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**Giuseppe** · December 11, 2007, 12:25 PM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

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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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**HenryN** · December 11, 2007, 07:28 PM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

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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**AlaskaDenise** · December 12, 2007, 12:50 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

'Tis history repeating itself........from October 21, 2005!!!

from an article written on November 15, 2005.......

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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**AlaskaDenise** · December 12, 2007, 03:37 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

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.

reuters.com

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL126609220071212

**AlaskaDenise** · December 12, 2007, 03:44 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

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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.

Bird Flu Outbreak Registered in Southern Russia :: Russia-InfoCentre

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/5363/

**HenryN** · December 12, 2007, 06:05 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="95%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>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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**HenryN** · December 12, 2007, 09:17 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

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.

Poultry cull imposed to stop bird flu outbreak in south Russia

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071212/92081946.html

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...

**HenryN** · December 12, 2007, 10:50 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

Comemntary at

H5N1 Migrates to Rostov Russia

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12120704/H5N1_Rostov.html

Recombinomics Commentary

**Gert van der Hoek** · December 12, 2007, 10:59 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

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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**HenryN** · December 13, 2007, 04:22 AM

Re: 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia; H5N1 Confirmed

AVIAN INFLUENZA (185): POLAND, RUSSIA (KRASNODAR)
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A ProMED-mail post
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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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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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[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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**HenryN** · December 13, 2007, 04:24 AM

Re: 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia; H5N1 Confirmed

Originally posted by niman View Post

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]
....................arn/ejp/jw

Map check. Rostov is ADJACENT to Krasnodar, not in Krasnodar.

**HenryN** · December 13, 2007, 04:34 AM

Re: 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia; H5N1 Confirmed

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.

Krasnodar Wild Bird and Domestic Poultry H5N1 Match

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12030701/H5N1_Krasnodar_Match.html

Recombinomics Commentary

AVIAN INFLUENZA (153): RUSSIA (KRASNODAR), SWAN
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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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
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[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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**AlaskaDenise** · December 13, 2007, 04:38 AM

Re: Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia

Originally posted by niman View Post

Comemntary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...N1_Rostov.html

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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**HenryN** · December 13, 2007, 05:32 AM

Re: 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia; H5N1 Confirmed

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Bird flu outbreak registered in southern Russia

13.12.2007, 12.20

</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR class=news><TD></TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 13 (Itar-Tass) - Vaccination of people and poultry has begun in the Gulyai-Borisovka village in Russia?s southern Rostov region, where a bird flu outbreak has been registered.
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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