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First bird flu suspicion with utilizable animal positive findings with house goose in Thuringia - result on Friday expected - stable obligation for poultry enterprises Inge Treichel
AP 05.07.2007 19:03
Sangerhausen - after the renewed outbreak of the bird flu in Germany there is the first infection suspicion with a utilizable animal. The investigation of a house goose in the district Saalfeld/Rudolstadt resulted in positive findings, as the Thuringian Ministry of Health communicated on Thursday. Whether it concerns the hochpathogene virus of the Subtyp H5N1 is clarified, in Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI). The animal epidemic expanded besides on Saxonia-Anhalt. The FLI classifies the risk of spreading to utilizable animals now more highly than so far. The result of the investigations at the house goose is expected on Friday. Nine further animals in the stable concerned, four ducks and five geese, were killed as a precaution. After the find of approximately 190 dead game birds at artificial lake the Kelbra at the national border to Thuringia was proven with 38 the dangerous virus H5N1 Asia. The veterinary centre of the district one field south resin determined the outbreak of the poultry plague with game birds officially, how the district administration communicated. FLI spokeswoman Elke Reinking said the AP, which risk of "moderately" to "highly" raised and had thereby fourth of five stages of the risk evaluation reached. The FLI proved the virus H5N1 Asia with 13 game birds of artificial lake the Kelbra and confirmed thereby the results of the national laboratory in Stendal. It is not necessary to examine further birds found there said Reinking. The district administration one field south resin explained, on Tuesday the imposed absolute stable obligation for poultry in a prohibited area of three kilometers around the discovery site continues to apply. Dogs and cats may not run around there freely. In the radius of ten kilometers likewise a stable obligation applies to house and utilizable poultry. In green belts water birds should not be fed or touched. The observation area was extended. In Saxonia-Anhalt 15 registered poultry owners with 211 pieces poultry are concerned and in the observation area of 148 registered poultry owners with 55.799 pieces poultry of the preventive measures in the restricted area. In France likewise increased risk In Thuringia a further case was confirmed by bird flu. With a peak swan ended, which was found at the dam Windischleuba in the Altenburger country, the FLI proved the virus H5N1. The dam is in the proximity of the place, at which in Saxonia at the end of June infected swans had been found. In Bavaria the number of the cases of bird flu increased to eleven. Also with two on Sunday and Monday to dead H5N1 was proven found swans of the Woehrder lake, communicated the city Nuernberg. Thus the exciter was discovered with nine swans, a grey goose and a Canada goose in Nuernberg. Federal Secretary of Agriculture refuge Seehofer asked the countries after AP searches to do without a loosening of the stable obligation for poultry. The Upper House of Parliament wants actually to be concerned on (tomorrow's) Friday with the topic. The Minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg for nutrition and rural area, Peter Hauk, arranged as a precaution intensified controls in the enterprises poultry-holding. The bird flu reached also east France: In the lothringischen Assenoncourt (Essdorf), 80 kilometers southwest from Saarbruecken, are three swans at the highly sticking on H5N1-Virus end, as the Ministry Of Agriculture admits on Thursday gave. The authorities gradated the threat of "moderately" on "highly" up and furnished a protected zone. (AP)
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AFTER SUSPICION ON BIRD FLU MONITORING ZONE FURNISHED toetung of the poultry as a precaution arranged a suspicion on poultry plague announced yesterday the district administration office Saalfeld Rudolstadt to evening. A monitoring zone was furnished. The samples are evaluated, animals of the existence presumed concerned were killed as a precaution. HALL FIELD - in the district Saalfeld Rudolstadt gives it a suspicion on poultry plague (bird flu). "with a goose ended after first investigations in the national office for food security and consumer protection the virus H5 was proven. The locking resuming investigations, whether it concerns thereby the highly pathogene H5N1 Influenzavirus, take place in Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (island Riems). The result is expected on Friday ", communicated medium adviser Peter Lahann yesterday. The district administration office arranged the poultry existence concerned in the district Saalfeld Rudolstadt as a precaution closed and the toetung of the poultry. It concerns four geese and five ducks. The animals were sent in for investigation to the national office for food security and consumer protection by courier. Stable obligation in view "the first results are presumably expected on Friday. All necessary measures were introduced after the utilizable poultry poultry plague protection regulation." For the municipality Wickersdorf was arranged a monitoring zone. In and from this zone spending of poultry and poultry products is now forbidden." The district administration office Saalfeld Rudolstadt refers beyond that to further precautionary measures: Person and vehicle contact to gefluegelhaltungen should be limited to the necessary. Poultry of unknown quantity origin may be taken up just like game birds, as for instance Nestlinge and other Pfleglinge, not to poultry existence. Fodder places of open land poultry attitudes must become shielded as before against game birds. It must be counted on the fact that the Aufstallung of the poultry is arranged again. Poultry owners should reproach thus appropriate accommodation possibilities for their animals. If ended water birds - ducks, geese, grey heron, swans - are found, grab birds and Rabenvoegel, is the veterinary centre or the rescue directing center to inform, these birds and examined, means it is fetched in a report. Other game birds transfer the poultry plague virus not and are in own responsibility to dispose (talk)
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MEININGEN - the danger proceeds particularly from wild wassergefluegel. The artificial lakes in the district rank - in this case fortunately - not among the most popular approach places of these animals, thus Hannemann. The past year passed with view of the poultry plague relatively calmly, the precaution measures ran there nothing was however still, gone back, explains Petra hoping man, specialty service chief veterinarian and food monitoring of the district. After the positive findings with several black neck divers at the dam Kelbra has itself now also with a swan at the dam Windischleuba the suspicion confirmed to be infected with the virus H5N1 dangerous for humans. In the district Schmalkalden Meiningen still runs the game bird monitoring. Are also in the past months isolate birds returned, but long not as many as before one and a half years, when the bird flu in the north arose frequently and was in all mouth. In this year so far 13 dead ducks to the investigation returned, which brought however each mark a negative result, says Olaf Hannemann. The stable obligation applies still also in the local region. In a large poultry plant in the district still one follow to the Aufstallungsgebot. With the other poultry holding, which hold smaller existence, apply the special permission. "now a general stable obligation to introduce, would be comes prematurely", gives the office veterinary surgeon to consider. Within the ten-meter range along the Werra, within which no exceptions are permitted, give it however only few goose owners. The concerning would have built in the meantime additionally a fence, so that their animals cannot arrive into the river. At the Breitunger or at the Breitunger forest hole the stable obligation is likewise not waived lakes. Fodder protect The office veterinary surgeon appeals to the poultry owners to protect their animals again still more. They should offer the fodder in the stable for example or ueberdachen the fodder places, in order to attract no game birds, suggest Olaf Hannemann. The native singing birds no danger to represent, endangered is above all the game water poultry such as game geese, wildenten or swans. Panic is not appropriate, attention is required, if for example accumulated up dead game birds arise. EH GEBHARDT
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Germany raises bird flu alert to "high"
www.chinaview.cn 2007-07-06 00:15:17
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BERLIN, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The German authorities on Thursday raised the alert for bird flu from "moderate" to "high" after 38 more wild birds were tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain in eastern Germany.
The birds were among the 100 found dead on an artificial lane between the states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, German news agency dpa reported.
German Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer has instructed the country's states not to ease their protective measures.
Germany has ordered farmers to keep poultry indoors as bird flu has been discovered in a total of four German states--Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony- Anhalt.
Experts fear that the H5N1 bird flu virus could transmute into deadly human influenza that could kill millions.
Bird flu has also been found in Hungary, Britain, the Czech Republic, and most recently France this year.
According to the World Health Organization, the H5N1 virus has globally killed nearly 200 people out of more than 300 cases since 2003.
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All poultry owners now in demand Since yesterday 18 o'clock is official it: also the swan of the Ebelebener domain pond died at bird plague. Thus there is second of closing and observation areas in the Kyffhaeuserkreis after Badra. With all the editions and handicaps. KYFFHAEUSERKREIS. Since also swans are game birds, the danger for humans is to infect itself with the high-sticking on virus H5N1 small. Besides so far all 190 dead birds on artificial lake the Kelbra and also the two swan children in the domain pond Ebeleben were pulled from the water. That reduces the infection danger, because according to office lady doctor Carola joke living is dangerous above all the dust of the contaminated animals. A further advantage of the past bird finds is that it concerns exclusively game birds, with which we humans normally does not live together. Nothing the defiance is required caution. All in the past days ordered taking precautions and safety precautions should be absolutely kept and all poultry in the areas concerned be locked up, dogs and cats in the house be held. Because nothing would be more devastating, than that the bird plague spreads to a utilizable animal existence or a dear cock. Then all 100 in the closing and observation areas would have registered poultry existence to be killed. And the danger for humans would rise, because these utilizable animals live practically also at the house. If office veterinary surgeon wanted to examine Dr. Gunter wolf up to yesterday still each of the 30 poultry existence around Badra personally, is not to be created with the second restricted area around Ebeleben. Therefore now directly all poultry owners in the circle were called by regulation to announce each small change in their existence to the circle or their veterinary surgeon. Even if it decreased due to locking up by Kanibalismus, putting achievement or the Ausraufen of the feathers/springs acts. To clarification of the cases the office veterinary surgeons come then personally locally. Meanwhile broke off yesterday afternoon Ebelebens fire-brigade and veterinary centre the search for the still missed two swan boys at the domain pond. Today it continues. Touch please no animal. 05.07.2007 by Renate RU
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Suspicion on bird flu Virus with dead goose from Wickersdorf proven - today further results expects from OTZ Redakteurin Ute Haefner Wickersdorf. With a goose in the small poultry existence of the partnership Wickersdorf, ended, after first investigations the virus H5 was proven. Further test results are today expected. The animal was already found on Monday dead. Thereupon one informed the veterinary centre, reported Constanze Roehlig, business guide of the partnership, yesterday evening on OTZ demand. Yesterday one communicated test result mentioned, whereupon all further animals of the existence, four geese and five ducks had to be killed, yesterday. The protective clothing, which the coworkers of the community carried yesterday when Disposing the muck, was burned still in the evening. One held small poultry in the partnership only for four weeks, after the external housing group had withdrawn into Freienorla, which itself with agriculture busy, after Wickersdorf. One got oneself the ten birds from a Jenaer existence. This enterprise is examined today, knew Roehlig. The water birds lived on a fenced pond in the partnership and by a cared for inhabitant were supplied. At night they are closed in the duck house. Since on the pond in addition, wildenten swims, it is not to be excluded that the goose infected itself in this way. Whether flu-similar symptoms show up with the responsible person of the birds is observed. For the municipality a monitoring zone was arranged. Thus it is forbidden according to report of the Social Department bringing poultry and poultry products into those or from the zone. Those approximately 70 Wickersdorfer of households were informed in the evening by the municipality that poultry is not be held outside of the stables and not be brought poultry products such as eggs from Wickersdorf may. Fodder, intersperse etc., with which poultry can come into contact, must for birds living in the wild inaccessible be kept. According to local mayor Haiko Jacob gives it in the place of four chicken owners. One always thinks, it is far away. And suddenly is one concerned. Constanze Roehlig, business guide 05.07.2007
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Migratory bird thesis does not fit any longer " Ulrike HOEFKEN (52), Members of the Bundestag of B 90/Gruene, demands a concept from the government to handling bird flu. Compared with 2006 the reactions to H5N1 are very bedaechtig. Are the dangers ignored now? For the moment still all are helpless. One does not know the origin. The migratory bird thesis does not fit for this time. Like that one is still very quiet. On the other hand also a habituation occurs that the bird flu became now part of our world. So far was the speech, can one say, it eingenistet itself here of an asiatic illness? This is a crucial change. The illness is thus here, and one must argue here now with it. The possibilities of the defense, one believed knew, are only infinitesimal small. One cannot hope now thus no more by border locking for bird transportation to shield itself. To that extent we need a new orientation. Is it negligent, if only small regions get stable obligation ordered, while them were ordered before directly by the dozen for the Lands of the Federal Republic? Also in the committee we discussed and exactly this question against the Federal Government asked. After there are also cases in France and Tschechien, we demanded a re-valuation of the risk, which was raised now of "moderately" to "highly". Since the danger will still long continue, we expect the collecting main of a concept from the Federal Government, how them want to deal further with the illness and the house poultry. So far I have the impression that the open land attitude is to be given up in favor of mass animal husbandry. We do not want that. The alternative would be the inoculation. So far the expenditure applied to it as much too highly. We inoculate poultry anyway after slipping against a set of diseases. One must decide now now to include also the bird flu. It was assured that by Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut new realizations are presented for inoculating. That was however not yet the case. Contrary to the Netherlands, which operates these inoculation, still large restraint prevails with us. 05.07.2007
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The bird flu spreads in Europe from risk high staged SANGERHAUSEN/PARIS (AFP/dpa) the bird flu continues to spread and now as the fourth Land of the Federal Republic Saxonia-Anhalt as well as France reached. With 38 dead game birds Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut for animal health (FLI) proved the virus, announced yesterday the district administration office one field south resin. The animals had been found at artificial lake the Kelbra in Saxonia-Anhalt. There the authorities on Thueringer side had discovered animals already infected. In Nuernberg meanwhile eleven cases of bird flu are proven. Also in Saxonian glad castle several infected game birds had been found to at the end of of June. In Germany Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut proceeds now from three focal infections: Nuernberg, an area south of Leipzig at the border between Saxonia and Thuringia and the artificial lake Kelbra. Around the lake approximately 200 further dead animals were found. For the population exist no danger, said the deputy office veterinary surgeon of the district one field south resin, Lothar Seibt. "however artificial lake should not be bathed. in" The region around Kelbra is with campers and wanderern a popular recreation area. The FLI yesterday increased the risk estimate of moderate to high. That means it that the Lands of the Federal Republic must examine and to the risk evaluation adapt their risk areas. Federal Secretary of Agriculture refuge Seehofer (CSU) asked the countries for the time being not to loosen the preventive measures for poultry. The majority of the countries agreed yesterday with a consultation of the national crisis staff. Thus the stable obligation continues to apply to feather/spring cattle with exceptions only once. For the first time for over one year the authorities proved the sticking on virus H5N1 also in the French Lorraine. Three swans, which were found distant to the Saarland on Tuesday dead in a pond in east Lorraine of about ninety kilometers from the border, were infected with the virus, as the French Ministry Of Agriculture communicated yesterday. Thus the third European country is concerned to Tschechien and Germany. After the bird flu find 98 regions of France with humid areas were explained as risk zones. Poultry fairs and letter pigeon competitions are there for the time being forbidden. In February 2006 the virus in France had arisen for the first time in a poultry breeding enterprise of the European Union.
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First poultry yard concerned The bird flu with also for humans dangerous H5N1-Virus spread racing fast. Since the previous week at least 40 infected birds at artificial lake the Kelbra were found. With further 190 Kadavern still investigations run. Besides the virus in a keeping of small animals arose with Rudolstadt. Nine animals were killed as a precaution. ERFURT/SANGERHAUSEN. Over and on the domain pond with Ebeleben in the Kyffhaeuserkreis yesterday the fire-brigade was in the use. The young animals of a swan family were looked for. One of them had been found some days ago dead, it with the dangerous bird flu virus had infected itself. Yesterday two further Kadaver were discovered, and there is the suspicion that still two disappeared Jungschwaene as well as their parents at the H5N1-Virus are gotten sick. Therefore the search is to be continued today. In view of the tragedy, which at artificial lake takes place the Kelbra on the border between Thuringia and Saxonia-Anhalt, it seemed yesterday nearly insignificantly that the third confirmed Thueringer case of bird flu was the swan of the domain pond. Because at artificial lake the Kelbra since the previous week 190 dead water birds were in-collected. Of it the laboratories of the Saxonia anhaltinischen national office for consumer protection in Stendal 160 and the Thueringer national office for food security and consumer protection in bath Langensalza test further 30. Daily up to 15 new birds would arrive there for investigation, it were said. The three at artificial lake Kelbra of bordering circles Kyffhaeuser and north living on Thueringer the side as well as one field south resin agreed upon yesterday a closer co-operation with the fight against bird flu. Thus the center of the lake as discovery site one accept, in order tasks more fairly to distribute and better mutually to support be able, it was said themselves. In Erfurt met besides the animal you staff of the country Thuringia. In the Free State Ebeleben in the Kyffhaeuserkreis exists as well as with Windischleuba in the Altenburger country a 3-Kilometer-Sperrgebiet with absolute stable obligation and the prohibition around the three confirmed discovery sites with Badra and that dogs or cats run around freely. So far scarcely 40 should be to artificial lake of found birds with also for humans dangerous H5N1-Virus infected. The veterinarian authorities of the circle one field south resin assume however also the bulk of the found and finally Kadaver not examined yet is infected with the virus. If focal infections arose so far only in the north and the east of Thuringia, it got the south yesterday in Wickersdorf with Rudolstadt with a keeping of small animals. Even if the locking test result is only expected for today, after the death of a goose and the find of the H5N1-Erregers with their nine further animals were killed as a precaution. The owner is to be compensated, it was said. On 24 June this year was first in Germany got sick birds in Nuernberg found and since that time with glad castle in Saxonia, Windischleuba and Ebeleben in Thuringia as well as artificial lake Kelbra further focal infections admits become. In the previous year it had given 347 infected game birds, three hauskatzen and a steinmarder in Germany. Besides approximately 1400 Truthuehner of a breed in the Saxonian hollow talc rice got sick in unsettled way at the risky virus and were killed in April 2006. After scarcely two weeks ago the first eight infected water birds with Nuernberg had emerged and now at least 40 at artificial lake before already announced the Kelbra and to four at the border between Saxonia and Thuringia the responsible Friedrich Loeffler Insitut yesterday to want to gradate for Germany the risk evaluation on "highly". 05.07.2007 of dock MUDRA
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The bird flu makes the experts helpless for amassment of cases in Germany - infections also in France In game birds from meanwhile four German Lands of the Federal Republic and from east France the to time feared, highly pathogenen H5N1-Viren were proven. In Germany the risk of a bringing of the epidemic in in house poultry is now more highly evaluated. kus. To already in the past days admits become infections of some game birds in Germany on Thursday three swans from the eastFrench D?partement Moselle came, with which an infection with the virus was confirmed, as well as two further swans from Bavaria. As the largest surprise an epidemic disease among black neck and hood divers at and at Thuringia is added the bordering artificial lake Kelbra lying in Saxonia-Anhalt. There became according to Elke Reinking, which press spokeswoman of the Friedrich Loeffler institute (FLI) on the island Riems, over 100 dead birds of these kinds found, by which 38 of the national investigation laboratory of Saxonia-Anhalt was positively tested on H5N1. The FLI confirmed the infection and identified highly pathogene H5N1-Viren of the type Asia. After the new finds Institut estimates the danger of a bringing of the epidemic in in house poultry now more highly than to anhin. Accordingly it raised in a risk evaluation of Thursday the risk of "moderately" to "highly" and thus to the second highest of five uncertainty phases. Spreading estimatable the Wissenschafter of the FLI do not examine according to Reinking now the hereditary property of the viruses from Saxonia notion, in order to make the comparison possible with - and as almost identically found - the H5N1-Viren of the type, sequenzierten so far, Asia, which were found with game birds in Bavaria, Saxonia, Thuringia and utilizable poultry in Tschechien. With tension one expects here also the results of the sequence analyses of the French viruses, explains Reinking. Altogether however probably concern it a wide happening, whose exact geographical spreading cannot be measured at present. From Switzerland and the Bodensee, which are engmaschig examined in the context of the project Constanze, are well-known according to Christian Griot of Institut for virus diseases and immune prophylaxis in central houses still no cases. Are still completely unclear according to experts background the outbreak. So far one assumed wild water birds accommodate the virus further - although very rarely -. Larger outbreaks with these animals will one in the late winter or produce spring to expect, if they pushed themselves in hard winters on few ice-free surfaces and are generally weakened. It is clearly that warm temperatures did not protect against the bird flu, this shows among other things the situation in countries such as Egypt, says Reinking. But one was observed in the summer rather isolated flickering of the epidemic with a dead bird here and a dead bird there to expect - as in the past year - and not, like to time, several, geographically far apart lying outbreaks within fewer days. Brain damage with infected animals? Surprisingly also the outbreak on artificial lake is in Saxonia-Anhalt. Until anhin hood and black neck divers were not according to the FLI spokeswoman when particularly bird-flu-susceptibly admits. The animals found now would have shown however clear symptoms. Thus some still living animals constantly swam in the circle, which points on the fact that also the brain pulled in. This is with water birds a typical reference to an acute infection with the exciter.
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First cases of suspicion of the type H5N1 in Saxonia-Anhalt Epidemic reaches country - high-sticking on variant? - bath prohibition at the lake of Hendrik Kranert, 03.07.07, 17:51h, updates 05.07.07, 10:19h A dead swan is because of 26 June 2007 at the bank of the large pond in the proximity of the Frohburger of local part ash field (district Leipziger country). To Bavaria and Saxonia also in Thuringia the bird flu broke out again. (photo: strip packing) Admission by an electronic microscope shows the flu virus H5N1 (brown). (photo: strip packing) Magdeburg/MZ. The bird flu reached Saxonia-Anhalt. All on Tuesday in artificial lake Kelbra (one field south resin) of found 38 black neck and hood divers were infected with the virus, said Wolfgang Gaede of the national office for consumer protection. The district has thereupon a bath prohibition for artificial lake issue. Open it was on Wednesday still whether it concerns with the bird flu the high-sticking on trunk H5N1. Appropriate test results are expected on Thursday by Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the Baltic Sea island Riems. Both Gaede and the office veterinary surgeon of the district, Bernd Kubisiak, assume however it is the aggressive form of the exciter, which killed the birds. "the probability that it is H5N1, is very high", said Gaede. And: "both the lake and the adjacent areas are acutely influenza endangered." It suggests that on the Thueringer sea-side was ended on Thursday to the past week already found black neck divers at H5N1. In Thuringia meanwhile a second case was diagnosed by H5N1 - at a dead peak swan at the dam Windischleuba. Although in the meantime approximately 160 dead birds from artificial lake the Kelbra were saved, on Tuesday the imposed closing and observation zones are not increased. "we had already generously put on it", so Kubisiak. In the periphery of three kilometers around the bird found first absolute stable obligation applies to poultry; Cats and dogs may not run around freely. By it are affected in Saxonia-Anhalt Berga and Kelbra. The Saxonia anhaltische Department of the Environment warned meanwhile forwards panic-makes: "even if the suspicion on H5N1 confirmed, are we from a crisis still far away", said spokeswoman Annette contactor. Is important to hold out the illness from utilizable poultry existence. It is of advantage besides that all animals found so far are very fast ended. "by it the danger is reduced that the virus continues to spread", so contactor.
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Early recognition does not protect additional expansion of the Aufstallungsgebiete in mV 06.07.2007 against serious consequences of the poultry plague -: Schwerin/MVregio "the current proofs of the poultry plague virus of the Subtyp H5N1 with game birds in Thuringia, Saxonia-Anhalt and in France in direct proximity to the Saarland... Photo: Archives ... as well as those already admitted cases in Tschechien and in two areas in Bavaria and Saxonia show: In the meantime an enormously large area is affected by the happening ", said yesterday (Thursday) the Minister for agriculture, environment and consumer protection Dr. Till baking house (photo). Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the Riems had today announced that the risk evaluation for the bringing in danger had to be changed due to the current occurrences in south and Central Germany by moderate on high. The confirmed case from France and the additional case of suspicion in Thuringia would speak for a substantial propagation tendency. "therefore we must set everything to recognize a possible exciter entry into our region as early as possible. Before this background I ask the responsible persons in the authorities just like each citizen: If you go showing you with open eyes by the country and remarkablenesses in the game bird population, in addition, with the house poultry immediately with the veterinarian and food supervisory boards of the districts and circle-free cities on ", so the urgent request of the Minister. Because higher mortality rates are with birds in the summer rather the exception, one must proceed now when finding dead game birds from remarkable events, which are to be supplied absolutely a clarifying, so the Minister. "with the small frequency of the virus occurrence related to the size of the game bird population we need each reference, which permits, stresses a fast recognizing of the exciter both with game birds and house poultry" baking house. "early recognition of the poultry plague - both with game birds and with house poultry - protects against serious effects of a virus bringing." Therefore each poultry owner - independent of the number or the kind of the animals held - must keep compellingly the bio safety precautions such as restriction of the animal and passenger traffic, cleaning and disinfection measures and carry ensuring that a contact between wild and house poultry is excluded. Because of the high staggering announced by Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut to the risk evaluation Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania does not have to react however yet: "the definition of the areas in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in which no exception of the Aufstallungsgebot could be given, considered already the at that time in this country determined high risk regarding a bringing in danger from the game bird population into the utilizable poultry existence", described the Minister. At present also the bird movements observed by the Ornithologen required still no additional expansion of the Aufstallungsgebiete in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. "we stand permanently in the exchange with the Ornithologen of the country, around bird movements, which could possibly represent a increased bringing in potential for utilizable poultry existence, in time to recognize", described Dr. Backhaus. "the valid in each case definition of the restriction areas in such a way specified is accordingly constantly examined to be able to adapt around it if necessary very fast." Background: Game bird monitoring Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania resumes the European Union far given game bird monitoring with high intensity. Since 2002 the member states, so also Germany, accomplish monitor programs for the determination of the occurrence of the poultry plague virus with house poultry and game birds. These programs pursue the goal, which serve epidemiological situation and the behavior of the exciter in the game bird population promptly to recognize and as early warning system for the prevention bringing the influenza-a-virus in of the Subtyp H5N1 into house poultry existence. Also the occurrence of low pathogener trunks of the Subtypen H5 and H7 with game birds and house poultry can be determined hereby. The latters can mutate too highly pathogenen variants and cause the outbreak of the poultry plague. Within the framework of the program in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the last years extensive investigations on poultry plague were accomplished with the house poultry and with the game birds. Emphasis for that to beprobenden house poultry existence form thereby open land attitudes as well as existence with heterogeneous age cross section, with long life span, with several kinds of poultry, dealer existence and existence in the proximity of areas, in which game birds occur according to experience in large concentrations. The former infection areas in the districts ruegen, Nordvorpommern, Ostvorpommern, Nordwestmecklenburg, the Hanseatic cities Stralsund and Wismar play a special role in the monitoring of the game bird population. Within the game bird range both ended or ill found birds, in the context of the hunt hunted animals, in addition, beprobt living animals during the brood or the Mauser. For a concept one provided, in order to seize as broad a kind spectrum of potenzieller virus carriers as possible. Since at the beginning of the yearly in mV already more than 2,000 pieces house poultry and 3,000 game birds on poultry plague were examined - so far all with negative result. Were examined various kinds of bird, primarily water and wading birds. The game bird investigation data from the Lands of the Federal Republic seized in one with Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the island Riems would finally install game bird data base and to be supposed support with epidemiological evaluations and the production of risk analyses give. MVregio national service mv/sn
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Health | 06.07.2007
Germany, France Raise Bird Flu Risk Level After New H5N1 Cases
Gro?ansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The fear that the H5N1 strain will jump to humans has contributed to high alert levels
Germany has raised its bird flu risk assessment level after it was reported that 38 new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain were discovered in the country's east. France also reported new cases and upped its own alert.
Germany' top state veterinary laboratory raised the risk level after more wild birds had tested positive for H5N1 in the eastern states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
"We will raise the threat level," a spokeswoman for the Friedrich L?ffler Institute told reporters.
The regional authorities in Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt reported that 38 dead birds found on the shores of an artificial lake near the town of Kelbra had all tested positive. Saxony-Anhalt is the fourth of Germany's 16 states to report cases of H5N1 bird flu since late last month, when it struck down six wild birds in the southern city of Nuremberg in Bavaria.
On Tuesday, a bird found on the other side of the lake which is in Thuringia was confirmed to have had H5N1 bird flu.
Cases have also been reported near Leipzig in the neighboring eastern state of Saxony, bordering the Czech Republic which is battling a more severe outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu.
German poultry as yet unaffected
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Bildunterschrift: Gro?ansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Wild birds have so far been the only ones affected
The Friedrich L?ffler Institute suggested the disease could have jumped the border from the Czech side where it has infected turkey and chicken farms. So far in Germany the new outbreak has been restricted to swans, geese and other wild birds and has not affected poultry farms.
Germany battled a widespread bird flu epidemic in 2006. It broke out on the Baltic Sea island of R?gen and spread to six states, including Bavaria. The disease spread to mammals, infecting three cats and a stone marten, but did not affect humans.
In neighboring France, Europe's biggest poultry producer, authorities stepped up surveillance after tests on three dead swans confirmed an H5N1 outbreak.
Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier raised the threat level from bird flu from "moderate" to ?high" following the test results on the swans that were found dead in northeast France last week.
France on high alert
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Bildunterschrift: Gro?ansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Emergency plans are swinging into action in France
It is France's second outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu in 17 months, but Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said there was no reason for alarm.
"France is not threatened by a bird flu pandemic as there has not been, for the moment, a human contamination from the H5N1 virus," Bachelot said.
But she added "we must be vigilant as the great flu epidemic that followed the war of 1914, the Spanish flu" came from a strain of bird flu.
Scientists believe a strain related to today's bird flu virus caused the death of tens of millions of people during the Spanish flu pandemic.
"We must do what is necessary to ensure that all of the agencies, the entire health system is ready to deal with a mutation of the virus" that could attack humans, said Bachelot on French television.
Fresh measures were ordered to ensure that chickens and other poultry did not enter into contact with wild birds and that they underwent monthly veterinary checks. Pigeon competitions have been banned and security around a one-kilometer (0.6 mile) exclusion zone established around the pond in the Moselle department where the dead swans were discovered has been beefed up.
A second 15-kilometer "observation" zone was set up around the pond at Assenoncourt but a spokesman for the local municipality said no other dead birds had been found there, which he described as a "reassuring" sign.
French poultry farms ready for lockdown
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"These measures apply to all farms that must be protected from wild birds that fly overhead. These protective measures are nets and a ban on bringing birds together in public places and at markets," Barnier said.
Officials put three farms in the observation zone under quarantine, and restricted access to roads in the area.
"With these measures that we are taking, the risk of contamination will be very small," said Philippe Hestroffer, of the regional veterinary services.
A first outbreak of H5N1 in February 2006 was detected in 62 dead birds in central France and spread to a farm near the town of Versailleux where hundreds of turkeys were slaughtered. It was also the first outbreak of the virulent strain in the European Union.
France produces 900 million poultry per year including 700 million chickens, according to the Confederation of French Poultry Producers. The sector employs 80,000 people and generated four billion euros ($5.4 billion) last year.
Authorities act in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the authorities ordered all poultry to be kept inside. They announced the measure after what they called the discovery of a bird flu case "not far from the Netherlands."
While the bird flu virus is highly contagious among poultry and can spread to an entire flock, it remains difficult for humans to catch.
A total of 191 people worldwide have died of bird flu, according to the World Health Organization, which has reported 317 cases in its June 29 tally. Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand top the list of most-affected countries.
Article compiled based on wire reports (nda)
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