Germany - H5N1 confirmed in 5 swans, 1 duck, 1 goose

[HenryN]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

see here:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=83955&postcount=1

for the 3 strains in German , represented by:

1)A/mute swan/Bavaria/2/06 (Bavaria,Czech,Italy,Austria)
2)A/goldeneye duck/Bavaria/19/06 (Southern Germany,Switzerland)
3)A/swan/Germany/R65/06 (Ruegen,Northern Germany,Baltic Sea)

also one virus from 2005 :
A/teal/Germany/WV632/05 which is maybe closest to group 3),
but pretty much different.

The teal is low path. The others are high path Qinghai (Clade 2.2). Using the new nomenclature recommended at the Options VI conference and assigning a 2 to the regional isolates in Germany, the three groups would be Clade 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.2, and 2.2.2.3.

In order of publication. 2.2.2.1 would be northern Germany. 2.2.2.2 would be southern Germany, shared with Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine (and many polymorphisms in Egypt). 2.2.2.3 would be shared with Switzerland (and have HA M230I seen in the Nile Delta, as well as NA G743A which appeared in Egypt, Russia, and Ghana in 2007).

[HenryN]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

Bird flu resurfaces in Germany - city officials
24 Jun 2007 11:23:21 GMT
<!-- 24 Jun 2007 11:23:21 GMT ## for search indexer, do not remove-->Source: Reuters

BERLIN, June 24 (Reuters) - The southern German city of Nuremberg said on Sunday that the bird flu virus had been discovered in the bodies of eight dead birds found in the state of Bavaria, Germany's first confirmed cases this year.
The corpses of two more birds are being analysed to see if they also contained the H5N1 avian flu virus, a city spokeswoman said.
"The city of Nuremberg and the Veterinary Office for the region of Fuerth have established a quarantine zone in the affected areas and will continue observation activity around Nuremberg," the city said in a statement.
The bodies have been sent to a national laboratory to determine if the virus is the highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 virus, it added.
Among the birds found in two lakes near Nuremberg were swans, a duck and a goose, the statement said.
Last year, some 13 European Union member states had confirmed cases of bird flu -- Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Britain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, France and Hungary.
Czech veterinarians started culling several thousand turkeys at a farm last week after tests confirmed the country's first outbreak of a deadly form of bird flu in poultry.
Bird flu has been spreading across southeast Asia, killing two people in Vietnam this month, the first deaths there since 2005.
Globally, the H5N1 virus has killed nearly 200 people out of over 300 known cases, according to the World Health Organisation. None of the victims were from Europe.
Hundreds of millions of birds have died or been slaughtered.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24595150.htm

[HenryN]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06240701/H5N1_Germany_Reservoir.html

[gsgs]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/Tiere-Vogelgrippe;art1117,2327468

(national) FLI confirms high-path. H5N1 in at least 3 cases. (2 swans, 1 wild duck)

"further 7 cases are suspected" (I don't understand this)

the Bavarian institute had previously found H5N1 in 8 cases (6 swans,1goose,1duck)

[Gert van der Hoek]

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EU: deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Germany

24 Jun 2007 13:02:58 GMT

Source: Reuters

BRUSSELS, June 24 (Reuters) - The highly pathogenic bird flu virus H5N1 has been found in two dead swans in Germany, the European Commission said on Sunday.

The European Union executive said German authorities had informed Brussels that laboratory tests carried out at a regional laboratory in Bavaria had confirmed the deadly strain in the birds.

Precautionary measures were now being taken, the Commission said in a statement.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BRU005754.htm

[Theresa42]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

Thanks Doc and gsgs for those explanations!

[Theresa42]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

both of those lakes look like they are very close to urban areas, if thoses streets around are residential.

Yes -- the W&#246;hrder See [Lake] is very central in N&#252;rnberg and is defnitely near residential areas. It's actually a part of something called the W&#246;hrder Wiese [Meadow] which is a recreational park (babelfish translation from German):

...which is used intensively by recovery-looking for the large city as well as for leisure and cultural events. On it in each case also the experience field of the senses is as well as in the summer beer gardens from May to Septembers.

The ways cross under other Jogger and ever more Nordic Walker. Cyclists and pedestrians queren the Woehrder meadow on the way of the Nuernberger the east into the city center. On the meadows tummeln itself numerous leisuresoccer players, on warm, sunny days also many Sonnenanbeter.

(...)

On both sides of the Woehrder meadow are building complexes of different faculties of the professional school Nuernberg. Therefore the green area is used by students gladly to staying and Relaxen.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W&#37;C3%B6hrder_Wiese [<< in German]

The Silbersee looks to me as though it's in a more industrial area -- and, in fact, the lake is apparently full of toxic chemicals since there was some sort of metal production in the area in the past. But, the Wikipedia article says it's still used for recreational activities anyway: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbersee_(N%C3%BCrnberg) [<< in German]

Photo of the W&#246;hrder See:

[vinny]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

is there any possibility these birds could have been flying between the 2 lakes and dropping there poop on these residential areas..........?

[gsgs]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

Silbersee is contaminated. Contains old toxic,rotten stuff from WW2.
The dead wild goose was found there.
We wonder what the goose did there.


14 suspected birds now, 6 of these are confirmed H5N1 by FLI,
3 of these are negative. Leaves 5...

[HenryN]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

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Date: Sat 23 Jun 2007
Source: Welt on-line [trans. from German, edited]
<http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article969992/Neue_Vogelgrippe-Faelle_in_Deutsch
land.html>


Five swans, a wild duck and a wild goose were found dead in Nuremberg
[also spelled Nurnberg, in the German state of Bavaria; see map at
<http://www.supertravelnet.com/maps/index.php?action=showmap&country=164_9008_5&
language=1>]
and were identified as infected with avian influenza.

The city immediately announced a restricted area. It remains to be
confirmed whether the virus involved is H5N1, which can infect humans.

The dead birds were sent to the national reference laboratory at the
Friedrich Loeffler Institute, on the island of Riems, which will
perform the final identification of the virus.

The city declared a restricted area with a radius of 4 km. No poultry
or other birds may be transported into or out of that area for 21
days. Dog and cats may not wander in the restricted area. In the area
where the birds were found, warnings were set up.

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Date: Sun 24 Jun 2007
Source: Euronews.net [edited]
<http://euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=429258&lng=1>


Authorities in Bavaria say 7 dead birds found in 2 lakes near
Nuremburg have tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the 1st
cases in Germany this year [2007]. People have been warned to keep
their dogs on a leash and to steer clear of waterfowl.

Additional tests on the 5 swans, one duck and one goose are underway
with the results expected within a few days. In 2006, 13 European
Union countries were hit by bird flu, and earlier this month [June
2007], cases were reported in the Czech Republic. The H5N1 strain has
decimated poultry stocks since 2003 and killed as many as 191 people
worldwide.

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Date: 24 Jun 2007 13:02:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
<http://www.alertnet.org/services/alerting/breakingnews_adv.htm?channel_id=-
1&path=%2Fthenews%2Fnewsdesk%2FBRU005754.htm>


EU: deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Germany

The highly pathogenic bird flu virus H5N1 has been found in two dead
swans in Germany, the European Commission said on Sunday.

The European Union executive said German authorities had informed Brussels
that laboratory tests carried out at a regional laboratory in Bavaria had
confirmed the deadly strain in the birds.

Precautionary measures were now being taken, the Commission said in a
statement.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall

[Germany's last outbreak of HPAI H5N1 was notified to the OIE on 7 Apr
2006 [last year]; it referred to a turkey farm in the Sachsen state.
Contact with wild birds was reportedly suspected; see at
<http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_23.HTM#Sec1>.
The outbreak was eradicated by stamping out, and on 18 Jul 2006,
Germany officially announced its regained freedom of HPAI as from 28
Jul 2006, in accordance with Chapter 2.7.12. of OIE's Terrestrial
Animal Health Code.

During 2006, H5N1 was detected in wild birds in several European
countries, including Germany; see map at
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/map/20060802/europe.htm>
and graphs showing the results of the undertaken surveillance,
including number of cases per week, per species and per country at
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/adns_wildbirds2006.pdf>.
The last positive bird was detected on 2 Aug 2006.

The surveillance has been continued throughout 2006 and during 2007,
with negative results. A graph, updated 21 Jun 2007, is available at
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/adns_wildbirds2007.pdf>.

Final results from the OIE's Reference Laboratory for highly
pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza at the
Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (BFAV),
Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Insel Riems, are expected soon. -
Mod.AS]

[Later newswire reports mention 8 birds plus 2 more suspected. - Mod.JW]

[HenryN]

Re: H5N1 suspected in dead swans in Germany

AVIAN INFLUENZA (109): GERMANY (BAVARIA), WILD BIRDS
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The surveillance has been continued throughout 2006 and during 2007,
with negative results. A graph, updated 21 Jun 2007, is available at
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/adns_wildbirds2007.pdf>.


[Later newswire reports mention 8 birds plus 2 more suspected. - Mod.JW]

The re-emergence of H5N1 in the heart of western Europe in June even has ProMed stunned into cold silence.

[sharon sanders]

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