First bird flu in poultry stock in Brandenburg
After the first one and a half years in the state of Brandenburg, another case of bird flu has been proven. In a private owner in the district Oberhavel were eleven chickens to the people for dangerous pathogens H5N1 disease, said a spokesman for the Agriculture Ministry Potsdam on Saturday. The Friedrich on the island of Riems, the diagnosis of Brandenburg state laboratories.
Potsdam (ddp-lbg). After the first one and a half years in the state of Brandenburg, another case of bird flu has been proven. In a private owner in the district Oberhavel were eleven chickens to the people for dangerous pathogens H5N1 disease, said a spokesman for the Agriculture Ministry Potsdam on Saturday.
The Friedrich on the island of Riems, the diagnosis of Brandenburg state laboratories.
It was the first case of bird flu in a poultry stock in the state of Brandenburg, said the spokesman. Previously, the pathogen in 21 wild birds have been proved. Since May 2006 was no longer the case occurred.
Of the eleven chickens from the private owner were indications that the five existing perishes. The remaining stock had been culled. Within a radius of three kilometers was a Sperrbezirk have been set up. The poultry stocks in this vicinity would present an official veterinarian checked.
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H5N1 bird flu detected in chickens in eastern Germany
The Associated Press
Saturday, December 15, 2007 BERLIN: Two domestic chickens in eastern Germany have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, regional authorities said Saturday.
The birds were kept with nine other chickens in the Oberhavel region, northwest of Berlin, Brandenburg state's Agriculture Ministry said.
After several of the birds died, the remains of two of them were sent for testing on Friday. A federal lab confirmed that they were infected with the H5N1 strain, the ministry said.
The remaining birds were slaughtered, and poultry kept within a three-kilometer (two-mile) radius was being checked for the virus.
An outbreak of the disease at a poultry farm in Bavaria in August led to the slaughter of 160,000 birds. The previous month, the virus was detected in a domestic goose in the east of the country, and several cases have surfaced among wild birds this year.
The disease has ravaged poultry stocks in Asia, and scientists believe it spread to Europe and to Africa with migratory wild birds.
Though bird flu is difficult for people to catch, it has killed at least 206 people worldwide. Experts believe most victims were probably infected through direct contact with sick birds.
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New outbreak of bird flu reported in Germany By DPA
Dec 15, 2007, 14:45 GMT
Berlin - A rural area north of Berlin has been placed under quarantine after a new outbreak of bird flu led to the deaths of 11 chickens, authorities said Saturday.
Five of the birds died suddenly this week and the rest were put down after tests on Friday showed they were infected with the H5N1 virus that can also harm humans.
Following the positive tests, officials sealed off an area covering a radius of three kilometres in the Oberhavel region of Brandenburg, the state which surrounds the German capital.
A team of veterinarians was sent to the area to check on other flocks of poultry and determine what spread the virus.
Farmers and pet owners were told to keep their animals indoors until the danger had passed. It was the first outbreak of bird flu in the region after a series of false-alarms in the past.
There have been several cases of bird flu in Germany since the H5N1 virus resurfaced in the southern city of Nuremberg in June.
Although bird flu remains mainly an animal disease, experts fear the virus could mutate and spread among humans, becoming a pandemic that could kill millions of people.
More than 200 people have died of bird flu since 2003, according to figures released by the World Health Organization.
The most-common way to contract the H5N1 virus is through contact with infected fowl.
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BERLIN - The H5N1 strain of bird flu, which is lethal to humans, was found among birds kept in Brandenburg outside Berlin, media reports said Saturday.
Eleven bird kept in a coop were killed and a security zone of three kilometres (1.8 miles) was put in place, the reports said.
Several cases of H5N1 have been found in birds in Germany this year and the country was the scene of a widespread bird flu epidemic in 2006. The disease spread to mammals last year, infecting three cats and a marten
A rural area north of Berlin has been placed under quarantine after a new outbreak of bird flu led to the deaths of 11 chickens, authorities said Saturday.
Five of the birds died suddenly this week and the rest were put down after tests on Friday showed they were infected with the H5N1 virus that can also harm humans.
Following the positive tests, officials sealed off an area covering a radius of three kilometres in the Oberhavel region of Brandenburg, the state which surrounds the German capital.
The above comments describe the re-emergence of H5N1 in northern Germany. Although Germany failed to identify H5N1 in wild birds prior to this poultry outbreak, the location of this outbreak is in the general vicinity of the multiple outbreaks in Poland (see satellite map). Poland also failed to find H5N1 in wild birds preceding these outbreaks, but H5N1 was found in wild birds in 2006 at locations between these recent poultry outbreaks in Poland and Germany.
Similarly, Germany found H5N1 in multiple wild bird outbreaks over the summer of 2007 as well as early 2006. The outbreaks over the summer signaled an active fall / winter period for Europe. In the past countries in western Europe failed to find H5N1 in the fall. However, H5N1 has already been reported in poultry in England and now there are outbreaks in Germany and Poland. The ealier outbreaks in Kuwait, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Krasnodar, England all trace back to the wild bird outbreak at Uva Lake in the summer of 2006.
It is likely that H5N1 is currently widespread in Europe, but surveillance in the region remains in the dismal category. Virtually all detection of H5N1, in wild birds and poultry has been in dead or dying birds. These detection failures again signal a need for a more sensitive assay. Russia has had the most success in detecting the current or former presence of H5N1 in wild birds by screening for genetic information with a PCR test, and also screening for H5 antibodies, which reflect earlier infections.
In the past various organizations have focused on negative data on PCR testing in live birds, which again fail to detect H5N1 in regions where it has been reported in dead or dying birds. The emphasis on this negative data remains a hazard to the world’s health.
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So far, no other signs of bird flu in Oberhavel
After the occurrence of vogelgrippe in a private chicken stock in northern Brandenburg there until Monday lunchtime no evidence of further disease. On Sunday had until late evening samples in ten kilometers wide observation area around the habitat has been taken, said a spokesperson for the district administration Oberhavel on Monday upon request. Apparently were no findings.
It must still awaited the clinical findings, said the spokeswoman. The samples were on Monday morning to the national laboratory in Frankfurt (Oder) has been sent. The outcome was the earliest on Monday evening. In the flocks in the three km wide eliminator of the pathogen was not found.
On Saturday was known that the first time in the state of Brandenburg, the bird flu in a poultry stock was demonstrated. In a private owner in Altglobsow at Fürstenberg / Havel several sick chickens which also dangerous for human pathogen H5N1. Both in the closed area or in the observation area is stable duty. It is also unclear how the virus to the chickens have been transferred.
It is the first case of bird flu in the state of Brandenburg in one and a half year. Previously, the pathogen in 21 wild birds have been proved. Since May 2006 this was no longer the case.
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EU Says H5N1 Form Of Bird Flu Confirmed In GermanyLast update: 12/17/2007 12:34:46 PMBRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The European Union said Monday outbreak control measures were being put in place in Brandenburg, Germany, after the highly pathogenic H5N1 form of bird flu was confirmed in a flock of birds in the Germany city. The precautionary measures include the culling of poultry on the holding and the establishment of a 3-kilometer protection zone around the outbreak area. A 10-kilometer perimeter around the outbreak is being kept under surveillance. Global health officials worry the H5N1 virus that is currently circulating could eventually mutate into a strain that could pass easily from person to person, which could spark a human pandemic. -By Katharina Bart, Dow Jones Newswires; +32 2 741 1484; katharina.bart@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones NewswiresDecember 17, 2007 12:34 ET (17:34 GMT)
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EU announces poultry cull after new bird flu outbreak in Brandenburg, Germany 17/12/2007 17:35 London Time | story 1182
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission says it is taking precautionary measures after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in Brandenburg, Germany, over the weekend.
All poultry on the affected holding in Landkreis Oberhavel, north of Berlin, will be culled and poultry cannot be moved beyond a 3 km protection zone.
The EU will review the disease situation on Wednesday. antonia.vandevelde@thomson.com
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AVIAN INFLUENZA (188): SAUDI ARABIA, GERMANY (BRANDENBURG)
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In this update:
[1], [2], [3] Saudi Arabia: ostriches
[4] Germany: (Brandenburg), backyard poultry
Saudi Arabia's agriculture ministry has ordered 13 500 ostriches to
be destroyed following a new outbreak of bird flu in the kingdom, the
Al-Watan newspaper reported on Saturday [15 Dec 2007].
The outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the disease that is dangerous to
humans was reported on Thursday [13 Dec 2007] evening at a farm in
the Al-Kharj region, 80 km (50 mi) south of Riyadh, the Arabic
language daily said.
Last month [November 2007], the Saudi authorities ordered nearly 4
million birds culled in the face of at least 14 separate outbreaks of
avian influenza.
There have been no reports of the disease spreading to humans in the
oil-rich desert kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia is deploying 49 000 security personnel in its holy
cities to maintain safety and security during the Hajj, the annual
pilgrimage to Mecca. More than 1.6 million Muslims have arrived in
the kingdom to take part in the event, which begins on Monday [17 Dec
2007]. Some 11 000 medical staff are also being stationed in the area.
[In addition to problems related to congestion and stampedes, seen
over the past few years], there are also issues of communicable
diseases, which need to be dealt with, most recently bird flu.
Saudi Arabia's Agriculture Ministry has ordered 13 500 ostriches to
be culled, following an outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu on a
poultry farm about 150 km (93 mi) from the capital, Riyadh. Since the
outbreak of the disease in November [2007] 4.5 million birds have
been culled in the kingdom.
Every Muslim who is physically able and has the financial means is
obligated to carry out the Hajj at least once in a lifetime.
[In addition to avian influenza, another zoonotic disease, which has
to be taken into consideration during these days in Saudi Arabia, is
Rift Valley fever. Though not reported recently within the Kingdom,
this arthropod-borne disease, which since 1990 has been detected
several times in the Arab peninsula, has recently been spreading in
the Horn of Africa and Sudan, traditionally exporters of slaughter
animals. The Saudi authorities are said to have banned imports of
live ruminants from the affected countries. - Mod.AS]
Municipal officials in Riyadh have instructed poultry sellers and
restaurants not to sell ostrich meat following the discovery of bird
flu among ostriches a couple of days ago.
"Municipal inspectors are currently conducting raids on shops and
dining outlets in Riyadh that sell ostrich birds and ostrich meat,"
said Suliman Hamad Al-Buthi, chief of the Environmental Health
Department at the municipality.
"We've already managed to withdraw ostriches and ostrich dishes from
12 restaurants and 6 shops in the city," said Al-Buthi, adding that
the Agriculture Ministry culled 13 500 ostriches following a new
outbreak of bird flu, which was discovered on Thursday evening [13
Dec 2007] at a farm in Al-Kharj region, 80 km (50 mi) south of
Riyadh. So far 4 million birds have been culled following 14 separate
outbreaks of bird flu.
"The situation is, however, under control and there have been no
reports of the disease spreading to humans in the Kingdom," said
Al-Buthi. "We're still receiving emergency calls from Saudis and
residents asking us to visit them and find cases of the deadly
virus," he added.
Meanwhile, the 5 locations designated by Riyadh Municipality for the
dumping of poultry have so far received over 5000 live birds, which
have been culled and incinerated.
"Although, the situation is quickly returning to normalcy, we'll have
to wait for at least 60 days after the last detected case of bird flu
to declare the city, or for that matter the Kingdom, bird flu free,"
he said.
With bird flu typically flaring during the winter months, the virus
has also resurfaced in other parts of Asia. Human deaths have been
reported in Indonesia and China. Indonesia, the nation hardest hit by
the H5N1 virus, announced its 93rd death on Friday [14 Dec 2007]. The
WHO (World Health Organization) report also confirmed Myanmar's 1st
human case and said that 208 people have so far died worldwide.
Bird flu has also been discovered in birds in Brandenburg, Germany,
which was the scene of a widespread bird flu epidemic in 2006. A
total of 11 birds, which were kept in a coop, were killed and a 3 km
(2 mi) security zone was put in place [see item 4].
[On top of the officially notified outbreaks in Saudi poultry and
ostriches, there have been media-derived reports on H5N1 in recently
imported falcons (see ProMED-mail 20071212.3997). ProMED-mail
published a request for information on these cases, which could have
been the source of infection in the Kingdom, but no response has been
forthcoming so far; our request is hereby repeated. - Mod.AS
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[4] Germany: (Brandenburg), backyard poultry
Date: Mon 17 Dec 2007
From: Thomas Mettenleiter <thomas.mettenleiter@fli.bund.de>
HPAIV (highly pathogenic avian influenza virus) H5N1-infection in a
backyard flock in North-Eastern Germany
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A new case of HPAIV H5N1 infection in poultry was confirmed on 14 Dec
2007 in the Federal State of Brandenburg in North-Eastern Germany.
In a backyard flock of 11 layer chickens, 5 animals suddenly died.
Samples of 2 of the dead chickens were investigated at the regional
laboratory in Frankfurt-Oder showing highly positive results for H5
and N1 in real-time RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase polymerase chain
reaction) analyses.
The samples were immediately transferred to the OIE (World
Organization for Animal Health) and National Reference Laboratory for
Avian Influenza at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut. Real-time RT-PCR
specific for Qinghai-like strains of HPAIV (Hoffmann et al., 2007)
confirmed the presence of HPAIV H5N1 in these samples. Preliminary
results of the sequencing analysis of the HA-gene showed a close
relationship to HPAIV H5N1 isolates detected earlier in 2007 in
Germany (HPAIV H5N1 subclade 2.2.3; Starick et al., 2007). Further
molecular analyses are ongoing.
E. Starick
PD Dr. T. Harder
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. T. Mettenleiter
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Isle of Riems, Germany
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Germany
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The samples were immediately transferred to the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) and National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut. Real-time RT-PCR specific for Qinghai-like strains of HPAIV (Hoffmann et al., 2007) confirmed the presence of HPAIV H5N1 in these samples. Preliminary results of the sequencing analysis of the HA-gene showed a close relationship to HPAIV H5N1 isolates detected earlier in 2007 in Germany (HPAIV H5N1 subclade 2.2.3; Starick et al., 2007).
The above comments on initial sequence data from the H5N1 isolates from Germany indicate that the sequences are related to the Uva Lake sequences detected throughout Europe since the summer. These results are not a surprise. The sequences were first reported in a massive wild bird outbreak in the summer of 2006. The number of dead wild birds was on a par with the Qinghai Lake outbreak in central China. Qinghai lake is the largest lake in China, while Uva Lake is the largest lake in Mongolia. However, unlike the 2005 outbreak which was followed by the detection of the Qinghai strain in over 50 countries west of China in the following 12 months, the Uva Lake strain was only reported in Kuwait prior to the summer of 2007.
However, in the summer of 2007, the Uva Lake strain was first reported at a poultry outbreak in the Czech Republic which was quickly followed by detection in wild birds in the Czech Republic and Germany. The detection in Germany spread to multiple locations in central and southern Germany. Although all outbreaks were related to Uva Lake, each location represented an independent introduction.
These outbreaks were followed by wild bird outbreaks in France and domestic poultry in Germany. In the fall H5N1 was reported in poultry and wild birds in Krasnodar. The whooper swan and chicken sequences from Krasnodar were published and were 99.95% identical. The were also the Uva Lake sub-clade and were closely related to sequences from three of the wild bird outbreaks in Germany.
More recently, the sequences from domestic poultry outbreaks in England were described, and these sequences were also Uva Lake sequences closely related to the earlier outbreaks. The data described by the Fredrich Loeffler researchers indicates H5N1 in northeastern Germany is also the Uva Lake strain, which suggest that the recent outbreaks in adjacent Poland will also be the Uva Lake strain.
These data support the replacement of the various Qinghai sub-clades circulating in Europe between 2005 and 2007 with the Uva Lake strain, which has been the only strain reported in Europe since the summer. This replacement supports a influx via wild birds beginning in the fall of 2006, but circulating undetected throughout Europe until the summer of 2007.
The detection in the summer, followed by multiple reports in recent weeks predicts H5N1 infections in Europe will be widespread inn the upcoming months, and the infections will be almost exclusively the Uva Lake strain.
Similar sequences in Pakistan would not be a surprise.
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Information received on 17/12/2007 from Mr Werner Zwingmann, Ministerialdirigent, "Leiter der Unterabteilung Tiergesundheit und Lebensmittelhygiene", Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) , Bonn, Germany
Summary
Report type Immediate notification
Start date 14/12/2007
Date of confirmation of event 15/12/2007
Report date 17/12/2007
Date submitted to OIE 18/12/2007
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 10/09/2007
Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
Report pertains to Defined zone within the country
New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak Location
Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
*Birds - 11 - 10 - 10 - 1 - 0
Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible removed*
*Birds - 90.91% - 90.91% - 100.00% - 100.00%
* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter
Description of Affected Population: backyard flock with laying hens for own consumption with no trading activity
Epidemiology
Source of infection
* Unknown or inconclusive
Control measures
Measures already applied
* Control of wildlife reservoirs
* Stamping out
* Movement control inside the country
* Screening
* Zoning
* Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
* Vaccination prohibited
* No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied
* None specified
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (National laboratory)
Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
*Birds - polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - 14/12/2007 - Positive
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New German bird-flu case reported in Germany
Posted on : 2007-12-20 | Author : DPA
News Category : Health
Berlin - A fresh bird-flu outbreak has been discovered in Germany, with a state laboratory confirming the presence of the H5N1 virus, an official veterinarian said Thursday. The infected bird was in a private hen-run at Bensdorf, a village 85 kilometres west of Berlin, said state of Brandenburg vet Hans- Georg Hurttig. All 30 fowls were immediately killed and removed.
He said scientists believed it was a spot outbreak only.
The case would only be declared official when a federal laboratory confirmed it. A Brandenburg spokesman said it was still officially considered a "suspected case."
A week ago, the avian influenza virus was discovered at Altglobsow, 75 kilometres north of Berlin, in a hen-run with 11 birds.
A fresh bird-flu outbreak has been discovered in Germany, with a state laboratory confirming the presence of the H5N1 virus, an official veterinarian said Thursday. The infected bird was in a private hen-run at Bensdorf, a village 85 kilometres west of Berlin, said state of Brandenburg vet Hans- Georg Hurttig.
The above comments describe a second outbreak of H5N1 in northern Germany. This outbreak is west of Berlin, while the outbreak earlier this week was north of Berlin (see satellite map). FLI analysis of the earlier outbreak indicated it was related to the Uva Lake strain. The multiple outbreaks in Germany follow the multiple outbreaks in central and northern Poland and multiple outbreaks in Rostov.
No EU country reported H5N1 at the end of 2005 or the end of 2006. The multiple outbreaks in Poland and Germany, which follow the outbreak in England indicate H5N1 outbreaks in Europe will be common this season, and outbreaks will include poultry at small and large farms
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Third Outbreak in 10 days in Germany
Berlin (dpa) - The third case of the deadly bird flu virus in ten days has been discovered on a small poultry farm in the German state of Brandenburg resulting in the culling of 46 chickens, officials said Tuesday.
The H5N1 virus was detected among 15 chickens on a property in the state, which surrounds the German capital Berlin.
The property's owner, who had contacted officials on Monday, was also looking after a neighbouring property with 31 chickens over the Christmas period. As a precaution the chickens on both properties were destroyed.
The three kilometre area has been shut off around the properties, which is dominated by small private holdings.
Poultry in the surrounding area is now being held in closed pens with owners have been told to immediately report any signs of illness among their birds to local veterinary authorities.
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New bird flu case in Brandenburg
Chickens at a farm: a small stock in Brandenburg is from the bird flu affected.
Heiligengrabe (dpa) - In Brandenburg is the third case of bird flu within ten days occurred. This is a small stock of 15 chickens in Blumenthal in Heiligengrabe affected, said district veterinary Martin Rott Tuesday that dpa. There was also dangerous for humans virus H5N1 has been.
The private owner had a neighbor over Christmas stock with 31 chickens care. Even these were precautionary killed. The man had the cases already one day before Christmas Eve, the authorities reported.
The Three-Kilometer-Sperrzone and the observation area in a radius of ten kilometers have been built. In the closed area, there is only a small increase in the number of stocks, including many who were not officially reported, said Rott.
In the observation area were against larger firms with a total of about 150 000 pieces poultry.
In return and observation area may poultry only in closed barns and kept dead or infected poultry must be reported immediately to the Veterinary Office.
Currently, samples were taken from the closed area, said Rott. The collection should be completed this Wednesday. Until Friday, the samples should be removed from the larger observation area ended. Unclear was the transmission. There is little water in the area, there was also the wild birds-volume low.
Because of a bird flu case with the virus H5N1 were already 30 chickens on a private farm in Altbensdorf been killed.
Previously, the pathogen in mid-December in Altglobsow in a small stock of eleven chickens occurred - and the first time in Nutzgeflügel in Brandenburg.
In the previous year there were 21 cases, but only in wild birds.
The third case of the deadly bird flu virus in ten days has been discovered on a small poultry farm in the German state of Brandenburg resulting in the culling of 46 chickens, officials said Tuesday.
The H5N1 virus was detected among 15 chickens on a property in the state, which surrounds the German capital Berlin.
The property's owner, who had contacted officials on Monday, was also looking after a neighbouring property with 31 chickens over the Christmas period. As a precaution the chickens on both properties were destroyed.
The above comments describe the continuing spread of H5N1 in northeastern Germany. Last week FLI announced the sequences were linked to the Uva Lake strain of H5N1, which was seen in the H5N1 isolated at multiple locations in Germany. Similar sequences were detected in Krasnodar in September in isolates from a chicken and a whooper swan. Poland has also reported multiple H5N1 in domestic and wild birds. Similarly Rostov, which is adjacent to Krasnodar, has also reported multiple outbreaks (see satellite map).
It is likely that all of these outbreaks are linked to migrating birds. This H5N1 spread in recent weeks suggests more H5N1 in domestic and wild birds in the upcoming weeks in Europe. To date Europe has not reported human H5N1 cases. However, the reports of H5N1 in Pakistan, suggests more human infections are likely.
Pakistan has put its hospitals on alert, while Jordan and Egypt have also issued recent alerts for H5N1.
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German chicken test positive for H5N1 flu strain
26 Dec 2007 12:14:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
BERLIN, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A third case of a chicken testing positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the northeast German state of Brandenburg was confirmed by state authorities on Wednesday. A police spokesman in Neuruppin, north of Berlin, confirmed that a chicken on a small farm in the town of Blumenthal in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district had tested positive for the virus. All 31 birds in the village were culled. It was the third case in 10 days in Brandenburg, a rural state that surrounds Berlin and is on the border with Poland. There have been eight cases of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Poland this month. Officials in Brandenburg sealed off a protection zone with a radius of three km (two miles) and imposed a surveillance zone of 10 km radius around the area. There are 150,000 birds in the 10-km zone. Earlier this month, two chickens in the Oberhavel district further west tested positive for H5N1. Eleven birds in a small Oberhavel farm were suspected of having the virus, of which five died and two were sent for tests which proved positive, the state Agriculture Ministry said. A week ago, a separate case of bird flu was confirmed in the town of Bensdorf in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, bringing the number of bird flu cases in the state to 24. German authorities culled tens of thousands of birds after the virus was found at at two farms in Bavaria early this year. Although experts fear the H5N1 strain could spark a global pandemic and kill millions of people if it mutates, it has infected relatively few humans in its present form. Since 2003, nearly 350 people worldwide are known to have contracted the H5N1 virus, of whom more than 200 have died. (Reporting by Erik Kirschbaum, editing by Tim Pearce)
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Re: Germany: H5N1 in small chicken flock in Brandenburg (Nord-East Germany)
BERLIN (Thomson Financial) - A third outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu, which is potentially lethal to humans, was confirmed this month in Germany's Brandenburg region outside Berlin, a veterinarian official said Wednesday.
Fifteen chickens kept in a coop in Heiligengrabe-Blumenthal tested positive and were slaughtered, Matthias Rott said.
A security zone of three kilometers (1.8 miles) was put in place in keeping with European Union standards.
There have been two earlier confirmed outbreaks of avian flu in Brandenburg.
Several cases of H5N1 have been found in birds in Germany this year and the country was the scene of a widespread bird flu epidemic in 2006. The disease spread to mammals last year, infecting three cats and a marten.
Re: Germany: H5N1 in small chicken flock in Brandenburg (Nord-East Germany)
H5N1-Virus in refuge proven/office veterinary surgeons control existence REFUGE - the first case of bird flu in the circle OPR was proven now in refuge. 35 chickens were killed. Vice office veterinarian Ralf Ralf-Peter Roffeis regarded yesterday further animals in the restricted area. More than 100 chickens, geese and ducks have themselves vice-office veterinary surgeon Roffeis and his colleague Klaus Kroschewski in the restricted area to regard yesterday. That had been imposed on Saturday of three kilometers around the bird flu outbreak place refuge. Are concerned Blumenthal, Dahlhausen, refuge and rose angles. Already on Friday family Jutta and Juergen Westphal had informed a veterinary surgeon. "four chickens lay dead in the stable", said the 61 years old woman yesterday. Since 1966 the family lives in refuge and ever several animals at one time died. "the family reacted correctly", praised vice-office veterinarian Roffeis. Because on 23 December the samples of the dead animals already brought the sad certainty that it concerns the influenza-a-virus. One day later the findings of Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Tierinstitut of the island Riems followed: "H5N1"-Virus, which can be dangerous for humans also. Ralf Ralf-Peter Roffeis had already killed all 15Huehner of the family Westphal and further 20 on a further yard on 23 December. The stables and discharge surfaces were cleaned and disinfected. "simultaneous we informed, reported the mayor" the deputy office veterinarian. However still no sign was to be seen on the antiresonant circuit on 26 December. That must probably have been because of it, meant Ralf Ralf-Peter Roffeis that holidays are. Responsibly for checkdescribe is the office for order of the municipality. "describe today completely surely are set up", said Roffeis. For it and its colleague was more important to make and visit fast all poultry owners in the restricted area. Only five humans had followed their obligation to announce altogether 17 chickens against it counted the two office veterinary surgeons yesterday on up to 100 animals. The Horster took the first proven H5N1-Fall yesterday left. "I am not scared and eat also far the eggs of my 15 chickens", said Fritz Birk. The animals are mobile and put far industriously eggs. For safety's sake it has it however equivalent on Saturday into the stable closed. The office veterinarians looked themselves also here yesterday over. "we take in a random sampling way reductions", said Ralf Ralf-Peter Roffeis. Upon the cause to the bird flu Roffeis can only speculate so far: It could be transferred during open land attitude fast times by excrement by flying over birds. Perhaps also a bird had direct contact to an infected. After the work was settled in the restricted area, office veterinarian Roffeis had still to the motorway. The police had discovered a helpless swan. "the animal had clear paralysis features", said Roffeis. To the office veterinary surgeon continued to remain nothing to kill as the dying swan with a syringe. The Kadaver is likewise examined now on bird flu. (of Dirk Klauke) http://www.maerkischeallgemeine.de/c...Bestaende.html
Re: Germany: H5N1 in small chicken flock in Brandenburg (Nord-East Germany)
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Mysterious bird flu cases
Researchers suspect virus in freezers
After H5N1 cases in Brandenburg experts looking for new transmission paths. In Pakistan, the disease from person to person has been transferred.
BY HANNA GERSMANN
BERLIN taz's tip still applies: Poultry durchbraten always good. Then there for the people when consumption of ducks, geese and chickens hardly a threat, even if the poultry infected with bird flu. The deadly H5N1 pathogen does not survive 70 degrees Celsius. Of these, the experts convinced. But since Friday gives them the bird flu worldwide new puzzle. First: If the virus from the freezer? And secondly: Jumps it now but from person to person?
The Federal Research Institute for Animal Health on the Baltic Sea island of Riems suspected that H5N1 also has frozen poultry spread. The occasion: In Brandenburg, within ten days of three bird flu cases emerged on small farms.
"And the district veterinary Martin Rott, who investigated the cases, said the animals may have eaten carelessly discarded intestines of deepfrozen goose - and did thus become infected."
Experts have spread through infected poultry from the market so far hardly discussed. The bird flu is at least hochinfektiös.
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So far it is primarily from animals to animals and from animals to humans. The World Health Organization surmises since Friday, however, that the virus in Pakistan, including human-to-human jump. As recently been in Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia, there should be a man falls ill, without something to do with poultry to have had. Experts fear a pandemic if this kind of contamination prevails.
Guenther Dettweiler, spokesman for the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, but says: "There is still no cause for particular concern." It sees the Berlin animal doctors Mohamed Hafez similar: "An avian flu in the last ten years, only 210 people worldwide have died" - malaria and yellow fever are dangerous. Hafez wants to "pursue but puzzling situation."
For years he researches to H5N1. "Firstly, we are trying to improve the diagnosis," he says. Second, scientists around the world watched the virus permanently. So the scientists reported Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in October: "We have found a change that could allow the virus in the upper airway of the people to grow."
The virus feels in the body temperature of birds most comfortable at 41 degrees. In the nose and throat of the people, originality gates for the virus, they are usually only 33 degrees. The mutation allows the virus, cooler temperatures to endure. An epidemic threatens to but not so Kawaoka - "This is further mutations necessary."
Meanwhile, researchers are looking for the following substances with which poultry can be vaccinated precaution. Already today, funds on the market. In China, Egypt, Pakistan would be "massive" vaccinated, says Hafez. Only protect the injections still not good. Hafez: "In Egypt, the first bird flu on Friday again erupted in vaccinated chickens." Farmers have always to reckon with the disease.
Re: Germany: H5N1 in small chicken flock in Brandenburg (Nord-East Germany)
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So far no H5N1 found in frozen ducks or geese.
Authorities investigate Frozen Ducks
Bird flu-infected ducks could possibly be reached in Berlin. So Frozen ducks now in markets controlled. There has been only one suspected, but the health authority advises caution in preparation for such birds.
Frozen ducks, possibly with the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 infected, could also reaches to Berlin. "We were able to duck, whose offal in Altglobsow of chicken feed, a delivery from Lower Saxony match," said the department's director of consumer protection in the Brandenburg Agricultural Ministry, Günter Hälsig.
"The animals are delivered to the northern part of a supermarket chain has gone, possibly also to Berlin. We monitor those establishments and supermarkets from which the ducks come.
"So far, the H5N1 virus but neither remains in Altglobsow verfütterten duck even in so-called provisioning samples of the Lower supplier or in samples from supermarkets has been found. In Brandenburg were in the last two weeks at three different locations in chickens H5N1 perishes.
After Tagesspiegel information, the private operator in all cases, the innards of frozen ducks are not properly disposed of, so that the chickens had to contact. Just yesterday confirmed the Brandenburg authorities that they have been researching the first case in an infection by Altglobsow Frozen ducks.
Because it is so far only a suspected act, it still had no warning to consumers, said Hälsig. Furthermore, the risk to people if properly preparing Frozen poultry low.
"There is no reason for increased controls in the supermarkets," said Marie-Luise Dittmar, spokeswoman for the Senate Health Authority. The fact that people eating or preparing infected could be "excluded, as long as the long-known hygienic rules."
To belong, that the raw meat never verzehre and never on the same cutting board as salad or raw food. "This is something not only protects before bird flu, but also against salmonella, for a lot of dangerous people," said the official veterinarian from the middle, Hans-Joachim Bathe-Peters.
The food inspectors verify its 7600 district businesses, including supermarkets, restaurants and large kitchens. On bird flu so far no products were tested. "When we suspect would our checks, but immediately modify and reinforce," says Bathe-Peters.
Consumer criticism that the main purpose wild birds as the cause for the transmission of avian flu and other infectious apply routes would be neglected. "In reality, no one knows exactly how the infection really is," says ornithologist Peter Petermann.
"It is macabre, when authorities now hints as to how to prepare infected poultry. Consumers have no choice but to assume that the poultry, which he buys at the supermarket, not infected with H5N1. "
Petermann therefore urges that immediate slaughter of poultry samples tested and not - as usual - only so-called provisioning samples taken. The first would be for suspected cases investigated if the other animals in the long Charge in trade or eaten.
Even more important, however, was the prophylaxis in the large poultry farms. In Bavaria, where in the summer after the occurrence of bird flu more than 100000 ducks were killed, the virus was already at least six weeks in the stock.
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Germany: H5N1 in small chicken flock in Brandenburg (Nord-East Germany)
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