Denmark confirms nine more bird flu cases

[Susie]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-03-15T090225Z_01_L15757407_RTRUKOC_0_US-BIRDFLU-DENMARK.xml&archived=False

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark has found the first case of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu virus in a wild fowl, officials said on Wednesday.

The Ministry for Family and Consumer Affairs, which is in charge of food safety, said it would give further details at a news conference at 11 a.m. British time.

"At the news conference the authorities will inform about the measures taken as a result of the bird flu," it said in a statement.

It was still unclear if the case was the deadly H5N1 strain. So far H5N1 has never been found in Denmark.

Danish poultry farmers produce about 3 billion crowns worth of mostly chickens per year with two thirds going to export. Sweden and Germany are the two biggest export markets for Danish poultry.

[zkurmus]

Re: Outbreak in Denmark?

also reported on zaman.com:

same info as above, officials dont know whether its the highly deadly H5N1 virus, only that its a H5 type.

Danimarka'da kuş gribi vir?s?ne rastlandı

Danimarka'da ilk kez yabani bir kuşta kuş gribi vir?s?ne rastlandığı bildirildi.

Danimarka Veterinerlik ve Gıda Y?netimi, kuşta H5 vir?s?n?n g?r?ld?ğ?n? a?ıklarken, olay hakkında ayrıntılı bilgi vermedi.

Kuşta g?r?len H5 vir?s?n?n, insanlara bulaşan H5N1 olup olmadığı hen?z bilinmiyor. [10:38:00]

[zkurmus]

Hawk in Denmark + for BF

from zaman.com
A hawk in Denmark has been tested + for BF virus
The tests done on the dead hawk found south of Kopenhagen showed that it carried the deadly H5N1 virus.

According to a release to Reuters, an official from Veterinary and Food Reserach Institute stated that the dead hawk was found about 70 kms south of the capital, near the village of Naestved.
The official stated that many migratory birds visit the area south of Zealand Island.

Yesterday, Denmark had announced BF + wild bird in the area as well.

Danimarka'da bir şahinde kuş gribi vir?s? tespit edildi

Danimarka, başkent Kopenhag'ın g?neyinde bulunan ?l? bir şahinde, kuş gribinin ?l?mc?l t?r? H5N1'in tespit edildiğini a?ıkladı.

Veterinerlik ve Gıda Araştırma Enstit?s?'nden bir yetkili, Reuters'e yaptığı a?ıklamada, ?l? kuşun, bu hafta başında başkentin 70 kilometre g?neyindeki Naestved kasabası yakınlarında bulunduğunu s?yledi.

Yetkili, bir?ok g??men kuşun ziyaret ettiği Zealand adasının g?neyine d?şen bu b?lgede bulunan kuşta yapılan testler sonucunda bu vir?s?n tespit edildiğini belirtti.

Danimarka'da, d?n ilk kez yabani bir kuşta kuş gribi vir?s?ne rastlandığı bildirilmişti. [14:50:00]

[Cazandra]

Denmark confirms nine more bird flu cases

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STOCKHOLM, March 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Neighboring Denmark on Monday confirmed nine more cases of H5N1 type bird flu, four days after the deadly strain was first detected in the country.

Reports from Danish capital Copenhagen said tests on nine wild ducks f<!--ADV_CONTENT-->ound dead on the island of Aeroe had revealed they were carrying the highly pathogenic strain of the virus.

Danish authorities established a protection zone on the small island, located about 170 kilometers southwest of Copenhagen, wheninitial tests on Friday indicated that the birds were carrying thedisease.

The country confirmed its first case of H5N1 on Thursday, when a buzzard tested positive. Samples were sent to the European Unionreference laboratory in Britain for verification.

Since the first outbreak in 2003, the H5N1 virus has killed at least 98 people in Asia, the Middle East and Turkey, according to the World Health Organization.
Experts fear it may mutate into a form passed easily between people, sparking a pandemic. But to date there have been no confirmed cases of the virus transmitting from person to person. Enditem
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