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10 April 2008- India
India?s Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has notified outbreak of Avian Influenza in poultry in Block Salema [Village: Mohanpur], district Dhalai of Tripura on 7.4.2008.
The Central Rapid Response Team from MOHFW is assisting the State authorities in containment operations.
MOHFW has supplied 500 Personal Protective Equipments, 200 N-95 masks, 5000 capsules of Tamiflu and 2 ventilators.
Active house to house surveillance in 0-3 Km area is continuing. The health teams have covered a population of 1923 and there is no suspect case of human avian influenza. In the identified hospital 21 cases with fever/URI have reported. None of them had exposure to infected poultry. 138 Animal Health Workers involved in containment operations are under medical supervision and chemoprophylaxis.
Adequate stock of Oseltamivir, personal protective equipments are available with the State/district authorities.
There is no suspect case of human avian influenza.
The situation is being monitored.
For further information, please visit the following websites:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India www.dahd.nic.in
www.mohfw.nic.in
http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section1...2462_13929.asp
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Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/108041...ry_9133369.jsp
Mop-up on in Tripura
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Agartala, April 13: Culling teams in Tripura began mop-up operations yesterday, killing 629 more birds in different parts of Kamalpur subdivision of Dhalai district.
Notified culling in the area ended on Friday.
Scores of chicken, hidden by farmers to save them from being killed, were smoked out by the culling teams yesterday.
?This was done as part of the mopping operations in the subdivision to root out any trace of bird flu though no slaughter was needed in other parts of the state,? said the deputy director of the animal resource department, Shishir Deb.
Yesterday?s culling took the number killed poultry to 38,629. The mop-up operation will continue for the next few days, he added.
?A ban has been imposed on poultry farming in Kamalpur for three months to prevent a recurrence of the outbreak,? Deb said.
None of the hundred odd samples sent to the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease has reported positive, he said.
Regarding the reported outbreak of the dreaded disease in Sabroom and Belonia subdivision of South Tripura, Deb termed it as ?exaggerated and the result of panic?.
He, however, said his department has been apprised of abnormal death of more than 200 chickens, ducks and pigeons in Panisagar, under Dharmanagar subdivision of North Tripura.
?The matter will be investigated by our experts who have already left for Panisagar,? Deb said.
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NEW DELHI, April 16 (Reuters) - Outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu in India's eastern state of West Bengal, which shares a long border with Bangladesh, have not yet been contained, a senior health official in India said on Wednesday.
"West Bengal is an area of concern because we have had outbreaks with some regularity, it is not fully under control yet," federal Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said in an interview.
Unlike outbreaks in commercial poultry farms in central Maharashtra state in 2006 and eastern Manipur in 2007, which were more easily reined in, outbreaks in West Bengal involved backyard poultry and these were much harder to control, he said.
"They have not been able to completely depopulate (the infected areas) of birds," Dayal said, without giving details.
West Bengal has culled nearly four million birds in 14 of its 19 districts since the virus surfaced there early this year, but the virus has proved to be hardier than thought.
Tripura, another Indian state which also borders Bangladesh, reported a H5N1 outbreak in poultry in early April, but Dayal said the virus was detected in only one duck sample while samples from chickens were negative.
In Bangladesh, the virus has spread through 47 of its 64 districts since March 2007 and forced the killing of more than 1.5 million birds but authorities have still been unable to control the virus.
READY TO HELP
While Dayal declined to speculate if the virus might have been reintroduced to India from Bangladesh early this year, he said India was ready to help with sample testing, antivirals and surveillance training.
"We would be very happy to have regional cooperation. That is an infection that can spread very fast across boundaries," he said.
Despite surging temperatures in Asia, the H5N1 virus has reemerged in recent weeks, with outbreaks in poultry seen in South Korea and even a village in the far east of Russia.
The disease has killed two Egyptians so far this month, and two youths in Indonesia, where the virus is endemic, late in March.
The timing is not lost on experts, who believe the virus has adapted to hotter climates. Until a few years ago, it was mainly active, and caused trouble, in the cooler months of October to March.
"It has adapted to hotter climates. Look at Indonesia and the southern parts of Vietnam, they are hot all year round but the virus has become endemic in these places," said Hong Kong-based microbiologist Guan Yi, a leading expert on the virus.
Apart from temperature, other factors sustaining the virus were animal density and humidity, Guan said.
"If the bird population is very high and dense, then the virus can pass from bird to bird, and the weather becomes less important," Guan told Reuters by telephone.
Wet places, like markets, were ideal breeding grounds.
"The virus can survive up to three days in water. It's no problem even if the temperature of the water is up to 38 or 39 degrees (celsius) because that's the body temperature of the chicken and duck, which is fine for the virus," Guan said.
While any novel flu virus can theoretically trigger a human pandemic, experts fear the H5N1 because it has a mortality rate of 60 to 80 percent in humans.
Japan said this week it planned to vaccinate 6,000 medical workers and quarantine officers with vaccines based on bird flu strains from China and Indonesia, and Jakarta said it would launch a flu pandemic plan later this week. (Editing by Mark Williams)
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Limited testing in India remains a problem. Tripura had outbreaks at multiple locations and consuption of the dead birds led to deaths in dogs, cats, and jackels.Originally posted by niman View Post
Reports of ONE positive duck speak volumes.Comment
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Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=37409
AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WEST BENGAL AND TRIPURA
SITUATIONAL REPORT AS ON 15-4-2008 ? NO HUMANS AFFECTED
11:26 IST
Tripura
Apart from notification of Avian Influenza in poultry on 7.4.2008 no further outbreak has been notified.
? The Central Rapid Response Team from MOHFW is assisting the State authorities in containment operations.
? Active house-to-house surveillance is continuing. The health teams have covered a population of 11803 in the 0-3 km zone. Five persons with fever/URI have been detected and none of them had history of exposure to infected poultry.
? There is no suspect case of human avian influenza.
? In the identified hospital one case with fever/URI had reported. He had no exposure to infected poultry.
? 200 Animal Health Workers involved in containment operations are under medical supervision and chemoprophylaxis.
? IEC activities are continuing.
West Bengal
Nadia [outbreak notified on 4.4.2008]
? Active house-to-house surveillance is continuing. In the 0-3 km Zone the teams have covered a population of 1,66,889 and in the 3-10 km area, a population of 1,28,901 was covered. A total of 3 cases with fever/URI had been detected and none of them had history exposure to infected poultry.
? There are no fever/URI cases detected or admitted in the identified hospitals.
? 240 Animal health workers who are involved containment operation are under medical supervision and chemoprophylaxis.
? There are adequate stocks of PPE and Oseltamivir with the State Health authorities.
Facts may please be verified before putting out news reports in the media. Daily status reports are being web hoisted and could be accessed at www.mohfw.nic.in.
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Source: http://www.business-standard.com/eco...o=320336&tab=r
Bangladesh flu a threat to Bengal`s poultry plans, says minister
BS Reporters / Kolkata April 17, 2008
The West Bengal government has cautioned against fresh bird flu outbreak in the state, if the disease continues to spread in Bangladesh unchecked.
In this regard, India has also requested Bangladesh to take urgent steps to contain the disease, said Anisur Rahaman, animal resources development minister of West Bengal at an interactive session organised by the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the representatives of the state health and animal resources departments would hold a meeting with Central government officials on April 18 in Kolkata to discuss the issue, informed the minister.
?While after 9th April 2008, no new cases of bird flu have been detected in the state and the situation is under control, the disease may erupt again if not checked in Bangladesh, which is not taking enough measures to curb it. A formal letter has been sent by our high commission to the Bangladesh government in the regard,? the minister said.
Quoting Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, Rahaman said, bird flu has speared to 47 districts in Bangladesh.
Earlier, the minister had said that smuggled poultry from Bangladesh could be one of the reasons of bird flu in West Bengal. With a view to bring the poultry sector back on track, the state has taken up the task of distributing free chickens to nearly 25 lakh self help groups in the state this year.
Around 42 lakh birds have been culled in West Bengal since January this year, when bird flu was first detected in the state. This represents around 7 per cent of the total chicken population in the state.
Anisur Rahman in a press meet today pointed out that the state has enough
investment opportunities in Animal Resource development provided we properly utilise all the scopes and avenues.
The minister pointed out that modern farming practices need to be introduced in West Bengal.
At present West Bengal uses less than 1 per cent of land as fodder land whereas the rest of India uses more than 4 per cent of land.Comment
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Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/news...Apr-18/297893/
Centre-state meet on bird flu on Apr 18
Economy Bureau
Posted online: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 0034 hrs IST
Kolkata, Apr 16 Officials from the West Bengal animal resources development and health departments will meet the livestock commissioner of the central government on April 18 to discuss preventive measures needed to be taken to combat further outbreak of bird flu, state animal resources development minster Anisur Rahaman said here on Wednesday. The latest scenario in the state would also be discussed, he said.
Forty-seven districts in Bangladesh have been affected by the flu and "the Indian high commissioner in Bangladesh sent a letter to his counterpart to take preventive measures." But since no step has been taken yet, the vulnerable border areas might get affected once again, the minister said.
The bird flu scenario in West Bengal has been under control since April 9, Rahaman said at an interactive session organised by the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry here on Wednesday.Comment
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West Bengal still struggles with bird flu
Mohuya Chaudhuri, Joydeep Sengupta
Friday, April 18, 2008 (Siliguri, Kolkata)
West Bengal has been fighting the bird flu for three months now. But the epidemic shows no signs of going away, erupting in new places every few weeks.
Now, Union Health Minister Ramadoss has said that if the outbreak is not controlled properly, India could see its first human case.
''I am afraid the way the bird flu is being handled in Bengal is not enough to stamp it out, I think we may see the first human case soon,'' said Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, Union Health Minister.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation or FAO also shares the same fear as the affected area has a high density of people and poultry.
After a visit in mid-February, FAO officials had warned that the disease would strike back.
In districts like Nadia, where the outbreak was first reported, culling was patchy with many ducks and chicken left untouched. And the repeat outbreaks in the same area show that the clean-up had not been done properly.
But the West Bengal government has said that it worked to protocol, culling over 3.9 million chicken and ducks since January.
''We have met every requirement,'' said Anis-ur-Rahman, Minister of Animal Husbandry, West Bengal.
But a worried Centre is now planning to intensify the response to the outbreak. In order to do so a meeting is scheduled at the end of this month.
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Source: http://www.expressindia.com/latest-n...source/298865/
Panel to probe bird flu source
Express news service
Posted online: Saturday , April 19, 2008 at 02:01:11
Updated: Saturday , April 19, 2008 at 02:01:11
Kolkata, April 18 Three months after the outbreak of bird flu, the state government has decided to form a committee to ascertain the source of its origination in West Bengal. The state Animal and Fisheries Research Institute director Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik will head the committee.
The spread of the virus was first confirmed by the high-security Animal Diseases Laboratory on January 14, five days after blood samples were collected from villages in Margram in Birbhum district. Later, the avian influenza spread throughout the state. Initially, the government concluded that the migratory birds from Bangladesh had carried the virus.
Apparently refuting the earlier conclusion, Animal Resources Development minister Anisur Rahaman told reporters at Writers? Buildings today that he is not sure about the reasons for the large-scale spread of bird flu. The committee will examine how the H5N1 virus managed to infect backyard poultry in the state, he said.
The villagers in 14 districts of the state had faced severe losses owing to culling operations conducted by the ARD. Around 40 lakh backyard chicken were culled and government had issued an order banning poultry production in at least 45 blocks in 13 districts.
?This (the virus and the government?s handling of the situation) might hit the popular vote bank of the ruling party, so the committee has been asked to submit a detailed report about the losses,? said a senior official of the department.
The minister said that the government has already paid compensation to the villagers who lost their chickens during the culling operations.
Asked, why the government is yet to chalk out a detailed plan to help the villagers resume their business, an official said, ?The committee has also been asked to look into this aspect.?Comment
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Fresh culling in Bengal ordered
Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, April 18: After getting reports that culling of chickens was not done properly in some bird flu affected areas, the state government today ordered fresh culling of chickens and mopping up operation in some districts.
Fresh culling of chickens was ordered in mainly three districts~ Birbhum, Murshidabad and Burdwan ~ after Central and state teams visiting the bird flu hit areas submitted reports that culling operation was not satisfactory in these areas. The order was issued after the state animal resources development (ARD) minister, Mr Anisur Rahman, held a meeting with the health minister, Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra, and the Union ARD commissioner, Mr Santanu Bandopadhyay, at Writers? Buildings today.
The reports submitted mainly by the Central teams, which are still deployed in three-four south Bengal districts including Birbhum and Murshidabad, came as a major embarrassment for the state government after it had announced that culling of chickens and mopping up operation was carried out properly in all the bird flu hit areas.
The state ARD minister said: ?We received reports that some birds were left out during culling operation in the bird flu notified areas. This is the reason why we have to issue orders for fresh culling and mopping up operation in some areas.?
The minister also said it was decided at the meeting today that the Centre would let them know how the virus reached the state and what the major reason was behind the rapid spread of the disease in the state.
The state would also try to know about the route through which the virus reached the state and the genetic sequence of the virus that had spread rapidly in 15 districts. http://www.thestatesman.net/page.new...ss=1&id=200143
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Source: http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=132768
Bengal comes in for flak over bird flu
Kumar Sarkar, 19 April 2008, Saturday
With avian flu continuing to haunt West Bengal, the union health minister Dr Anbumani Ramados has expressed his displeasure at the lackadaisical attitude of the state and expressed fears that it may witness the first human case of the deadly virus.
THE LEFT Front government in West Bengal has come in for flak for its failure to check the bird flu menace in the state over the last three months. The union health minister Dr Anbumani Ramados has expressed fears that if the state government continues to be lackadaisical about dealing with the malaise, the state may see the first human case of the deadly virus.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has expressed similar fears because the affected areas have a high density of humans and poultry. Incidentally, FAO officials had cautioned after a visit in mid-February that avian flu would occur again.
The belief that the West Bengal government has been lackadaisical in dealing with bird flu has gained ground because it has taken three months after the avian flu outbreak for the government to sit up and decide on forming a committee to find out the source of the virus. The committee will have four members.
One reason for bird flu resurfacing in the state has to do with culling operations being handled badly. Many birds were not slaughtered in the first phase of the virus outbreak. But the state's animal husbandry department claims that it had met its culling target of over four million birds. However, the proposed committee would look into whether culling was done properly and whether proper training was imparted to prevent bird flu from spreading, minister for animal husbandry, Anisur Rahman told reporters during the weekend.
The minister said a long term solution to prevent the disease will be suggested by the centre. The committee being set up in the state will go into the source of the virus, its spread, prevention and the genetic sequence. Ten per cent of areas in 17 districts of the state have been identified as avian flu affected. He claimed that there were no birds in the earmarked area and even selling of eggs had been banned.
There was a fresh outbreak in March in the districts of Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia.
With the centre distinctly unhappy with the manner in which the state government has handled the situation a meeting is likely to take place on the issue towards the end of the month.Comment
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Sic, see also post #67, http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...9&postcount=67.Originally posted by Shiloh View PostComment
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Bird flu resurfaces in northeast India
22 Apr 2008 08:16:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
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Authorities in a remote northeastern state of India prepared to cull thousands of chickens after a fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry was detected on Tuesday, officials said.More than 25,000 chickens and ducks have already been slaughtered in Tripura state this month after eight villages were hit by the H5N1 strain.
On Tuesday, officials said bird flu had spread to a new area.
"Bird flu has been confirmed for the second time in Tripura," Kartick Debbarma, a senior animal resources official said in Agartala, Tripura's capital. "It is the H5N1 strain."
The remote northeastern state borders Bangladesh, where more than half the country's districts have been affected by the virus.
In India, the virus resurfaced in the eastern state of West Bengal in January this year, forcing authorities to cull more than four million birds.
Since then the virus has flared up intermittently, hitting poultry sales in the region.
Many states banned poultry products, pulling down prices sharply and prompting farmers to cut production.
The World Health Organization described the January outbreak in West Bengal as the worst ever in India.
Officials in Tripura said they were holding meetings and drawing up their strategy to contain the disease, which has hit Mohanpur, a town just 20 km (12 miles) west of Agartala.
Health department officials were also checking humans for any flu-like symptoms.
While no human cases have been reported in India, experts fear the H5N1 virus might mutate or combine with the highly contagious seasonal influenza virus and spark a pandemic that could kill millions of people.
Since the virus resurfaced in Asia in late 2003, at least 240 people have died from bird flu in a dozen countries, the WHO says.
(Reporting by Biswajyoti Das; Editing by Bappa Majumdar and David Fogarty)
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