IRAN - 4,000 birds mysteriously die in northwest Iran

[Theresa42]

Hat-tip, Lyro!

4,000 birds mysteriously die in northwest Iran
Oct 5, 2006

Tehran, Iran, Oct. 05 – More than 4,000 birds have mysteriously died near a city in the north-western Iranian province of West Azerbaijan, a state-run daily reported.

The 4,000 deaths took place over the past two weeks close to a dam on the Aras River, near the city of Maku, the daily Aftab-e Yazd wrote in its Thursday edition.

The report ruled out Bird Flu as the possible cause of the deaths.

It said that specimens of the dead birds were sent to laboratories in Britain to investigate the cause.

http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/new...p?storyid=8852

[HenryN]

Last yesr 4000 birds died of "exhastion" in Iran. Why should this year be any different?

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/10...5N1_Yemen.html

[HenryN]

October 20, 2005

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/10...e_Romania.html

The lack of earlier detection is compounded by OIE reports of 3673 wild ducks in northern Iran, which had died mysteriously. Some media reports indicate that the deaths were from exhaustion.

[Theresa42]

Originally Posted by niman

Last yesr 4000 birds died of "exhastion" in Iran. Why should this year be any different?

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/10...5N1_Yemen.html

Well, after all -- it's a long flight to Iran from Qinghai isn't it...?

[AlaskaDenise]

Originally Posted by Theresa42

Hat-tip, Lyro!

4,000 birds mysteriously die in northwest Iran
Oct 5, 2006

Tehran, Iran, Oct. 05 –...... deaths took place over the past two weeks close to a dam on the Aras River, .......

OMG they're doing a re-run of last year!!! ....almost to the day!!!!

Maku is 30 miles west of the deaths in early October 2005 - at Naxcivan.
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[Niko]

Originally Posted by AlaskaDenise

OMG they're doing a re-run of last year!!! ....almost to the day!!!!

Maku is 30 miles west of the deaths in early October 2005 - at Naxcivan.
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Time to start pulling out reports from Oct and Nov 2005? Turkey?

[AlaskaDenise]

First it was wild birds in Naxcivan area, then domestic fowl nearby - especially the Yaravan Valley. Last years wild duck die-off in the Naxcivan area was only 200 ducks!

I sure hope all the domestic fowl are separated from wild birds & that they get ready to close live markets and stop movement of fowl.

At least the local Naxcivan temperatures aren't yet low enough to allow the virus to persist in near freezing temperatures.

For a copy of the ProMed report covering that period see http://www.sld.cu/pipermail/farmepi-...er/001313.html


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[MHSC]

2,000 dead birds


A newspaper published in Baku, Azerbaijan has reported that about 2,000 dead birds have been found in a water reservoir in Iran near the Armenian border. According to "Olaylar", analyses taken from the carcasses has been sent to laboratories in Tehran and in Italy to determine whether the fowl was infected by Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).

The specific reservoir was not named in the article. There are two reservoirs on Iranian territory along the Arax River – the Arax-Hydro Unit in Nakichevan and the Horadiz, which borders Nagorno Karabakh. (Iran and Armenia share borders with the Arax.) Health officials in Yerevan contacted by ArmeniaNow said they had not heard about any such discovery. "I have talked to my Iranian colleague, and he doesn’t have any information, either," said Grisha Baghyan, head of the State Veterinary Inspection Department of the Ministry of Agriculture.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert...t=dis&lang=eng

[MHSC]

Issue #37 (207), October 06, 2006 (October 06, 2006)

Unconfirmed report raises suspicion of Bird Flu virus in Iran

By By Siranouish Gevorgyan and Marianna Grigoryan ArmeniaNow reporters

A newspaper published in Baku, Azerbaijan has reported that about 2,000 dead birds have been found in a water reservoir in Iran near the Armenian border. According to “Olaylar” (and republished on www.day.az), analyses taken from the carcasses has been sent to laboratories in Tehran and in Italy to determine whether the fowl was infected by Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). {ai176301.jpg|left}The specific reservoir was not named in the article. There are two reservoirs on Iranian territory along the Arax River – the Arax-Hydro Unit in Nakichevan and the Horadiz, which borders Nagorno Karabakh. (Iran and Armenia share borders with the Arax.) Health officials in Yerevan contacted by ArmeniaNow said they had not heard about any such discovery. “I have talked to my Iranian colleague, and he doesn’t have any information, either,” said Grisha Baghyan, head of the State Veterinary Inspection Department of the Ministry of Agriculture. Edward Stepanyan, deputy director of the same department told ArmeniaNow that the border with Iran is carefully monitored by Russian soldiers who are on alert for any suspicion of potential health hazards, particularly Bird Flu, and that no information has come from them. Stepanyan says that, even if the report is true, Armenia has taken all measures – including stocking up on anti-virus vaccines – to resist any outbreak of the virus. Over the summer, various international agencies, including World Bank, USAID, European Commission and World Food Programme, have provided training, equipment and conducted public awareness campaigns in Armenia. In January, incidents of Bird Flu were reported in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey, near the border with Armenia. While neighbors had outbreaks, Armenian officials assured that no cases of the virus were found here. Stepanyan said that, due to recent cooperation with international agencies and based on experiences of other countries, Armenia is “even more prepared than we were last year” to combat Bird Flu. The Ministry of Agriculture plans to open a telephone hotline later this month to aid public awareness of the issue. ArmeniaNow has not yet been able to confirm the Azeri newspaper report.

http://armenianow.com/?action=printa...6bc6a06417f0ff