China Confirms Bird Flu Outbreak in Ducks in Guangdong Province

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<TABLE class=lan18 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="97%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=hei22 vAlign=bottom height=25>China confirms bird flu outbreak in Guangdong Province
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BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of bird flu in China's southern Guangdong Province is under control, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.

The testing of dead ducks at Yashan Village in recent days detected the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the ministry said in a brief statement, without giving any dates for when the outbreak began. A total of 3,873 ducks died and another 17,127 ducks were culled, it said. Emergency measures have been taken and the epidemic has been brought under control, the ministry said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/17/content_8387111.htm

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[Commonground]

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massive flooding in that area as we speak.

[Gert van der Hoek]

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China reports bird flu outbreak near HK border

17 Jun 2008 11:00:12 GMT

Source: Reuters

BEIJING, June 17 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday reported a bird flu outbreak in ducks in the southern province of Guangdong, close to Hong Kong where poultry at all commercial markets was culled last week.

The Guangdong outbreak, in a village administered by Jiangmen city, was first detected on June 13, the official Xinhua news agency said.

The National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory confirmed on Tuesday that the virus the birds contracted was a subtype of the H5N1 strain, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Agriculture as saying.

A total of 3,873 ducks died of the disease and a further 17,127 were culled as part of a contingency plan that the report said had effectively contained the outbreak.

Large parts of densely populated Guangdong province, which provides much of Hong Kong's poultry, have also been battling floods triggered by downpours in the past week.

Hong Kong banned poultry imports from the Chinese mainland for 21 days since the first instance of the virus was discovered there in early June.

China reported its last bird flu outbreak in April in Tibet. It also recorded an outbreak in March in Guangzhou, Guangdong's provincial capital.

With the world's biggest poultry population and hundreds of millions of farmers raising birds in their backyards, China is seen as crucial in the global fight against bird flu.

Scientists fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a form that could pass easily from person to person, sparking a global pandemic. (Reporting by Guo Shipeng; Editing by Lindsay Beck and David Fogarty)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK102705.htm

[HenryN]

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100&#37;" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=padlrt8 colSpan=2>Bird flu hits southern China, poultry culled <!-- headline one : end -->

</TD></TR><TR><TD class="georgia11 padcell8" colSpan=2><!-- more than 7 paragraphs --><!-- story content : start -->BEIJING - AUTHORITIES in southern China have begun destroying poultry after bird flu was detected to stop the disease from spreading, state press said on Tuesday.
The outbreak was confirmed as the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus by the agriculture ministry on Tuesday after poultry began dying in Jiangmen city, Guangdong province, last week, Xinhua news agency reported.
Nearly 3,900 ducks have died, while another 17,000 fowls were culled due to fears that they could be carrying the virus, the report said.
The government has ordered measures to contain the outbreak and to disinfect the area, the report added. Preliminary efforts show that the 'epidemic has been effectively contained,' it said.
The outbreak in Guangdong comes after the H5N1 virus was found in a market in neighbouring Hong Kong, prompting the city to ban all live poultry imports from China on Saturday, June 7.
Live poultry imports from mainland China would be suspended for 21 days while an investigation was carried out, officials in Hong Kong said.
<!-- show media links starting at 7th para -->Hong Kong was the scene of the world's first reported major bird flu outbreak among humans in 1997, when six people died.
H5N1 has killed more than 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003, according to the World Health Organisation.
Scientists fear the virus will eventually mutate into a form that is much more easily transmissible between humans, triggering a global pandemic.
China has had several bird flu outbreaks this year, and three Chinese have died from the virus so far in 2008, according to earlier reports. -- AFP

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[sharon sanders]

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Hong Kong outbreak thread:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70664

Hong Kong suspicious human infections thread:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71414

China rainstorms thread:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71434

[HenryN]

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Updated map

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[Commonground]

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link for rain forecast - and can be compared with Dr. Nimans map of outbreaks:

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[Treyfish]

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The new duck with bird flu in Hong Kong to stop imports
2008-06-17 <!--START:NEWSTIME-->20:47:00 <!--END:NEWSTIME-->
<!--START:PAGE_NEWS--><SCRIPT language=javascript src="/js/tooltip/wz_tooltip.js"></SCRIPT> Guangdong Jiangmen City Xinhui District confirmed ducks infected with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza cases in Hong Kong suspended imports of live birds and products.

In response to the case, the Government decided today to take measures, suspended from the 13 km radius around the outbreak within the scope of the import of live birds and poultry meat products 21 days at the same time, Guan Shangniao also suspended imports of live poultry farms in 21 days.

The Government had contacted the province's entry and exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the council said the outbreak within a radius of 13 kilometers for Hong Kong registered a live poultry farms, but not to Hong Kong's exports of chilled or frozen poultry meat processing, egg farms or Guan Shangniao Farm
The registration for live poultry farms located seven kilometers from the outbreak, only a small amount of supply to Hong Kong Shiji and pheasant. The market also registered with the Hong Kong SAR Government to trace the earlier market environment with the avian flu virus samples and retrospective of the 18 registered farms has nothing to do for Hong Kong.

The spokesman said: "Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau told us that Guangdong for Hong Kong's chicken farms there was no abnormal situation. {Bridge for sale! $1} Province in response to a confirmed bird flu cases, the relevant authorities in Guangdong Province will intensify the prevention and control efforts." http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=e.../775789/1.html

[Treyfish]

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Guangdong confirmed the new bird flu
2008-06-17 <!--START:NEWSTIME-->17:23:00 <!--END:NEWSTIME-->
<!--START:PAGE_NEWS--><SCRIPT language=javascript src="/js/tooltip/wz_tooltip.js"></SCRIPT> The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture said, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province before the new District Secretary Ya Village in the town of suspected bird flu cases, today confirmed the H5N1 virus.

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Jiangmen City on June 13 in suspected bird flu cases, today has national bird flu reference laboratory confirmed as H5N1 subtype highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic. The outbreak killed a total of 3,873 ducks, and 17,127 ducks culled.

After the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government in accordance with the requirements of the relevant contingency plans, timely and organized the epidemic emergency work.
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Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_8387707.htm
China confirms bird flu outbreak in Guangdong Province
www.chinaview.cn 2008-06-17 20:40:35 Print

BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of bird flu in China's southern Guangdong Province is under control, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.

The testing of dead ducks at Yashan Village in recent days detected the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the ministry said in a brief statement, without saying when the outbreak began.

A total of 3,873 ducks died and another 17,127 ducks were culled, it said.

Emergency measures have been taken and the epidemic has been brought under control, the ministry said.

The country has reported seven bird flu outbreaks among poultry since the beginning of 2008.

Besides the latest case, other outbreaks included one in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, three in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region, one in the southwestern Guizhou Province and another in Guangdong Province.

This year the Ministry of Health has reported three human bird flu cases, all in February, in the central Henan Province, the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangdong Province. All the three people involved died

[sharon sanders]

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The new duck with bird flu in Hong Kong to stop imports
2008-06-17 <!--START:NEWSTIME-->20:47:00 <!--END:NEWSTIME-->
<!--START:PAGE_NEWS--><script language="javascript" src="/js/tooltip/wz_tooltip.js"></script> Guangdong Jiangmen City Xinhui District confirmed ducks infected with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza cases in Hong Kong suspended imports of live birds and products.

In response to the case, the Government decided today to take measures, suspended from the 13 km radius around the outbreak within the scope of the import of live birds and poultry meat products 21 days at the same time, Guan Shangniao also suspended imports of live poultry farms in 21 days.

The Government had contacted the province's entry and exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the council said the outbreak within a radius of 13 kilometers for Hong Kong registered a live poultry farms, but not to Hong Kong's exports of chilled or frozen poultry meat processing, egg farms or Guan Shangniao Farm
The registration for live poultry farms located seven kilometers from the outbreak, only a small amount of supply to Hong Kong Shiji and pheasant. The market also registered with the Hong Kong SAR Government to trace the earlier market environment with the avian flu virus samples and retrospective of the 18 registered farms has nothing to do for Hong Kong.

The spokesman said: "Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau told us that Guangdong for Hong Kong's chicken farms there was no abnormal situation. {Bridge for sale! $1} Province in response to a confirmed bird flu cases, the relevant authorities in Guangdong Province will intensify the prevention and control efforts." http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh%7Cen&u=http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/775789/1.html

This confirmation is for ducks. The outbreak in Hong Kong is chickens. 2 + 2 = 4.

[Treyfish]

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Guangdong Jiangmen City, a highly pathogenic avian influenza occurred Yachang
At 20:12 on June 17, 2008
-- Guangzhou, June 17 (Xinhua Wangpei Wei Xu Qingyang) According to the Guangdong Provincial Agriculture Department sources, the national bird flu reference laboratory testing, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province before the new District Secretary for the town of a Yachang June 10 The ducks died of acute diagnosed as highly pathogenic avian influenza.
June 13 morning, the Guangdong Provincial Agriculture Department received the report of agriculture in Jiangmen City, the District Secretary said the new town before a June 10 Yachang ducks there died of acute, the Yachang存栏21,000, as of June 13 A total of 3,873 ducks died incidenceOn the 13th afternoon, the Guangdong Animal Epidemic Prevention of supervision by the Jiangmen City Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center submission of duck (the new town before the District Secretary for a duck Village Yachang ducks) sample, a common type of avian influenza virus H5 subtype and Fluorescent RT-PCR method to detect, test results for suspected highly pathogenic bird flu.

On the 13th evening, the relevant departments of personnel, the outbreak of the remaining large duck 4827, Yamiao Peidan 12,300 ducks and 35,000 for culling, deep and safe disposal of the appliances in the outbreak, poultry house, space, Transport, feed, packing, waste contaminated items, such as strict disinfection of all poultry infected areas within the block and its products, poultry and threatened areas for emergency bird flu immunization, while in the region within the framework of Poultry farms in the carpet inspection and found no new outbreaks.

June 16, killed ducks samples by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory tests, diagnosed as highly pathogenic avian influenza. Guangdong Provincial Agriculture Department on the immediate deployment of prevention and control work to prevent the spread of the epidemic. Supervision of the provincial animal epidemic prevention by the Jiangmen City in the new area and animal disease prevention and control centers around the outbreak within three kilometers (areas) of all poultry monitoring the immune effect of antibodies. At the same time, in accordance with the "Law on Animal Epidemic Prevention" the relevant provisions of the local animal epidemic prevention departments will supervise all the affected areas to monitor immune antibody unqualified for poultry culling and safe disposal. Immune to good effect, aquaculture file complete, the effective protection of poultry in a state of the market size of the embargo to be observed and strictly monitor and carry out emergency immunization.

At present Guangdong province not received new reports of unusual deaths of poultry. http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=e...57561721.shtml

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MoA confirms H5N1 avian influenza in Jiangmen, Guangdong
June 17 2008, 17.53.05

The Food and Health Bureau received notification today (June 17) from the Ministry of Agriculture on a confirmed case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza among ducks in Xinhui district, Jiangmen, Guangdong.

In light of the confirmed avian influenza case, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) decided to adopt corresponding measures with immediate effect by suspending the import of live birds, live poultry and poultry products from the zone of 13-kilometre radius of the infected area for 21 days.

The import of pet birds is also suspended for 21 days.

A spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau said:

"The import suspension is a precautionary measure. Our primary concern is to safeguard public health."

The HKSAR Government had liaised with the Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (GDCIQ) for further information on the incident.

According to GDCIQ, there is only one registered farm which supplies live poultry to Hong Kong.

There are no processing plants for supplying chilled and frozen poultry meat to Hong Kong, no poultry egg farms and no pet bird farms within the zone of 13-kilometre radius of the infected area.

The only registered farm found in the zone is located about seven kilometres from the infected area, which supplies small quantities of chukar and pheasant to Hong Kong.

This registered farm is found to have no connection with the 18 registered farms identified in the latest effort to trace the source of the avian influenza virus detected in some environmental swabs in retail markets in Hong Kong earlier this month.

The spokesman added:

"The GDCIQ has reaffirmed that no abnormality is detected in the chickens in registered farms in Guangdong Province. In view of the confirmed avian influenza case, the relevant Guangdong authorities have stepped up control and preventive measures."

The HKSAR Government would continue to monitor the latest situation while relevant government departments would step up their preventive and control measures to guard against avian influenza, the spokesman said.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) would enhance inspection and monitoring of the environmental hygiene of the local poultry farms.

The AFCD, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, the Customs and Excise Department, the Police and the relevant Mainland authorities would stay alert and strive to deter the smuggling of poultry and birds into Hong Kong to prevent an increase in the risk of avian influenza outbreak brought by poultry and birds that had not gone through inspection and quarantine.

The Government would also strengthen its enforcement actions against the public bringing live poultry and poultry meat into Hong Kong illegally.

The Department of Health would reinforce health advice to travellers by broadcasting health messages at immigration control points and distributing health advice leaflets.

On personal health, the spokesman reminded the public to avoid touching live poultry and birds and their droppings.

If they contact live poultry and birds, they should wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water immediately afterwards.

Poultry and eggs should be thoroughly cooked before eating.

When travelling outside Hong Kong, the public should avoid touching live poultry and birds.

Travellers returning from areas with avian influenza outbreak should consult doctors immediately if they have symptoms of influenza. They should inform the doctor of their travel history and wear a mask to prevent spread of the disease.
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http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200806/17/P200806170320.htm

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18/06/2008, on Wednesday in the morning 08:27
Jiangmen explodes the duck bird flu port guard to be lax

Caption: The elegant mountain village erupts around bird flu's duck field altogether to kill more than 17,000 ducks.

Jiangmen explodes the duck bird flu port guard to be lax

[Eastern daily paper special news]Examines the bird flu following the Hong Kong downtown chicken files, is close to the Hong Kong a Guangdong Province Jiangmen duck field also to confirm the eruption bird flu, more than 3800 ducks caught an illness the death, the national bird flu refer to the laboratory yesterday to diagnose are the H5N1 highly infectious bird flu, killed the duck more than 17,000 only anti-virus to proliferate. Hong Kong food and the sanitation bureau suspend cause troubling in the duck field 13 kilometer radius scopes the live birds, the poultry meat product and the ornamental bird import for 21 days. Although this duck field has not iced the fresh duck to supply the port, but infectious disease specialist believed that in Guangdong Province a half year three eruption bird flus, including the human exposure case, demonstrated the virus widely disseminates in the domesticated fowl, Hong Kong's eruption crisis also enhances. The duck field located at the Jiangmen Xinhui area Siqian Town elegant mountain village, reporter the appearance discovery, the duck field has forbidden the bystander to enter. It is known that the duck field mainly depending on sets on eggs the production duck seedling sell, what catches an illness the death is the duck. According to Guangdong Province animal guard surveillance always Manager Yu Yedong indicated that the duck field has vaccinating, in the infection reason investigation. The Local government divides into the elegant mountain village guards against the blockade area, passes in and out the vehicles to disinfect, Xinhui yesterday the entire date stopped the live birds and beasts transaction. Hong Kong food Wei Ju indicated that in the duck field surrounding area 13 kilometer radius scopes has one to register the live birds and beasts farm for the port, but has not supplied the port ice fresh either the refrigeration birds meat manufacturing place, the eggs farm or the ornamental bird farm. Should supply the port to register the live poultry farms located at to cause trouble outside the duck field seven kilometers, only supplies Hong Kong small amount Shi Ji and the pheasant, but traces 18 which with the Hong Kong four downtown chicken files eruption bird flu traces for the port to register the farm early to have nothing to do with. Guangdong Province examination quarantine bureau expression, and not has the chicken only unusual circumstance for the port farm. The Hong Kong food environment department of health indicated that this bureau personnel arrive at inland to patrol eight supply live chickens early to give the deep water (earth step) the security downtown chicken files registration farm, and does not have the discovery to be unusual, this week will dispatch an official to inland farm to patrol again. Hong Kong Ice Fresh Poultry Chamber of commerce President Guo indicated fashionably, Jiangmen not for port duck field, will therefore not affect the local ice fresh duck supply.

Or has the virus for the port live chicken not to have symptom
Infectious disease specialist Lao Yongle pointed out that including this bird flu duck, Guangdong Province past a half year had the chicken and the duck eruption bird flu successively, some man infected the death. But he refers to the event is only the tip of the iceberg, because in the province has given an injection for the port live chicken, after the infection, possible ?to have the virus, does not have symptom?, believed that the bird flu the domesticated fowl widely disseminates in Guangdong Province, the situation is quite serious. He criticizes food and sanitation bureau chief Monday mountain in April relaxes the guard, Guangdong Province will present the bird flu namely to endure the entire province live chicken originally to make the law for Hong Kong, squeezes the embargo scope to the quarantine area 13 kilometers radii, increases the virus to flow in the Hong Kong risk, thought that should reply original makes the law. Guangdong Province agriculture department received the Jiangmen Bureau of agriculture to report last Friday that a Xinhui area Siqian Town duck field on the tenth of the month starts, to have the duck to die in the short time, altogether more than 3800. The authority threw in the execution ground the surplus 4827 big ducks, 12,300 duck Miao He to destroy 35,000 hatching the duck eggs, goods and so on field apparatus, chicken coop, feed also cannot disinfect, in the duck field three kilometers scopes the domesticated fowl must force vaccinating http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=out...a91cd2398-2796