BANGLADESH - BF poultry Apr 16 - Apr 20

[Theresa42]

From the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)...

Google-translated from Arabic:

The spread of avian influenza in Sulaibiya Bangladesh
April 16, 2007

She said the Ministry of Livestock in Bangladesh today that the avian influenza virus spread in spite of two new government's efforts to contain the epidemic.

Reuters quoted on Khalil Rahman Siddiqui Ministry spokesman as saying that the farm was discovered Mubah disease in western Jessore district of Bangladesh near the Indian Bengal mandate, in which the discovery of this virus also while other BBC farm near the capital Dhaka.

He added that the virus was now under control now and not that the spread of the epidemic throughout the country.

So far have been executed 79 thousands of birds chickens in 32 farms in eight provinces since the discovery of H5N1 in six farms in the BBC on 22 March last year.

There were no injuries human disease in Bangladesh despite the fact that nearly four million Bengali in contact directly or indirectly with the poultry farms.

http://www.sana.org/ara/3/2007/04/16/113486.htm

[AlaskaDenise]

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#f4faff><TD class=small_txt height=20>Bird flu spreads across BD</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#efefef></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class=small_txt>DHAKA: Bird flu has spread to two more farms in Bangladesh despite efforts to contain the spread of the disease, fisheries and livestock ministry officials said on Monday.

?A farm was found to be infected at western Jessore district while the other was at Savar near Dhaka, where the avian influenza was first detected last month,? a ministry spokesman said. Jessore district is adjacent to West Bengal state of India, where bird flu has also been identified.

So far 79,000 chickens have been culled on 32 farms in eight districts since the detection of the H5N1 virus on six farms at Savar on March 22. The government said on Sunday it would pay 70 taka in compensation for each chicken culled.

Officials said the virus was under control. ?Had it not been controlled the virus would have infected all the districts like a wildfire,? said Khalilur Rahman Siddiqui, a senior ministry official.

No humans have tested positive for the disease in densely populated Bangladesh. The virus is known to have infected nearly 300 people in 12 countries since 2003, killing more than half of them.

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[Treyfish]

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Govt urged to take up all
measures against bird flu
79,000 chickens have been culled at
32 farms in eight districts so far
Staff Correspondent
The government on Tuesday was urged to take up all the precautionary measures to prevent further spread of avian influenza in the country.
Professor Ahmed Kamal, convener in charge of the Citizens? Committee, during a roundtable on ?duties against the recent outbreak of bird flu in Bangladesh? at the Dhaka Reporters? Unity, also termed the situation almost a national disaster.
He called for rapid implementation of the National Avian Influenza and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan.
He said an investigation by the committee showed the government was not following the rules guided by the World Animal Health Organsiation, which prefer killing all the living poultry within one kilometres of the affected areas and freezing all the poultry inside 10 kilometres of such areas.
He said the government needs to follow all the organisation rules, including continuous surveillance on affected areas.
In addition, the government needs to ensure the payment of compensation especially to marginal and small poultry farmers to arrest the further spread of the disease.
Since the detection of the H5N1 virus on March 22, some 79,000 chickens have been culled at 32 farms in eight districts.
The strain of the virus H5N1 is known to have infected nearly 300 people in 12 countries since 2003, killing more than a half of them. Human cases of avian flu have generally been linked to contact with infected poultry.
Health experts fear the virus may mutate into a form that passes easily from human to human, causing a pandemic that could affect millions. No humans have tested positive for the disease in Bangladesh.
The country has 150,000 small and large poultry farms producing 250 million broilers and six billion eggs a year. About four million people are directly or indirectly associated with poultry farming.
The function also addressed, among others, by Enamul Hauqe, Rafiqul Hasan and Abul Hasan Rubel. http://www.newagebd.com/nat.html#2

[Treyfish]

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Indian border guards to watch chickens from BD
NEW DELHI: India has told its border guards to prevent people illegally bringing in poultry from Bangladesh as part of a heightened vigil against bird flu, a top official said on Tuesday. New Delhi has increased surveillance for avian influenza after three of its neighbours - Bangladesh and Myanmar on its east and Pakistan on the west - reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus over the past two months. Special attention is being given to the porous 4,000-km border with Bangladesh, which has culled 79,000 chickens in eight districts to prevent bird flu from spreading. ?We have spoken to the Border Security Force and the Home Ministry saying no informal trade with Bangladesh should be allowed and to stop people carrying poultry or meat products from Bangladesh,? Indian Animal Husbandry Secretary Charusheela Sohoni told Reuters. Hundreds of people cross the frontier into India daily from impoverished Bangladesh and informal trade is common. reuters http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-4-2007_pg4_14

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