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Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia
19:48 | 11/ 12/ 2007
ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 11 (RIA Novosti) - Some 35,000 birds have died from bird flu since late November at a poultry farm in southern Russia's Rostov Region, a spokeswoman for the local emergencies ministry said Tuesday.
Marina Abramchenko said the birds started dying November 29 from the lethal H5N1 virus at the farm, which holds some 500,000 birds, adding that quarantine restrictions have been introduced in the area.
"We have received the preliminary results of analysis," Abramchenko said adding that the results showed traces of the H5N1 virus.
Although cases of human-to-human transmission of avian influenza have not been reported, scientists fear the virus could mutate into a strain that could pass easily from person to person, and as a result could cause a global pandemic.
According to a World Health Organization report on confirmed cases of avian influenza (H5N1), Indonesia is the worst-hit country, with 91 deaths registered since 2005. A total of 207 deaths have been registered worldwide by the organization since 2003.
In 1918, a flu pandemic killed over 20 million people worldwide, and health experts fear another pandemic could be imminent.
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Bird flu outbreak reported from farm in Rostov region
ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 11 (Itar-Tass) -- A bird flu outbreak has been reported from the Rostov region, a source at the Southern Regional Center of the Emergency Situations Ministry told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.
A total of 35,000 chickens have died of flu at the Gulyai-Borisovskaya farm since December 5. The farm had 500,000 chickens. Lab tests confirmed it was the bird flu.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007. Issue 3805. Page 2.
Bird Flu Kills 35,000 Rostov Chickens
The Moscow Times
A bird flu outbreak has killed 35,000 chickens at a Rostov region poultry farm, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday.
The chickens began to die off at the Gulyai-Borisovskaya Poultry Farm last week, but experts were only able to confirm on Tuesday that they were afflicted with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, said Oleg Grekov, a spokesman for the ministry's southern regional center.
The highly pathogenic strain can spread to humans.
"A quarantine is in place, and the appropriate services are taking the steps needed to stop the outbreak," Grekov said by telephone from Rostov-on-Don.
Grekov said there were 500,000 chickens at the farm.
A woman who answered the phone at the farm said she did not know about the outbreak and denied that chickens were infected with bid flu. She declined to give her name.
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'Tis history repeating itself........from October 21, 2005!!!
from an article written on November 15, 2005.......
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October 2005
October 21, mass domestic fowl deaths are reported in two villages in the Rostov Region in southern Russia, in the Tula Region near Moscow, and in the Tambov Region (about 300 miles to the southeast of Moscow).
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Russia examines bird flu outbreak at poultry farm
Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:42am EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's animal and plant health watchdog is investigating whether the death of 35,000 poultry in the country's south was caused by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Preliminary data from the Gulyai-Borisovka poultry farm in Rostov region show the deaths, which began at the end of November, were caused by the virus, said Alexei Alexeyenko, spokesman for the Rosselkhoznadzor agency.
"There is suspicion that it is H5N1," Alexeyenko said . "We will have the results in about two days, maybe earlier. There is preliminary data but it needs to be confirmed."
The outbreak, if confirmed, would be Russia's fourth major instance of bird flu this year. The most recent case occurred in Krasnodar region, which borders Rostov, in September. Several hundred birds died or were culled as a result.
Krasnodar region was also the site of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in January, which was followed a month later by several cases in towns around Moscow that were traced to the capital's best-known pet market.
In each case, Russian authorities enforced strict quarantine measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported that all 500,000 birds at the poultry farm in Rostov region would be culled as a precautionary measure.
Russia has never had a human case of bird flu, which has killed more than 200 people worldwide, mainly in Asia, since 2003. Health experts fear the constantly mutating virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person.
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Bird Flu Outbreak Registered in Southern Russia
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia is beating an alarm: bird flu virus has been found at one of the poultry farms of the Rostov Region (southern Russia). The virus appears to be the reason of 35.000 chickens` mortality that started on November 29, 2007. On the whole 500.000 chickens are kept at the plant.
The preliminary research results have revealed the most virulent strain of bird flu virus – (A) H5N1. Due to a threat of the virus spread the poultry farm has been quarantined. At the moment an operative group of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is trying to localize the virus spreading.
It has been decided to kill all 500.000 chickens at the farm along with compulsory vaccination of all of the local citizens and birds of the nearby private households.
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Bird flu outbreak in southern Russia; 35,000 chickens die
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More than 35,000 chickens died in a bird flu outbreak in southern Russia.
More than half a million other chickens at the farm are to be destroyed to prevent the virus from spreading, said Rostov regional emergency services officer Sergei Kozhemyaka.
In September, authorities reported an H5N1 outbreak at a poultry farm in the southern Krasnodar region. In February, the strain was confirmed in several suburban Moscow districts, where it killed hundreds of domestic birds and forced the slaughter of 2,000 more birds.
No human cases of bird flu have been reported in Russia , which had its first reported cases of H5N1 in Siberia in 2005. World health authorities are tracking the H5N1 strain out of concern that it could mutate into a form more easily transmitted among people, sparking a global flu pandemic.
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Poultry cull imposed to stop bird flu outbreak in south Russia
12/12/2007 17:12 ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - About 500,000 chickens will be culled at a poultry farm in southern Russia, where 35,000 birds have died from bird flu since late November, a source in the local emergencies service said on Wednesday.
The birds started dying on November 29, and preliminary analysis showed traces of the lethal H5N1 virus, which has killed a total of 207 people across the globe since the virus first hit Asia in 2003.
"The decision to cull all the chickens was made on Tuesday evening, during a meeting of a local health and epidemiological commission, the cull will begin today," the source said.
The commission also decided to vaccinate all people and birds living in the village and six neighboring settlements.
Quarantine restrictions have been introduced at the border of the Krasnodar Territory.
This major outbreak is the third this year in Russia. The Krasnodar Territory, which is on the route taken by migrating birds in winter, was hit by the H5N1 strain in September, when a total of 230,000 birds were culled at the Lebyazhye-Chepiginskoye poultry farm.
In February, dead poultry with traces of the lethal virus were found in Moscow, eight districts of the Moscow Region and a district in the Kaluga Region. All cases were traced to a single market in southwest Moscow.
Although cases of human-to-human transmission of avian influenza have not been reported, scientists fear the virus could mutate into a strain that could pass easily from person to person, and as a result could cause a global pandemic.
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H5N1 confirmed
Dec 12, 2007
Bird flu virus found among birds that died in Rostov region
KRASNODAR. Dec 12 (Interfax) - A comprehensive analysis of the
pathological material of poultry that died at the Gulyay-Borisovskaya
battery farm in the Zernograd district, Rostov region, has detected bird
flu virus H5 N1, Krasnodar Territory Chief Veterinary Vladimir
Shevkoplyas said.
"The All Russian Animal Health Protection Institute conducted this
analysis detecting bird flu virus H5 N1. We sympathize with our
colleagues in the Rostov region, we ourselves have lived under tense
conditions since 2006, when the first serous outbreak of the virus
happened at Tbilisskaya battery farm," Shevkoplyas said at a territorial
commission on prevention of bird flu and hog cholera.
Deputy Krasnodar Territory Governor Nikolai Dyachenko demanded that
every necessary measure be taken to secure the Krylovsky district,
Krasnodar Territory which borders the Zernograd district, Rostov region,
as well as neighboring Kushchevsky, Novopokrovsky and Beloglinsky
districts.
According to earlier reports, 450,000 hens are slated to be
destroyed in the Zernograd district, Rostov region because of the
die-off of birds that began last week. Expertise revealed A type flu
among the dead poultry.
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AVIAN INFLUENZA (185): POLAND, RUSSIA (KRASNODAR)
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A ProMED-mail post
< http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
< http://www.isid.org>
In this update:
[1] Russia, Rostov (Krasnodar)
[2] Poland, wild birds
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[1] Russia, Rostov (Krasnodar)
Date: Wed 12 Dec 2007
Source: Interfax. com [edited]
< http://www.interfax.com/3/345825/news.aspx>
Bird flu virus found among birds that died in Rostov region
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A comprehensive analysis of the pathological material of poultry that
died at the Gulyay-Borisovskaya battery farm in the Zernograd
district, Rostov region, has detected bird flu virus H5N1, Krasnodar
Territory Chief Veterinary Vladimir Shevkoplyas said.
"The All Russian Animal Health Protection Institute conducted this
analysis detecting bird flu virus H5N1. We sympathize with our
colleagues in the Rostov region, we ourselves have lived under tense
conditions since 2006, when the 1st serous outbreak of the virus
happened at Tbilisskaya battery farm," Shevkoplyas said at a
territorial commission on prevention of bird flu and hog cholera.
Deputy Krasnodar Territory Governor Nikolai Dyachenko demanded that
every necessary measure be taken to secure the Krylovsky district,
Krasnodar Territory which borders the Zernograd district, Rostov
region, as well as neighboring Kushchevsky, Novopokrovsky and
Beloglinsky districts.
According to earlier reports, 450 000 hens are slated to be destroyed
in the Zernograd district, Rostov region because of the die-off of
birds that began last week. Expertise revealed A type flu among the
dead poultry.
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
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[2] Poland, wild birds
Date: Wed 12 Dec 2007
Source: Polskieradio [edited]
< http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/dokument.aspx?iid=71537>
Another case of bird flu in Poland
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The number of bird flu cases in Poland has risen to 5. Vets
pronounced 3 wild birds in the village of Krzykaly, north-east
Poland, to be infected with the H5N1 virus.
As was announced by Ludwik Bartoszewicz, chief vet of the
warminsko-mazurskie province, at a press conference yesterday [11 Dec
2007] evening, 3 birds from the bird recovery centre in Krzykaly died
of bird flu.
The presence of the virus was confirmed in detailed medical
examinations in the National Veterinary Institute in Pulawy, eastern Poland.
There are more birds left in the recovery centre, among them 2
cranes, a white stork and mute swan. As these are all protected
species the decision whether to cull them will have to be consulted
with the Minister of the Environment.
A 10-km [6.2-mile] exclusion zone has been set out around the last
bird flu focus. There are several chicken farms in the area with
around 45 000 birds on them.
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
< promed@promedmail.org>
[It will help to note the species of the infected "wild birds" and
the reason for their maintenance in a "bird recovery centre". Were
they found in the wild with clinical signs of disease? - Mod.AS]
[see also:
Avian influenza (184): Poland, Nigeria 20071210.3984
Avian influenza (183): Benin, Poland, OIE, Saudi Arabia 20071206.3934
Avian influenza (182): UK, Poland, Bangladesh 20071202.3887
Avian influenza (161): Russia (Krasnodar), Banglad... 20070927.3206
Avian influenza (153): Russia (Krasnodar), swan 20070911.3009
Avian influenza (150): Russia, Ghana, OIE 20070906.2938]
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AVIAN INFLUENZA (185): POLAND, RUSSIA (KRASNODAR)
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A ProMED-mail post
< http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
< http://www.isid.org>
In this update:
[1] Russia, Rostov (Krasnodar)
[2] Poland, wild birds
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[1] Russia, Rostov (Krasnodar)
Date: Wed 12 Dec 2007
Source: Interfax. com [edited]
< http://www.interfax.com/3/345825/news.aspx>
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
< promed@promedmail.org>
[It will help to note the species of the infected "wild birds" and
the reason for their maintenance in a "bird recovery centre". Were
they found in the wild with clinical signs of disease? - Mod.AS]
[see also:
Avian influenza (184): Poland, Nigeria 20071210.3984
Avian influenza (183): Benin, Poland, OIE, Saudi Arabia 20071206.3934
Avian influenza (182): UK, Poland, Bangladesh 20071202.3887
Avian influenza (161): Russia (Krasnodar), Banglad... 20070927.3206
Avian influenza (153): Russia (Krasnodar), swan 20070911.3009
Avian influenza (150): Russia, Ghana, OIE 20070906.2938]
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Map check. Rostov is ADJACENT to Krasnodar, not in Krasnodar.
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The above Promed report has linked the report below, which is in error. Although ProMed said analysis of the N component in the H5 infected swan was "welcomed", they failed to note the recent sequence from a whooper swan in Krasnodar (yes they were sent the Recombinomics commentary below), which appears to be the same swan based on the date of collection (September 6, 2007). The swan was infected with Qinghai H5N1 (linked to the 2006 Uva Lake outbreak in Mongolia) that was 99.95% identical to the H5N1 in the chicken from Krasnodar collected a day earlier.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...dar_Match.html
AVIAN INFLUENZA (153): RUSSIA (KRASNODAR), SWAN
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A ProMED-mail post
< http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
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< http://www.isid.org>
Date: Mon 10 Sep 2007
Source: RIA Novosti [edited]
< http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070910/77669729.html>
Laboratory tests have confirmed that a dead swan found in the
Krasnodar Territory was infected with H5 bird flu virus, but not with
the N1 strain, a source in the local administration said Monday [10 Sep 2007].
This is the only case of bird flu detected in the territory since 410
chickens died from the virus and 22 000 birds were culled at a local
poultry farm in southern Russia.
A regional laboratory identified the lethal H5N1 virus in the dead
chickens, and took steps to contain the spread.
The losses from the outbreak are estimated at 20 million rubles (USD 702 000).
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
< promed@promedmail.org>
[Laboratory results pertaining to the identity of the N
(neuraminidase) component of the swan virus, and details of the
exact species of the affected swan, will be welcomed.
A map of Krasnodar is available at
< http://www.supertravelnet.com/maps/?action=selmap&country=241_8053_6&language=1>.
The case should be reported to the OIE (World Organization for Animal
Health), since all H5 avian influenza viruses, even of low
pathogenicity, are regarded as NAI (notifiable avian influenza).
The earlier Krasnodar outbreak in poultry was covered in ProMED-mail
posting 20070906.2938. - Mod.AS]
[see also:
Avian influenza (150): Russia, Ghana, OIE 20070906.2938
Avian influenza (104): Russia (Siberia), wild ducks 20070620.1983
Avian influenza (51): Russia, Viet Nam, China 20070309.0844
Avian influenza (40): Pakistan, China (Hong Kong), Russia 20070222.0658
Avian influenza (37): Russia, prevention 20070220.0634
Avian influenza (36): Russia (Krasnodar), wild ducks 20070218.0617
Avian influenza (31): Pakistan, S. Korea, Turkey, Russia, Japan 20070211.0523
Avian influenza (26): Netherlands & Norway (precaution), UK, Russia
20070205.0458
Avian influenza (19): Hungary, Russia (Krasnodar) 20070129.0384
2006
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Avian influenza (189) - Russia (Siberia) 20060903.2509]
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Commentary
H5N1 Migrates to Rostov Russia
Recombinomics Commentary
December 12, 2007
About 500,000 chickens will be culled at a poultry farm in southern Russia, where 35,000 birds have died from bird flu since late November, a source in the local emergencies service said on Wednesday.
The birds started dying on November 29, and preliminary analysis showed traces of the lethal H5N1 virus
The Krasnodar Territory, which is on the route taken by migrating birds in winter, was hit by the H5N1 strain in September, when a total of 230,000 birds were culled at the Lebyazhye-Chepiginskoye poultry farm.
The above comments describe the spread of H5N1 to Rostov. As noted above, there was a recent outbreak in adjacent Krasnodar. Full sequences from a chicken and whooper swan in the area have been published. The two HA sequences are identical, and the identity of the eight gene segments is above 99.95%. The HA and NA sequences are closely related to H5N1 from three wild bird outbreaks in Germany this summer, and reports indicate the sequences are also closely related to outbreaks in Kuwait, Czech Republic, France, and England. Therefore, it is likely that similar sequences will be found in recent outbreaks in Romania and Poland, as well as the Rostov outbreak.
These sequences trace back to a wild bird outbreak in Mongolia during the summer of 2006. These sequences likely circulated in Europe undetected until the summer of 2007, when confirmed wild bird cases were reported in Germany, France, and the Czech Republic.
These data indicate H5N1 is now endemic in wild birds in Europe, but largely circulates below the detection limits of surveillance programs. These programs rare detect H5N1 in live birds, including areas with H5N1 in dead or dying wild birds and domestic poultry.
The outbreaks over the summer suggest the number of farms reporting H5N1 infection in Europe will be higher than usual. The Rostov outbreaks adds to the domestic poultry outbreaks, which have been reported in the Czech Republic, Germany, Krasnodar, England, Romania and Poland.
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Bird flu outbreak registered in southern Russia
13.12.2007, 12.20
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A spokesperson is the regional Rospotrebnandzor oversight service told ITAR-TASS on Thursday “there are no cases of the disease among people”.
About 3,800 people who live in the district are under observation of medics.
Veterinary services are to vaccinate over 20,000 head of poultry in private households.
The regional department of the Emergency Situations Ministry said 60,000 poultry had died or had to be killed over the past 24 hours.
All 500,000 hens of the local farms will be destroyed too.
The die-off of the poultry at local farms began in late November. Over 35,000 hens died over the past two weeks.
Tests have shown the presence of bird flu, or avian virus infection.
Quarantine posts have been set up on the administrative border with the southern Krasnodar region, except for special personnel.
Presumed causes of infection are poultry contacts with wild fowl and the presence of causative virus in feeds for the poultry.
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Azerbaijan Recommends Entrepreneurs Do Not Import Poultry from Russian Rostov Province
13.12.07 13:35
Azerbaijan, Baku / «TrendCapital» corr. S.Babayeva /
The State Veterinary Service at the Azerbaijani Agricultural Ministry recommended that entrepreneurs temporarily abstain from importing poultry from the Rostov province of the Russian Federation due to bird flu being discovered in the region.
“ Azerbaijan does not import poultry from the region of Russia, but taking into consideration the entrepreneurs who do, we warning them of the current situation in the region,” a source in the State Service reported.
According to the Russian media, quarantine was announced in one of the biggest poultry plants of Rostov province in Gulay-Borisovski on 11 December. Some 35,000 died as a result of infection from 7 to 12 December which the Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Animal Protection identified as the H5N1 infection.
According to the Agricultural Minister of Rostov province Vacheslav Vasilenko, there are plans to destroy 450,000 chickens. “Some 50,000 chickens will be destroyed a day in order to prevent the virus from spreading,” the Russian Vedemosti newspaper reported.
The RBKdaily newspaper stated that the virus may involve a range of poultry factories. Participants are afraid that there would be a repetition of what happened in 2005 when the bird flu was discovered in a range of Russian regions. The Russian Government imposed a ban on imported chickens and eggs both from the quarantine zone and some other regions.
At that time The Azerbaijani State Veterinary Service immediately imposed a ban on the import of poultry after receiving official notification by the International Epizootic Bureau of the virus threat. “However, we have not received any such notification and will only impose a ban on the import of poultry once we have officially been notified by the Bureau,” a source from the State Service reported.
Azerbaijan purchases sausage from Podmoscovye and Krasnodar regions, and poultry from Turkey, Brazil and the United States.
Under the data by the International Epizootic Bureau bird flu was discovered in poultry farms in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Czech, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Laos, India, Pakistan, Rumania, Russia, Poland, Turkey, Britain and Vietnam.
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61,000 birds infected with H5N1 bird flu strain slaughtered in Rostov Region, Russia
By information as of December 13, 61,000 birds were slaughtered at Gulyai-Borisovo battery farm (Zernogradsky District, Rostov Region, southern Russia), where the H5N1 bird flu strain was registered. 54,800 of hem were burnt.
The information was received by REGNUM from the press office of the Russian Emergency Ministry Department in Rostov Region.
Overall, 450,000 birds are to be annihilated because of the avian flu outbreak in the area.
Mass plague started at the battery farm on November 29-30. Preliminary results of tests for bird flu detected the H5N1 bird flu strain. The farm was placed in quarantine since December 11.
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Poultry culled to prevent bird flu outbreak in south Russia
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 19 (RIA Novosti) - About 500,000 chickens have been culled at a poultry farm in southern Russia where the bird flu virus was found in late November, local authorities said on Wednesday.
Birds started dying at the Gulyai-Borisovskaya poultry farm in the Rostov Region on November 29, and analysis showed traces of the lethal H5N1 strain, which has killed at least 207 people across the globe since it was first discovered in Asia in 2003.
"The entire population of poultry has been culled, and efforts continue to cull birds at private subsidiary holdings in the endangered zone," the officials said.
The outbreak is the third this year in Russia. The Krasnodar Territory, which is on the route taken by migrating birds in winter, was hit by the H5N1 strain in September, and a total of 230,000 birds were culled at the Lebyazhye-Chepiginskoye poultry farm.
In February, dead poultry with traces of the lethal virus were found in Moscow, eight districts of the Moscow Region and a district in the Kaluga Region. All cases were traced to a single market in southwest Moscow.
Although no cases of human-to-human transmission of avian flu have been reported, scientists fear the virus could mutate into a strain that could pass easily among humans, raising the threat of a global pandemic.
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Third outbreak of bird flu occurs in Rostov region (Part 2)
ROSTOV-ON-DON. Dec 20 (Interfax) - The third outbreak of bird flu
has occurred in Russia's Rostov region, the regional department of the
Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax.
"Thirty-seven chickens and geese have died at a private farm in the
village of Shosseiny. The farm had 50 birds, the remaining birds were
destroyed," the department said.
The Rostov regional veterinarian laboratory confirmed that it was
the bird flu virus.
Another bird flu outbreak occurred at a private farm in the village
of Sladkaya Balka in the Rostov region. The overall number of privately
owned birds in that area is 4,000.
A bird flu outbreak at the Gulyay-Borisovskaya poultry farm in the
Rostov region happened in late November. About 400,000 birds died or
were slaughtered as a result.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 20 (RIA Novosti) - A third outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus has occurred in south Russia, regional veterinary officials said on Thursday.
The fresh outbreak of avian influenza took place in the Rostov Region, in the village of Shosseiny, some 10 km (6 miles) from the poultry farm where the first case of bird flu was registered in the region in late November.
"37 dead poultry were found, following which the entire population of 50 birds was culled," the officials said.
Birds started dying at the Gulyai-Borisovskaya poultry farm in the Rostov Region on November 29, and an analysis showed traces of the lethal H5N1 strain. The farm's entire population of 500,000 chickens has since been culled. A bird flu outbreak was later registered at private subsidiary holdings located close to the farm.
A second bird flu outbreak in the Rostov Region was later registered at a private farm in the Tselinsky district.
The outbreak in the Rostov Region is the third this year in Russia. The Krasnodar Territory, which is on the route taken by migrating birds in winter, was hit by the H5N1 strain in September, and a total of 230,000 birds were culled.
In February, dead poultry with traces of the lethal virus were found in Moscow, eight districts of the Moscow Region and a district in the Kaluga Region. All cases were traced to a single market in southwest Moscow.
The virus, which was first isolated in humans in 1997, has been spreading rapidly, resulting in the deaths and culling of millions of birds, and a human death toll of over 200.
Although the virus has so far been mainly restricted to animals, many scientists fear that it could mutate into a form transmissible between humans, unleashing a catastrophic global pandemic similar to the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 that killed millions around the world.
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Third outbreak of bird flu registered in Rostov region
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According to laboratory tests, several dozens of birds died from the virus in a private backyard in the village of Shosseiny, Zernograd district.
All birds in the backyard were culled. Quarantine checkpoints were created in the village.
The bird flu virus was registered in two villages of the Rostov region. Around 500,000 birds were culled at a poultry farm of the village of Gulyai Borisova. In the village of Sladkaya Balka all poultry was culled and burnt at a private backyard, where two dead birds had been found. The quarantine was imposed in Sladkaya Balka, too.
Experts say the source of the virus is migration birds.
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H5N1 Spreads in Rostov
Recombinomics Commentary
December 20, 2007
The third outbreak of bird flu has occurred in Russia's Rostov region, the regional department of the Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax.
"Thirty-seven chickens and geese have died at a private farm in the village of Shosseiny. The farm had 50 birds, the remaining birds were destroyed," the department said.
Another bird flu outbreak occurred at a private farm in the village of Sladkaya Balka in the Rostov region.
The above comments describe two more H5N1 outbreaks in Rostov. These are in addition to the earlier outbreak at a large commercial facility at the end of last month, and the adjacent Krasnodar outbreak in September (see satellite map).
The sequence of H5N1 from a chicken in Krasnodar was the Uva Lake strain and was closely related to sequences from wild bird isolates from three locations in Germany. Recently, H5N1 was sequenced from a whooper swan in Krasnodar, and the HA sequence was an exact match with the chicken sequences. Full sequences were generated for all eight gene segments for both Krasnodar isolates. The sequences were 99.95% identical demonstrating that the poultry outbreak was due to another introduction of H5N1 into the region via wild birds.
In addition to these public sequences, descriptions of sequences from outbreaks in Kuwait, Czech Republic, France, England, and Germany are related to the Uva Lake strain, suggesting that recent outbreaks in Poland, Romania, Rostov, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan will also be related to the sub-clade that traces back to the massive wild bird outbreak at Uva Lake.
Although H5N1 in the Black Sea region in the fall has been reported in 2005 and 2006, reports of H5N1 in western Europe and the Middle East was not. The reports of H5N1 in Europe in the summer signaled an endemic H5N1 in wild birds, which would lead to more frequent detection in the fall, which has happened this year. The human cases in Pakistan raises concerns that the additional cases expected in the upcoming weeks will lead to human cases in countries which have never reported human H5N1 infections previously.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 25 (RIA Novosti) - A fifth case of bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in the Rostov Region, south Russia, close to the site of previous outbreaks, the regional emergencies ministry said. "The outbreak at two smallholdings was registered on Saturday, samples were taken and sent for analysis, they came back positive for bird flu," the ministry said.
All 79 birds on the smallholding have been culled. A quarantine zone has been introduced in the Tselinsky district near the site of the first case of the deadly virus.
The first bird flu outbreak was discovered in late November at the Gulyai-Borisovskaya poultry farm in the Rostov Region. The farm's entire population of 500,000 chickens was culled. Later a bird flu outbreak was registered at a smallholding close to the farm.
Another outbreak was then discovered at a farm in the Tselinsky district.
The Rostov Region is particularly vulnerable to bird flu as part of the Krasnodar Territory, which is on a route taken by migrating birds in winter. In September, the region was hit by the H5N1 strain and 230,000 birds were culled.
In February, dead poultry with traces of the lethal virus were found in Moscow, eight nearby areas. All cases were traced to a single market in southwest Moscow.
The virus, which was first isolated in humans in 1997, has been spreading rapidly, resulting in the deaths and culling of millions of birds, and a human death toll of over 200.
Although the virus has been restricted to birds, many scientists fear that it could mutate into a form transmissible between humans, unleashing a catastrophic global pandemic similar to the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 that killed millions around the world.
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More than half a million birds culled on southern Russian farm after bird flu outbreak
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia: Authorities have culled more than half a million domestic birds on a farm in southern Russia hit by the H5N1 strain of bird flu, officials said Tuesday.
More than 600,000 chickens on the Gulyai-Borisovskaya farm in the Rostov-on-Don region have been destroyed to prevent the virus from spreading, said Oleg Ugnivenko, a spokesman for the regional branch of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry.
The virus also sickened birds in the neighboring Tselinsky district, and authorities have taken steps to stop it from spreading, Ugnivenko said.
In September, authorities reported an H5N1 outbreak at a poultry farm in the neighboring Krasnodar region, and early in the year the strain was confirmed in several other regions across Russia.
No human cases of bird flu have been reported in Russia, which had its first reported cases of H5N1 in Siberia in 2005. World health authorities are tracking the H5N1 strain out of concern that it could mutate into a form more easily transmitted among people, sparking a global flu pandemic.
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More H5N1 Spread in Rostov
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December 25, 2007
A fifth case of bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in the Rostov Region, south Russia, close to the site of previous outbreaks, the regional emergencies ministry said. "The outbreak at two smallholdings was registered on Saturday, samples were taken and sent for analysis, they came back positive for bird flu," the ministry said.
All 79 birds on the smallholding have been culled. A quarantine zone has been introduced in the Tselinsky district near the site of the first case of the deadly virus.
The first bird flu outbreak was discovered in late November at the Gulyai-Borisovskaya poultry farm in the Rostov Region. The farm's entire population of 500,000 chickens was culled. Later a bird flu outbreak was registered at a smallholding close to the farm.
Another outbreak was then discovered at a farm in the Tselinsky district.
The Rostov Region is particularly vulnerable to bird flu as part of the Krasnodar Territory, which is on a route taken by migrating birds in winter. In September, the region was hit by the H5N1 strain and 230,000 birds were culled.
The above comments describe the continuing spread of H5N1 in Rostov (see satellite map). As noted, this is the fifth outbreak in the past few weeks. In September, there were outbreaks in Krasnodar on a poultry farm. The sequence of an isolate from the farm traced back to the massive outbreak over the summer of 2006 at Uva Lake, the largest lake in Mongolia (see satellite map). The outbreak was on a par with Qinghai Lake a year earlier, but neither Russia nor Mongolia filed OIE reports on the outbreak. However, sequences from wild bird isolates in both countries were published. The sequences were related to earlier isolates in Afghanistan and India as well as isolates from Azerbaijan.
However, the sequences from Krasnodar clearly linked back to the wild bird outbreak at Uva Lake. Similar isolates were described by FLI in Germany when they analyzed sequences from multiple wild bird outbreaks in Germany over the summer. Recently those sequences were released, and as described by FLI, they linked back to Uva Lake and were closely related to the Krasnodar chicken isolate. Recently a sequence from a whooper swan in Krasnodar was released. The HA sequence was identical to the poultry isolate and the sequences for all eight gene segments were 99.95% identical.
H5N1 is also spreading in Germany at this time, and another report from FLI indicated it was also similar to the summer sequences related to Uva Lake. This strain appears to have become dominant. Recently, sequences from the outbreak in late 2006 outbreak in South Korea were released, and they also are closely related to the Uva Lake sequences.
Sequence from ot.her outbreaks this year (Kuwait, Czech Republic, France, England) have not been released, but all have been described as having a close relationship to the Uva Lake strain.
The increased reporting of recent H5N1 outbreaks in Saudi Arabia, Romania, Poland, and the spreading outbreak in Rostov, couple with the bird and human outbreak in Pakistan, suggests reported H5N1 in wild birds, poultry, and people will be on the rise in coming weeks. Recent alerts have been issued in Pakistan, Egypt, and Jordan.
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