branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region within a farm, which lies on the eastern region about 100 kilograms of the spread of the disease in the markets and shops of chicken and tighten asylum strict control of this situation because it is not likely delay and complacency and asylum control farms and parks that are on the borders of the region, where it has a large number of birds and demanded to enter each farm and disclosure of all the birds inside to make sure bee the disease infected or not, not after the discovery of the disease and speaking citizen Abdullah Muhammad that the Ministry of Agriculture great responsibility towards the disease and said they must emphasis necessary and strict control in the markets and shops, especially poultry shops that abound in the country and the work of field tours and almost daily and take samples and checked for free birds and poultry disease avian influenza and Ahmad Said Al-Otaibi said that the matter was serious and likely delays and considerable responsibility lies on the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture must educate citizens work bulletins awareness within neighborhoods and publishing the figures for their own reporting on any emergency situation where the more citizens does not know how No. contingency these cases. The city learned that all employment [employees] within the farm has been quarantine them until the completion of the screening process, the city tried to contact His farm, but to no avail, despite getting all of the figures on Saudi telephone directory.

The first problem facing the Minister of Agriculture after fixing provide overall management of agriculture, the Eastern filed a citizen reported that there Nfuka very impressive for a farm in one of the parks in the eastern region belonged to one of the citizens and there were a number of birds, including pet birds, such as entertainment Altaeos parrot, ostriches, turkeys and other birds and other immediately directed a medical team from the Ministry of Agriculture branch in the eastern region of the farm and took samples of the birds were sent to the veterinary diagnostic laboratory in the city of Riyadh, the capital, after the result of the laboratory found that the majority of these birds infected with avian flu disease high-risk and called (H5N1), after a test reverse polymerization (NBC TR) and planting eggs and embryos in the medical team full survey of farms adjacent to the farm in all the parks and to make sure that if there was other injuries the same disease and completion of the investigation to determine the source of the spread of the disease.

On the other hand, he addressed the branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Eastern security agencies not to allow near the site of the farm and not to enter or exit and immediately went to work security patrols necessary in order to make sure that when there is no other injuries, on the other hand requested the Ministry of Agriculture need the cooperation of citizens and residents to report any suspicion on this grave matter and, through the communication ministry's operations room telephone number (014030911) or the nearest branch of the ministry in any area.

http://www.almadinapress.com/index.aspx?Issueid=2072&pubid=1&CatID=74&sCatID=219&articleid=211907

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[Theresa42]

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babelfished from Russian:

In Saudi Arabia - bird influenza
25.3

Approximately 700 birds are destroyed in the East province of Saudi Arabia in connection with the detection of the pathogenic virus H5N1 on one of the particular farms.

Laboratory way established that the case of birds is caused by bird influenza. In the region the quarantine is declared. As transfers RIA of "News", specialists consider that the dangerous virus could be carried to the farm by migratory birds.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Kingdom issues a call the owners of farms to soblyudat' all necessary health and hygiene measures for averting the spread of disease. It does not communicate about the cases of infecting the people.

http://dni.ru/news/world/2007/3/25/102744.html

[Theresa42]

Re: Saudi Arabia reports first bird flu outbreak in fowl

Sounds to me as though there is bf on 2 farms in eastern Saudi Arabia -- one in "Alja'imh" and the other in "Aboman". 26 poultry farm workers have, apparently, been tested -- and have tested neg....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Formation of a committee from several quarters for the follow-up H5N1 testing and negative 26 workers
Laboratory tests on 100 thousand [?] bird Navq confirm that birds infected with influenza
March 25, 2007

Emergency meeting of the Poultry Producers Sharqia and survey to determine the source of infection

Dammam: war of Alessimi

Al "Homeland" of the source examination included 26 workers working in the farms, one in Alja'imh and other Aboman Center in the eastern region [Ash Sharqiyah] resulted in the negative laboratory tests conducted to ascertain the illness "bird flu" after the eastern number of cases in birds in the last two days. Also tests proved negative disclosure about 100 thousand [?] discovered bird mortality rates during intermittent periods during the last period in the East since it has proven to be free of avian influenza illness.

Al and the "Fatherland" that the recent formation of a committee from all the relevant authorities in the eastern region to follow up on the epidemiological situation of a "bird flu" on an ongoing basis, the Commission has taken a number of precautionary measures to monitor migratory birds, which are the source of Ovadh causing the disease, including the provision of necessary equipment and medicines, vaccines, in addition to the actions taken by the concerned bodies in anticipation of the emergence of any cases among humans.

The source said there is no evidence that eating cooked poultry and eggs can transmit infection contracted avian flu, which poses a threat to the rights through his Inflammation in the lung failure in the internal organs and death where he died so far about 50% of people who were exposed to the disease as well the likelihood of transmission from one person to another, which could lead to the spread of the epidemic globally.

He stressed that the disease is bird flu-run animal origin caused one type of influenza viruses (H5N1), which usually affects birds and some other animals Kalkhanazer recently proved the possibility of transmission to humans, the disease is very serious, in that rapidly deployable between birds and bird mortality caused by high might reach 100 % addition to extensive material damage caused by the trade in poultry and birds of different kinds. He pointed out that the concern of the current spread of avian flu is due to the wide spread in South East Asia and some Arab countries and neighboring Gulf, in addition to its spread in the new countries that have never appeared before.

One of the reasons also concerned that the avian influenza virus has in recent years become more and fiercer live for a longer period in nature and the outer perimeter and has been able to hit some of the mammal species that were resistant to H5N1 previously, while the disease may cause mild symptoms such as lack of egg production and may cause symptoms sharp introduced birds, including inflation and wounded Bazrakkak tends to blackness and the lethargy of birds and refraining from eating and recluse in the dark places and the high temperature and flu and severe thirst Athas, coughing, Mekhat exit from the nose and eyes, diarrhea green water turns out to be white and inflation and the congestion of German and grafted onto the eye and neurological symptoms, such as paralysis, and the birds Wild Water is the natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses and migratory birds can be transferred to the disease of poultry herds in a new and different places of the world.

The source pointed out that the rights were infected when mixing with sick poultry or contaminated surfaces, tools and Mfrzatha remnants of poultry and the possibility of infection during the slaughter of more infected poultry or few bits or cutting and processing for cooking. Beginning symptoms of the disease in humans warmly and pain in the throat, coughing develops to a viral infection in the lungs and sharp if not rush to the treatment has failed to develop pneumonia and may lead to death in some cases.

He revealed the absence of a vaccine for human beings until today against avian influenza, but there are vaccines under test and there Automatic Tamevlo (TamiFlu), which is used to treat the patients and gives Mkhalten for the prevention of infection and treatment started as early effect was better and faster and increases the likelihood of recovery.

An emergency meeting was held

On the other hand, officials in the Ministry of Agriculture branch in the eastern region yesterday afternoon Saturday an emergency meeting with poultry producers in the region to discuss the implications of the emergence of a "bird flu" in the eastern region in a private farms.

The general supervisor of the preventive security branch of the poultry projects of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region, Dr. Abdul Jabbar Al-employer satisfaction the announcement during the meeting of poultry producers in the region yesterday afternoon in Dammam, the Ministry of Agriculture is working under the draft preventive measures and the emergency plan to combat avian flu disease in the cities of the Kingdom.

The humble employer satisfaction "Al-Watan" that there is the case of one emerged in the eastern region, where a farm had been executed 670 birds of 37 different types, as they are currently in the process of "epidemiological survey" (inquiry) to the source of infection and the emergence of the disease in the region, which is still not known, and the possibilities still available for the reasons infection, pointing out that agriculture worked at a veterinary eight teams each task consisting of a doctor and assistant is sufficient for the time being there is no epidemic, which has removed the focus of this disease and of death, burial and cleansing of the farm.

The officials confirmed that the number of poultry farms in areas which appeared near the avian flu disease that farm modern medical follow all the rules, there are no fears of the emergence of the disease in that modern farms that carry out immunization and follow-up and control theory, which cancels the spread of the disease, assuring that the emergence of the disease is in farms and rest belong to the private property of individuals, not companies.

While there in the cities and districts of the Eastern region 25 projects for poultry cements tracking the safety and supervision of the branch of the Ministry of Agriculture in the eastern region.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/daily/2007-03-25/local/local36.htm

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[Theresa42]

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Is this correct? -- there hasn't been H5N1 in ostriches before? (Again, this sounds like a second farm is involved in this outbreak in Saudi Arabia -- the one with all the parrots, etc., and now this one with ostriches.)

Google-translated from Arabic:

For the first time in the world .. Avian influenza infection ostriches in Saudi Arabia
March 26, 2007

RIYADH: An official source branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Eastern new details of the discovery of avian flu in one of the focus rested Alja'imh.

According to the Gazette, "Akadh" source explained that the injury was limited to 30 ostrich all dead and this is the very first time at the world level recorded cases of bird ostriches this disease.

The source said: "He was a member of the team who stood on the field of ostriches dead and supervised the sampling of ostriches dead on the Sunday before last, and that he was sure that the cause of death is due to avian flu based on the symptoms that appeared on the 30 ostrich before mortality rates."

The source pointed out that swabs were taken from the trachea and brain [?] of two ostriches, and the samples were sent to the laboratory of agriculture in Riyadh last Tuesday, as the results of examination Outlook Panel found that the avian flu detected is the most ferocity.

Asked why infection source said: "The ostriches imported type of the injured may be moved to the virus from other birds breeding of the disease from its country of origin." [Wonder what country they were imported from?]

The source pointed out that transmission of avian flu could be through food or waste carrier of H5N1.

With regard to the execution of pet birds of the "640" which breaks between the source had been in accordance with the procedures regular practice globally.

The drilling a hole two meters deep at the park-and-a-half meter and the length of 5 meters and the three meters and a layer of lime neighborhood was then sprayed Bamutehr after heated and then placed ostriches dead and placed above another layer and then buried this method sound 100th% from the scientific standpoint it does not have any damage futuristic note that supervised the executions, burial team specialist affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture.

http://www.moheet.com/asp/show_m.asp?pg=13&lc=65&do=1923831

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[AlaskaDenise]

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South African ostriches have had H5N2 - see http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...5BC0A9629C8B63

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[Theresa42]

Re: Saudi Arabia reports first bird flu outbreak in fowl

South African ostriches have had H5N2 - see http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...5BC0A9629C8B63

Thanks, AD! I thought I remembered something about ostriches in South Africa -- but it wasn't H5N1, eh? Hmmm. Maybe this is the first time, then.

Meanwhile ... back in Newark .... Yikes.

[HenryN]

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Thanks, AD! I thought I remembered something about ostriches in South Africa -- but it wasn't H5N1, eh? Hmmm. Maybe this is the first time, then.

Meanwhile ... back in Newark .... Yikes.

No. H5N1 in ostriches in Thailand and Nigeria (Nigeria is Qinghai)

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Saudi Arabia reports first bird flu outbreak in fowl

Niman beats google again.

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[Theresa42]

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No. H5N1 in ostriches in Thailand and Nigeria (Nigeria is Qinghai)

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Ah ha! Thanks, Doc!

Duh -- I shoulda remembered Thailand -- now that you say it, I recall it was an ostrich farm that was affected ... I think .... My memory's really goin'....

[Theresa42]

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Speculative stuff from Saudi Arabia. Newspaper notices that there seems to be extra-attention paid to poultry farms in/around Jeddah/Mecca -- farms/Ministry of Agriculture say this is just routine. Whole farm(s) apparently to be "emptied" of birds and cleaned/disinfected....

Google-translated from Arabic:

Owners stressed that they are routine and has nothing to do with the emergence of influenza
Preventive clearing operations in poultry farms in Mecca before the infusion of new bird
March 27, 2007

Jeddah: Mohamed AL-ZAID

Intensified Department of Agriculture in Mecca during the last two days in the control of their private farms and poultry farming region of 140 licensed farm supervised by the Department, following the implications of the emergence of the avian influenza disease in a farm for the eastern region recently.

On a tour of farms located south-east of the city of Jeddah, specifically in the Berman monitored the "Fatherland" [i.e. the newspaper] clearing operations inside, and described by their owners as routine and has nothing to do with the emergence of avian flu in the eastern region.

With most of rejection based on these farms entering the "Fatherland", the response of a few of them gratis permits farms where they work in and issued by the Ministry of Agriculture represented in the management of agricultural development.

A veterinary doctor Mohammed Ismail, who was engrossed in the process of cleansing the wards free from poultry to the cleansing process is just the routine being held after the liquidation and sale of the entire farm birds, which accounts for annual capacity of 583,680 off with a prelude to receive a new batch of eggs, which are working on breeding.

He also denied the existence of the relationship of what was raised recently about the repercussions of the emergence of the disease in the eastern region, and their work routine, according to the requirements of the Ministry of Agriculture and the profession which it is based.

It also included the area south-east of Jeddah Himam to ascertain the existence of poultry farms in this region, which was experiencing a number of farm-licensed by the General Department of Agriculture within six months ago, a committee composed of municipal sub-region, the police and with the consent of the Principality of Mecca eliminated all.

This came in the wake of the campaign, which included all regions of the Kingdom to make sure farms licensed and non-licensed in the field of poultry and take caution of the spread of the deadly avian influenza virus, did not monitor the round any new farm only debris and former farm, which has remained on the case since the day of the total assessed.

For his part, the director general of the General Department of Agriculture in Mecca Al Jaber monthly and that the administration is working continuously to conduct regular tours within the teams to make sure that there is no violation of the new farms.

He added that there was a difference that other rounds of the farms licensed also regularly to ascertain the extent of the commitment of these farms applying preventive security measures for a total of 140 poultry farm in the Mecca of which approximately 40 farm town in Jeddah only that the ministry is keen to be bound by and apply to all projects poultry Kingdom.

He pointed out that the implications of the emergence of the disease in the eastern region have doubled in the effort existing tours and intensified only stressing that the ministry is working to implement the best security systems and preventive reached it by the States in the field of poultry and to assure consumers that there are no poultry farms Kingdom of the avian influenza virus, God.

The sightings on the "Fatherland" for cleansing operations carried out by some of the farms currently Is it a repeat appearance of the disease in the eastern region, the monthly that this is part of the Preventive Security will be after the end of each of the poultry farm before calming any new preparation.

And some of the observations or worn out some of the rooms, the monthly view that the Ministry's technical on the wings of the fact that the permits are accepted and while the unfitness wards of poultry has been stopped completely denied by the administration to stop any farm region of farms licensed for this reason, except for some cases limited as saying that bears the technical irregularities that do not warrant suspension.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/daily/2007-03-27/local/local22.htm

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[Niko]

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No. H5N1 in ostriches in Thailand and Nigeria (Nigeria is Qinghai)

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H5N1
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Influenza A virus (A/ostrich/HeNan/14/2002(H5N1))
Influenza A virus (A/ostrich/Nigeria/1047-25/2006(H5N1))
Influenza A virus (A/Ostrich/Samut Prakan/Thailand/CU-19/04(H5N1))<o:p></o:p>
Influenza A virus (A/ostrich/Samut Prakan/Thailand/CU-31/04(H5N1))
<o:p> </o:p>
H5N2
<o:p> </o:p>
Influenza A virus (A/ostrich/South Africa/1/2004(H5N2))
<o:p> </o:p>
Plus a number of other AI strains in ostriches.

[Theresa42]

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Thanks again, Niko!