H5N1 in Domestic Ducks in Bavaria

[HenryN]

Re: H5N1 in Domestic Ducks in Bavaria

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="99%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Battle against bird flu: Germany culls 205,000 ducks </TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="83%">Posted on : 2007-09-07 | Author : DPA
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<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>Schwandorf, Germany - German authorities on Friday ordered 205,000 ducks being fattened on two poultry farms to be slaughtered after the avian influenza virus reached a new area of Bavaria state. In Schwandorf county, 140 kilometres north of Munich, officials said veterinarian-led teams would begin culling the birds in the course of the day after "clear evidence" of the virus was found in the county.
The two farms near the town of Nittenau belong to a duck-raising company which was hit by a similar cull several weeks ago at another site, in Wachenroth.
The officials said it was still uncertain whether the virus had actually entered the Nittenau farms. The birds will be killed and incinerated as a precaution.
Water birds are especially susceptible to the H5N1 virus, which can be fatal to humans. The fight against its spread is driven by the fear that the virus could mutate and possibly cause massive loss of human life worldwide.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/103887.html

[HenryN]

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H5N1 in Oberpfaelzer mast enterprises discovers large opinion swan village (dpa) - after the outbreak of the bird flu in a Middle Franconian poultry enterprise also in two further duck mast plants in Bavaria the high-sticking on virus H5N1 was proven. According to data of the Bavarian consumer protection Ministry from the Friday evening the exciter was found with several frozen ducks. Also throat reductions with the animals of the two enterprises in the district swan village would have furnished referring to the poultry plague. "a Keulung of the existence is inevitable around a transmission of the virus on other enterprises to exclude", said ministerial spokesman Roland squirrel. In the next days therefore 205,000 ducks from the yards in Bruck and Nittenau are to be killed. Concern it the so far largest Keulungsaktion in Germany. The two enterprises concerned in Bruck and Nittenau are according to data of the authorities subsidiary companies of the mast enterprise in the Middle Franconian Wachenroth, where two weeks ago ago the bird flu was already determined. After the past realizations from the two enterprises possibly the bird flu arrived after Wachenroth. With the enterprise in Bruck about 180,000 ducks are to be gekeult, in Nittenau of approximately 25,000 animals. A danger for the population is excluded. In the two mast enterprises with the animals more than 3300 samples were taken and examined. Some these animals had anti-bodies of H5N1 in itself. According to data of the authorities only a weak disease picture is to be recognized with infected ducks in contrast to chickens. Swan village land advice Volker Liedtke (SPD) announced that the actionaction action in the four stables concerned will take presumably scarcely one week. The ducks are to be killed animal-protection-fairly with current impacts. Already in August in Wachenroth approximately 160,000 ducks had been gekeult. In the enterprise H5N1 had been likewise proven. Because of the business connection between the three addresses concerned in the district swan village already extensive safety precautions had been arranged. Also different poultry owners are affected by it. Approximately 60 yards in the area swan village may not deliver animals or animal products for one week such as eggs or feathers/springs more.

http://newsticker.welt.de/index.php?channel=ver&module=dpa&id=15566720

[HenryN]

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Bird flu in Bavaria expands - 205,000 Oberpfaelzer mast ducks are killed - so far largest action in Germany -- of Ulrich Meyer -- The bird flu continues to spread in Bavaria always. After an enterprise in middle Franconia now also two yards are in the Upper Palatinate infected with also for humans dangerous H5N1-Virus. The authorities react with the emergency slaughtering in the history of the Federal Republic, largest according to data of the federal consumer protection Ministry. 205,000 mast ducks from the enterprises close Nittenau are killed to reduce the the infection danger. The action will last according to estimate from experts into the next week. Nittenau (strip packing). The bird flu continues to spread in Bavaria always. After an enterprise in middle Franconia now also two yards are in the Upper Palatinate infected with also for humans dangerous H5N1-Virus. The authorities react with the emergency slaughtering in the history of the Federal Republic, largest according to data of the federal consumer protection Ministry. 205,000 mast ducks from the enterprises close Nittenau are killed to reduce the the infection danger. The action will last according to estimate from experts into the next week. The Schwandorfer land advice Volker Liedtke communicated on Friday that the bird flu virus in samples from the existence of the duck mast yards in Trumling and Hofing was clearly identified. The samples had been taken past week, since the authorities from contacts knew to the bird flu yard in Wachenroth in middle Franconia. There two weeks ago ago over 160,000 animals had been killed, after also the virus dangerous for humans had been diagnosed of the type H5N1. The Bavarian Department of the Environment confirmed that in several animal samples by the two yards with Nittenau the hochpathogene variant of the H5N1-Virus had been proven "definitely". The Keulung is therefore "compellingly necessary", in order to prevent a transmission on further existence, said a spokeswoman in Munich. Land advice Liedtke said, one will kill the ducks with electrical shock plants. That will take about 60 hours. The Bavarian consumer protection Ministry purchased appropriate plants already more than one year ago. They are mobile and can be brought by trailers to the respective place of work. The killed ducks are burned. On a yard approximately 25,000 ducks are, on the other one approximately 180,000 animals. The yards were blocked by the authorities. The federation nature protection (BN) reacted dismayed to the planned mass massentoetung of the ducks. "the dimension of the animal tiertoetung is apokalyptisch", said the BN regional chairman Hubert refuses. It made mass animal husbandry jointly responsible for the large effects. Instead of the rural enterprises the industrielle agriculture one promote. "ever more meats pushes for the market, intensified controls gives it however", did not criticize refuse. (sources: Land advice Liedtke with PK; Federal consumer protection Ministry, Bavarian Department of the Environment and district administration office on strip packing-inquire; Federation nature protection in report) ddp/von/stu

http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Politik-Ne...eltministerium)

[HenryN]

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German authorities order 200,000 birds slaughtered over suspected bird flu infection
The Associated Press
Friday, September 7, 2007 MUNICH, Germany:
German authorities said Friday that more than 200,000 ducks would be slaughtered at two farms in Bavaria after tests indicated the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
The head of Bavaria's state office for health and food safety, Volker Hingst, said the slaughter was "a purely precautionary measure," taken after "laboratory indications of H5N1" were found. The birds were not visibly sick, he said.
The two farms are located near Schwandorf, east of Nuremberg, and have a total of 205,000 ducks. It was not immediately clear how the virus might have gotten there.
Last month, more than 160,000 ducks were slaughtered at another Bavarian poultry farm following an outbreak of the disease. Officials have said that contaminated straw was the likely source in that case.
The two businesses affected Friday are subsidiaries of that farm, authorities said.
The H5N1 virus has killed more than 190 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.
The disease is hard for humans to catch, but experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily between people, potentially sparking a global pandemic. To date, most human cases have been traced to contact with infected birds.

http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=7423640

[gsgs]

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OK, let's put it into this thread,
copied from

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34439

unfortunately so.
fortunately "only" 205000 ducks to be culled.
But who knows, maybe this has to be extended later.

http://www.bayerische-rundschau.de/c...ker&LinkId=237

07.09.2007
bidflu suspicion - 205 000 ducks are being culled


Schwandorf (dpa/lby) - In NE Bavaria about 205000 ducks are killed.
The state-office in Schwandorf announced on Friday, that today is begun with the culling.
2 ffarms in Nittenau-area are affected, which are sub-companies
of the farm in Wachenroth, where the outbreak was 2 weeks ago.
In Schwandorf area there are clear signs for H5N1 said a county-spokesman.
Whether there was already an outbreak in those 2 farms remains unclear


map:

http://hawkeye00x00.awardspace.com/m...id=gsgseu1.xml

180000 ducks in Bruck and 25000 "animals" in Nittenau according to

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/artikel/123/131886/

H5N1 is now identified on two farms.

> except the two factories in Trumling and Hofing apparantly
> no further poultry-farms are involved

said the county-councellor


ministry for concumer protection says HP-H5N1 was found in 19 samples

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...out of 3300 from these 2 farms. 20 farms throughout German
had been examined.

with only 0.6% positives on those 2 farms
I'm not so sure, that there are no infections on the other farms.
They would have to test _many_ samples to be relatively
sure about this.

[HenryN]

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Preparations to the emergency slaughtering because of bird flu run After emerging the bird flu in two duck mast enterprises close Nittenau at present still the preparations for the emergency slaughtering run from 205,000 ducks. With the yard in the village Trumling close Nittenau in the Upper Palatinate is begun. Here approximately 25,000 animals are to be killed with an electrical shock plant, like the speaker of the district swan village, Franz pepper, on Saturday morning on strip packing-inquire said. Only after it then the 180,000 ducks come in the likewise infected enterprise in the village Hofing to the row. It is the largest emergency slaughtering in the history of the Federal Republic. Nittenau (strip packing bay). After emerging the bird flu in two duck mast enterprises close Nittenau at present still the preparations for the emergency slaughtering run from 205,000 ducks. With the yard in the village Trumling close Nittenau in the Upper Palatinate is begun. Here approximately 25,000 animals are to be killed with an electrical shock plant, like the speaker of the district swan village, Franz pepper, on Saturday morning on strip packing-inquire said. Only after it then the 180,000 ducks come in the likewise infected enterprise in the village Hofing to the row. It is the largest emergency slaughtering in the history of the Federal Republic. Approximately 40 coworkers of the poultry enterprise and official veterinarians will kill and in containers will ship the animals, which are then brought with trucks to an animal body removal plant. When leaving the yards the vehicles and the workers go through strict disinfection measures. But approximately 80 members of technical welfare organization, fire-brigade and red cross are in the use. On Friday the Bavarian Department of the Environment had communicated that in samples from the two enterprises also the bird flu virus dangerous for humans was found of the type H5N1. The samples had been taken, since the authorities from contacts knew to the bird flu yard in Wachenroth in middle Franconia. There two weeks ago ago over 160,000 animals had been emergency-slaughtered. According to estimate of experts the actionaction action in the two new enterprises concerned will take one week approximately (message feature to 15,00 o'clock follows) ddp/ume/pon

http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Politik-News/de/13182183/Vorbereitungen-zur-Notschlachtung-wegen-Vogelgrippe-laufen

[HenryN]

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The two new locations (Trumling and Bruck ), are quite far from the original domestic outbreak (Wachenroth), which was near the northern border of Bavaria. Sequences for the three domestic (fattening) duck sites in Bavaria would be useful

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...2,9.656982&z=7

WACHENROTH

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_fup_0000005993_20070827_100140.pdf

[gsgs]

Re: H5N1 in Domestic Ducks in Bavaria

it's the same company, though.
They were examing all contacts of Wachenroth

[HenryN]

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Swan village: Preparations for Keulung run on after emerging the bird flu in two duck mast enterprises close Nittenau in the district swan village run at present still the preparations for the emergency slaughtering from 205,000 ducks. With the yard in the village Trumling close Nittenau in the Upper Palatinate is begun. Here approximately 25,000 animals with an electrical shock plant are to be killed, said the speaker of the district swan village, Franz pepper. Only after it the 180,000 ducks of the enterprise come in the village Hofing to the row. It is the largest emergency slaughtering in the history of the Federal Republic.

http://www.ramasuri.de/(aeafmq45lqeszfipgenhxnjx)/reference.aspx?ref_ID=42768&f_k_=820079

[HenryN]

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Authorities prepare Germany largest Keulungsaktion before Nittenau (dpa) - after the outbreak of the bird flu in two Oberpfaelzer enterprises the authorities prepare the so far largest Keulungsaktion in Germany. With the toetung that approximately 205,000 animals is to be begun still in the morning, communicated the district administration office swan village. Two duck mast enterprises are concerned in Nittenau and Bruck. It concerns thereby subsidiary companies of a mast enterprise in Wachenroth. There two weeks ago ago the bird flu had been already determined.

http://www.morgenpost.de/appl/newsticker2/index.php?channel=new&module=dpa&id=15568350

[HenryN]

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Nittenau (Reuters) - after the bird flu suspicion in two Oberpfaelzer duck mast enterprises the authorities began on Saturday with the largest Keulungsaktion in the history of the Bundesrepbulik. In the enterprises in the places Trumling and Hofing should be killed according to data of the Spreches of the district administration office swan village, franc pepper, 205,000 animals. The Keulung will probably drag on into the next week. With the two yards it acts the authority according to around contact contacts of the poultry mast enterprise in the proximity of attaining, where the bird flu had broken out two weeks ago ago. There 166,000 ducks had been killed. Because of the business relations the ducks in the Oberpfaelzer enterprises had been examined as a precaution. Anti-body tests would have furnished, said a clear reference to also the exciter H5N1 dangerous for humans in the blood pepper. Of an outbreak of the epidemic cannot be spoken however, since so far no animal was obviously gotten sick. The references are however sufficient, in order to justify the Keulung of the animals.

http://de.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-09-08T091904Z_01_NEI833536_RTRDEOC_0_DEUTSCHLAND-VOGELGRIPPE.xml&archived=False

[gsgs]

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"if all goes well the cullings will be finished this evening"
said a spokeman of the state-councel-office of Schwandorf
on Saturday
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the cullings are expected to take 5 days
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the cullings will be continued during next week
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about 40men of the poultry-company and official veterinaries
will cull the animals and put them into containers which are then
transported with trucks to a animal-body-removal-facility.
There are strict disinfection measures.
80 men from technical-help-organization,fireworkers and red cross
are involved....experts estimate that the culling action in the 2 farms
will take about one week.
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apparantly these are larger animals, not the ducklings as in
Warmersdorf, that were culled in two days.

[HenryN]

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Bird cull begins in Germany


Reuters
September 8, 2007 at 12:18 PM EDT

<!-- dateline -->BERLIN<!-- /dateline --> ? German authorities started culling tens of thousands of birds at two farms in the Bavarian towns of Trumling and Hofing as a protective measure over fears of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.
An outbreak of bird flu was identified in the nearby Bavarian town of Wachenroth on Aug. 25 after dead ducks found in a poultry farm tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus.
Frank Pfeffer, a spokesman for the state office in Schwandorf, said 205,000 birds will be culled in a drive that is expected to run into next week.
The farm in Wachenroth in Bavaria's Erlangen-Hoechstadt area was sealed off and all 160,000 birds there were culled. Officials discovered the infection after more than 400 ducks at the farm died over a short period of time.
The two farms in Trumling and Hofing had business ties with the farm in Wachenroth. Tests conducted on the birds in Trumling and Hofing found that they had antibodies that indicated the presence of H5N1, Mr. Pfeffer said.
He said there was no outbreak of bird flu in Trumling or Hofing and that none of the birds showed signs of illness. But he added the blood tests were enough to justify the culling action.
Germany identified several cases of the deadly H5N1 strain in wild birds in Bavaria in June. Several bird flu infections were also registered in Germany last year.
Globally, the H5N1 virus has killed 195 people out of 322 known cases, according to the World Health Organization. Hundreds of millions of birds have died or been slaughtered.
The vast majority of bird flu deaths have been in Asia. No deaths have yet been registered in the European Union. deaths have been registered in the European Union.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070908.wbirdflu0908/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070908.wbirdflu0908

[HenryN]

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AVIAN INFLUENZA (152): GERMANY (BAVARIA)
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Date: Fri 7 Sep 2007
Source: International Herald Tribune, Associated Press report [edited]
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/07/europe/EU-GEN-Germany-Bird-Flu.php>


German authorities said Friday [7 Sep 2007] that more than 200 000
ducks would be slaughtered at 2 farms in Bavaria after tests
indicated the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

The head of Bavaria's state office for health and food safety, Volker
Hingst, said the slaughter was "a purely precautionary measure,"
taken after "laboratory indications of H5N1" were found. The birds
were not visibly sick, he said.

The 2 farms are located near Schwandorf, east of Nuremberg, and have
a total of 205 000 ducks. It was not immediately clear how the virus
might have gotten there.

Last month [August 2007], more than 160 000 ducks were slaughtered at
another Bavarian poultry farm following an outbreak of the disease.
Officials have said that contaminated straw was the likely source in that case.

The 2 businesses affected Friday [7 Sep 2007] are subsidiaries of
that farm, authorities said.

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[It will be interesting to know what kind of diagnostic tests were
performed on what kind of samples, and their results, all of which I
am sure will be forthcoming. A map of the farm location can be found at
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Schwandorf,+Germany&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>.
- Mod.PC]

[HenryN]

Re: H5N1 in Domestic Ducks in Bavaria

AVIAN INFLUENZA (152): GERMANY (BAVARIA)
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[It will be interesting to know what kind of diagnostic tests were
performed on what kind of samples, and their results, all of which I
am sure will be forthcoming. A map of the farm location can be found at
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Schwandorf,+Germany&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title>.
- Mod.PC]

It would be even more intersting to know why the conservation groups, which claim to have over 300,000 H5N1 negatives in live wild birds don't say anything about H5N1 antibody levels, which were readily detected in the asymptomatic domestic ducks that are being culled in Bavaria.

It might also be useful to define propaganda for the media that keeps propagating the nonsense on the "negatives".