China: Jiangsu, new avian influenza h5n1 poultry epizootics

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Bird flu found in chickens in eastern China - Yahoo! News

Bird flu found in chickens in eastern China

BEIJING –

Authorities in eastern China have killed more than 300,000 fowl after bird flu was discovered in chickens, the Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday.


Veterinary officials in Hai'an county and the city of Dongtai, both in Jiangsu province, said chickens in the two areas tested positive for the H5N1 virus, according to a ministry statement faxed to The Associated Press.

It did not say when the birds got sick, whether they had died from the virus or how many were infected. The areas are about 20 miles (30 kilometers) apart.

In order to prevent an outbreak, authorities in Hai'an and Dongtai killed 377,000 chickens and other domestic fowl in surrounding areas, the ministry said. They have also disinfected and quarantined affected zones and banned the transport of fowl and related products from Hai'an and Dongtai, it said.

Migrating birds may have been the source of the disease, it said, without giving details.

Experts have said that wild birds play a role in transmitting H5N1 into commercial poultry populations, although they believe the spread is largely related to the trade of birds and their products, including cross-border smuggling.

H5N1 has prompted the slaughter of millions of birds across Asia since late 2003 and caused the deaths of at least 246 people worldwide, around a third of them in Indonesia, according to the World Health Organization.

It remains hard for people to catch, with most human cases linked to contact with infected birds.Last week, the Hong Kong government ordered the slaughter of more than 80,000 birds after three chickens found dead on a farm tested positive for the virus. It also imposed a 21-day ban on poultry imports.

Twenty countries had outbreaks during the first nine months of 2008, down from 25 during the same period last year, U.N. officials have said.

Some experts worry that the public has lost interest because the virus has so far not mutated into a much-feared form that could spread easily among people, potentially sparking a pandemic. But the World Health Organization has urged Asian governments not to let down their guard against bird flu because the recent Hong Kong outbreak proved the disease still poses a threat.
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[Commonground]

Nantong, Jiangsu bird flu outbreak, the buck so look for veterinary, landing dead chickens Jiangnan

Boxun Beijing on December 15, 2008

Nantong a large number of chickens died of unknown reasons
I now pass in Nantong City, Jiangsu Hing Tung Estate in the town Yongqing 3 Battalion, here's a few days ago, more than 4,000 chickens in a chicken farm, a lot of dead chickens, most of it may be, as far as the leadership of Murakami said, has been Avian influenza is confirmed, this matter has in the past few days, but it seems a lot of departments do not pay attention to. I pass to the City Health and CDC to call them back and let me find a veterinary sector.

If bird flu is spreading among birds in, I will be done, but also transmission, I have got to do this, I have the national CDC's Web site a message

A large number of dead chickens into Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing market, resulting in the sale of chicken.

[Commonground]

Very shocked, Jiangsudongtai bird flu seems to have taken place, a large number of dead chickens in the flow of the national disease

Boxun Beijing on December 15, 2008

Very shocked, local governments Cover, the disease has a large number of dead chickens flows to the country (Ministry of Agriculture has recently been sent to the east of Taiwan).

Jiangsu Province, eastern Taiwan, large areas of dead chickens, dead chickens almost the flow of patients in major cities, as well as Shanghai, Shandong, Henan, and other places. Dead chickens slaughtered after an underground hideout, water treatment (hydrogen peroxide), after soaking, quick-frozen and shipped to the flow field, just east of the three stores in Southern Taiwan, Tang Yang North has processed more than a dozen, day and night, every day There are tens of thousands of dead chickens sent to patients across the country or frozen, wait until the Spring Festival market, probably in place of the cold, put a few 100,000.

Down to the Spring Festival, which flows to the market, people buy these bacteria with the chicken, if a major cause of food-borne diseases, which will lead to disastrous consequences. The country did not give a reply before the proposal to buy all the chicken carefully.

Playback of things:
Jiangsudongtai, chicken Hai town, home to visit relatives in recent days, there have been close to his home found a suspected outbreak of bird flu disease, the emergence of local chicken deaths of more serious, the Government's commitment to too little compensation or no compensation, the farmers of the heart They chicken a few dollars to the price and sell illegal experiences, processing them, sent to the country, only yesterday, I saw a dozen infected with the virus in chickens in a truck in Shandong. The spread of sarcasm that "the people of Shanghai and other cities for fear of heart after the price of chickens since cheap." As the saying goes, a good cheap goods not good good not cheap goods, I hope that we buy chicken, it is necessary to be more careful.
Some chicken farmers as a result of the earthquake, many farmers heavily in debt, therefore, dumping the family silver production, I understand that many of the farmers, at home, grief, I do not know how to think of the local government, farmers do not know the seriousness of the problem, local Not completely control the epidemic, some farmers, and bought some chicks, may cause a vicious circle.
If the channels through which the virus spread to other parts of the lead to disastrous consequences, which spread to almost get close to the city, I hope that the local government to the local people, the National People's responsible for taking the initiative to inform the community, not concealed, not to , To the 2004 national bird flu, died talents attention, I would like to pay attention to.

In fact, in our home in peacetime, has been a long time, and most of all chicken farmers, it is impossible not to dead chickens, the chicken's death, even for several days already, and even made a green (dead chicken for a long time), some of the small business Hawker In order to buy a dollar, to the illegal, a soaking liquid, after soaking message, use plastic packaging. Transported across the country. I would like to talk about the state of the dead chickens to investigate the whereabouts of the issue in the hope of national importance.

This thing almost happened about a good time, on December 12, I almost had to report the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture said a lot of people have been reported, probably will be a day or two to the east of Taiwan was, I would like to act impartially.
The country did not give a reply before the proposal to buy all the chicken carefully.


I would like to remind the hope that reporters requested the investigation:
1: Why do local governments to cover up these things.
2: These chickens died, to those places.


I am not a reporter, I am as a person with a conscience, in my personality that I can talk to me, liable.
I hope we put the top for the Government to speak out clear.

[Commonground]

CPC Jiangsu bird flu cover up more than 10 million sold across a large number of dead chickens

Apollo News Network hearing 2008-12-16

CPC Jiangsu disease patients to conceal a large number of dead chickens sold in the field


Hong Kong's recent outbreak of bird flu after. Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, China, the city of Hai has been more than a month before the outbreak of a large number of chickens died. Local people said that the government blockade, the lack of vaccination program, on the sale of chickens and there is no regulation, a large number of dead chickens have been sold to patients in Shanghai, Shandong, Henan and other provinces and cities.
The city of Hai veterinary practitioners to stop this station reporter confirmed that more than a month before the local disease occurred.

【】 Recording Reporter: When did it happen?
Employees: there are now more than a month.

Dongtai village official, said villagers in the village 70% of the chickens died of infection, symptoms are fever, anorexia, pulling Green feces, 2 days he died. Chicken farmers are raising each more than 10,000 chickens, about 10 tens of thousands of dead chickens.

【Villagers village official recording: the place we have not had all died, do not know what illness, not good. Delivery to eat well, his illness very quickly.

Dongtai Tang Yang said that people in the town, local farmers have lost their capital, the Government has not taken effective measures, there is no media coverage, and if they are not of great importance, is also a matter of fact the Government has neglected the safety of human life and human nature.

Tang foreign people in the town:】 【recording of the truth that the Government has not been disclosed, on a scale of the epidemic and the extent of losses, we lack of local chicken farmers unified epidemic prevention, and the unity of chicken manure handling, the lack of unified planning and Species of bacteria in the air and then the proliferation of spread and now we are in Taiwan, foreign official site is now the figure is 1.6 billion loss, this is not the bird flu is identified, I'm not sure, at least say that it is a disease, the government continues to This information blockade, this time a lot of chickens, for he lack of an effective supervision.

It is reported that the Government is committed to too little compensation or compensation in place, a few dollars to unscrupulous traders bought dead chickens disease, processed sent to the country, has been the flow of Shanghai, Shandong and Henan provinces and cities. Tang also said that foreign people in the town, the Government of the sale of chicken without any supervision.

Tang foreign people in the town: recording】 【I saw a police car, a excavator, buried out, burned out, was part of the chicken farmers to the government side, the Government dispatched anti-riot police, the Government has allowed itself to deal with The burning of a chicken for 10 yuan of subsidies, in fact, chickens, ducks, geese and their trading very arbitrary, level by level without any supervision.

It has been reported that the dead chickens slaughtered dens in the ground, soaked with hydrogen peroxide, quick-frozen. In the East the three warehouses in Southern Taiwan, Tang Yang North has processed more than a dozen, day and night. Every day, tens of thousands of dead chickens sent to patients across the country or frozen, put off until the New Year market, the local cold storage, there are about 100,000 patients a few dead chickens.

[Commonground]

Hai'an Dongtai, Jiangsu and laying hens in the detection

2008 on 12 years on 16 18:57

Ben Wang inquiry, according to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dec. 15, the Ministry of Agriculture in Jiangsu Province received a report of the veterinary department in the implementation of routine monitoring of poultry, in Hai'an, Dongtai individual farmers of the layers reared in the monitoring Pathogenic avian influenza H5N1-positive samples. At present, these areas have not found bird flu.

Preliminary analysis by experts, detected the avian influenza virus with pandemic strain of China's southern region some differences. Poultry virus may be related to migratory birds spread the virus. According to concentrate on the fall of the immune inspection results show that Jiangsu's veterinary sector organizations on the implementation of the province's poultry avian influenza immunization, antibodies in the passing rate of 89% or more than 70% of the state.

Upon receiving the report, the immediate deployment of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture veterinary departments to implement prevention and control measures. One positive for monitoring flocks and the surrounding areas to carry out culling of poultry have been culled 377,000 poultry. The second is to monitor the implementation of isolation. Dongtai transport ban on all poultry and Hai'an and its products, restrictions on the flow. The third is to eliminate the source of disinfection. Poultry have been culled on the farm (000) and the surrounding environment to carry out thorough disinfection to prevent the spread of the virus.

The Ministry of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the monitoring program, in May each year, in November need to focus on two bird flu monitoring, from all over the day-to-day monitoring of the actual situation in accordance with the arrangements. January to October this year, all over the country have been monitoring the bird flu samples were 4,310,000, pathogenic avian influenza detected in 46 samples were positive, positive pathogenic bird groups were conducted in a timely manner disposal.

At present, the MSC County, Dongtai surrounding counties and cities did not find anything unusual. National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory has been requested by the Ministry of Agriculture, on the positive samples for further testing and analysis of whether the virus mutates. China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center also sent a group of experts have rushed to the above-mentioned areas of epidemiological investigation, analysis of the source of the virus.

The Ministry of Agriculture has been the situation to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) were informed.

[HenryN]

AVIAN INFLUENZA (115): CHINA (JIANGSU, HEBEI, HENAN), SUSPECTED,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Tue 25 Nov 2008
Source: efeedlink.com.cn [in Chinese, trans. & summ. Rappt.DS, edited]
<http://www.efeedlink.com.cn/publishAdmin/cpsview/f1d54d27-55dd-47ff-b54f-4efe295a2e0c.html>


Sources say that over the last few weeks, there has been an outbreak
of possible avian influenza near Jiangsu's Haian and Dongtai
[counties]. Local chicken deaths are relatively serious. Egg
production has dropped sharply due to the outbreak. But because [the
outbreak] has not yet been confirmed by authorities, it is still
uncertain whether it is actually avian influenza. Area demand for
poultry feed has dropped under the impact of chicken deaths and
declining egg production.

Based on this correspondent's survey, similar outbreaks have not
occurred in Jiangsu's neighboring areas other than the above 2
places. It is hoped that poultry farmers will quickly take
precautionary measures.

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Dan Silver

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[2]
Date: Wed 3 Dec 2008
Source: 21 Food China [in Chinese, trans. & summ. Rappt.DS, edited]
<http://www.21food.cn/html/news/12/406760.htm>


Short-term breeding and feed market outlook
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Avian influenza-like outbreaks have occurred in Handan, southern
Hebei [province], as well as in Henan's [province] Shangqiu, and
Jiangsu's [province] Haian, Dongtai, and other places. This will have
a negative impact on the raising of layers and broilers.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Dan Silver

[China's most recent reported HPAI (highly pathogenic avian
influenza) H5N1 outbreak was reported from Ya Shan, Jiang'men,
Guangdong. It involved ducks; no vaccination was allowed and the
outbreak was eradicated by the application of stamping out policy
(318 431 ducks destroyed). See the report, including map, at
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=7136>.

A useful time-series analysis of China's reported outbreaks since
2006 (where the number of outbreaks and cases are shown), is
available at
(select "China - people's republic of" for the country).
http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?..._end_year=2008
Results of the investigations into the suspected cases above will be
appreciated. - Mod.AS

The provinces of Jiangsu, Hebei, and Henan in eastern China can be
located on the map at
<http://www.sacu.org/provmap.html>. - CopyEd.MJ]

[see also:
Avian influenza (106): Bangladesh, China (Hong Kong) 20081019.3312
Avian influenza (87): China (Hong Kong), vaccine efficacy 20080711.2121
Avian influenza (76): China (HK), susp smuggling 20080610.1835
Avian influenza (75): China (Hong Kong) 20080607.1814
Avian influenza (38): China (Guizhou), Pakistan 20080227.0801
Avian influenza, human (28): China (Hunan) 20080218.0656
2007
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Avian influenza, human (159): China (Jiangsu), WHO 20071211.3987
Avian influenza (48): China (Tibet), bar-headed geese breeding 20070308.0814
Avian influenza, human (07): Indonesia, China WHO 20070110.0109
2006
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Avian influenza (200) - China (Inner Mongolia) 20061002.2828
Avian influenza (197) - China (Qinghai samples) 20060928.2778
Avian influenza (166) - Cote d'Ivoire, China: OIE 20060731.2114
Avian influenza (140) - Niger, Ukraine, China: OIE 20060625.1771
Avian influenza (139) - China (Shanxi) 20060619.1697
Avian influenza, human (85) - China 20060617.1685
Avian influenza, human (83) - China (Guangdong) 20060613.1649
Avian influenza, human - worldwide (31): China, WHO plan 20060323.0898
Avian influenza, human - worldwide (24): China 20060308.0742
Avian influenza, human - worldwide (23): China 20060306.0726]
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[Shiloh]

Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...37056920081216

China province culls chickens after bird flu found
Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:06pm IST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Eastern China's Jiangsu province has culled 377,000 poultry after laying hens tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday, in the first reported case since the early summer.

Experts fear that the H5N1 virus, which can be contacted by humans, could spark a pandemic if it mutates to the extent that it can be transmitted easily among people.

The ministry said the virus, of the H5N1 variety that can spread to humans, was found during routine checks. No birds were reported sick, it added.

Bird flu is most common during the cool, damp winter. The virus turned up last week in a farm in Hong Kong, leading to the culling of 80,000 birds.

So far this winter, bird flu has killed two people, in Indonesia and Egypt, and made two people ill in Indonesia and Cambodia.

[HenryN]

One year ago there was confirmed H2H in Jiangsu

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12...angsu_H2H.html

[HenryN]

380,000 chickens killed in bird flu cull


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From correspondents in Beijing
December 16, 2008 10:49pm

CHINESE authorities have begun destroying and vaccinating poultry after an outbreak of bird flu was discovered in the east of the country, the agriculture ministry says.
The deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was discovered on a chicken farm in Dongtai city and in another farm in Haian county both in eastern Jiangsu province, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website today.
The discovery prompted local agricultural authorities to step up vaccinations, while culling 377,000 chickens in the area around the farms.
The spread of the virus had not been detected in any other areas around the two farms, it said.
"Preliminary expert analysis from tests have found... The farm poultry could have been infected by migratory birds,'' it said.
The discovery in Jiangsu comes after an outbreak in Hong Kong, on the south coast of China, last week resulted in the slaughter of more than 90,000 chickens there.
Authorities in Jiangsu have also quarantined Haian county and Dongtai city and stopped the transport of all poultry and poultry products from entering and exiting the area, the ministry said.
Local agricultural officials were also stepping up disinfecting measures in the region, it added.
The outbreak was the first in mainland China since an outbreak was reported in Guangdong province, which neighbours Hong Kong, in June.
China's agriculture ministry warned last week of further bird flu epidemics in the nation during the winter months when migratory birds are in flight and weather conditions provide a good environment for the spread of the virus.
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.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001028,00.html

[sharon sanders]

An outbreak was suspected in November:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?p=192847

[HenryN]

Updated map

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...9,4.559326&z=7

[Commonground]

Recording Reporter: When did it happen?
Employees: there are now more than a month.

Originally Posted by Florida1

An outbreak was suspected in November:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?p=192847

Great find Dutchy

[sharon sanders]

Originally Posted by Commonground

Great find Dutchy

I agree!

And thanks to the entire team!

[HenryN]

Commentary at

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

[HenryN]

Originally Posted by Florida1

I agree!

And thanks to the entire team!

These outbreaks and adjacent provinces was reported in a ProMED RFI last month

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?...ID:10001,75025

[Commonground]

Jiangsu Province - Map of Dongtai

[Click on Title for map of Dongtai. Using the side scroll it is to the extreme northeast]


Dongtai has a physical land mass of 2,340 square kilometers and its population is close 1.2 million.

Dongtai County is located at the junction of three cities: Nantong, Taizhou and Yancheng municipalitan area. The China East Sea (Yellow Sea), which is a part of Pacific Ocean, is on its east. It has a coastline of 85 km and a total wetland of more than 10,000 hectares.

The city is becoming a hub in production of stevia, a crop that its leaves taste extremely sweet and has been used to replace cane sugar. Stevia, native to Paraguay, has been used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer for many years. In 2008, the production of the crop in Dongtai occupies 80% of the country's total production.
Dongtai’s economy depended traditionally on its agriculture sector and major agricultural products included cotton, crop, cocoon, etc. Dongtai has been honored as an important agricultural region with a national reputation. In addition, the county has abundant natural resources including forestry and crude oil.

http://www.jiangsu.net/city/city.php?name=dongtai

[sharon sanders]

Originally Posted by niman

These outbreaks and adjacent provinces was reported in a ProMED RFI last month

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?...ID:10001,75025

The ProMed published this inquiry on December 4th.

[HenryN]

Originally Posted by Florida1

The ProMed published this inquiry on December 4th.

Just to clarify, the ProMED report of Dec 4 cited this report of Nov 25, which matches the location of the confirmed outbreaks.

Sources say that over the last few weeks, there has been an outbreak
of possible avian influenza near Jiangsu's Haian and Dongtai
[counties]. Local chicken deaths are relatively serious. Egg
production has dropped sharply due to the outbreak. But because [the
outbreak] has not yet been confirmed by authorities, it is still
uncertain whether it is actually avian influenza. Area demand for
poultry feed has dropped under the impact of chicken deaths and
declining egg production.

Original publication dated 11/25/2008:

Hai, Taiwan, East suspected outbreak of bird flu, is expected to reduce significantly the death of chicken

2008-11-25

益农讯

AgroSciences hearing

据悉，近半个月时间以来，江苏海安和东台附近有疑似禽流感疾病暴发现象，当地鸡只死亡现象比较严重，蛋鸡产 蛋率也是因病大幅下降。

It is reported that nearly half of the time since, Jiangsu Hai East and Taiwan are in the vicinity of suspected bird flu outbreak, local chickens killed more serious phenomenon, the rate of egg laying hens also dropped due to illness.

不过，由于当前没有得到相关部门确认，究其是不是真正的禽流感病情还不明确，受鸡只死亡和蛋鸡产蛋率等下降 影响，近期该地区禽料市场需求下降较为明显。

However, due to the current relevant departments have not been confirmed, It is not a real bird flu disease is not clear, by the death of chickens and laying hens, and so the rate of decline in influence in the region of the recent decline in the demand for poultry feed market is more obvious.

根据笔者对江苏周边地区调查来看，目前除了以上两地以外，其余周边地区尚未发现此类病情，希望养殖户提前做 好防疫工作。

According to the investigation surrounding areas of Jiangsu, with the exception of the above two places, the rest of the surrounding areas have not yet found such conditions, farmers would like to do a good job ahead of epidemic prevention work.

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[HenryN]

China Culls Fowl in East China After Finding Bird Flu (Update1)
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By Lee Spears
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China culled 377,000 poultry in eastern Jiangsu province after finding the H5N1 strain of the avian-flu virus in chickens in the area, the Ministry of Agriculture said on its Web site.
The virus was found in poultry being raised in Dongtai city and Hai’an County, both in Jiangsu, the ministry said. There was no outbreak of the virus in the region, the statement said.
The areas where the poultry were raised have been disinfected, other poultry have been placed under quarantine, and transport of all poultry from the two areas has been halted, the statement said. Experts have been dispatched to the affected areas to survey the situation, it said.
Contact with migratory birds carrying the virus is one possible cause of infection in the poultry, the statement said. The announcement comes after dead chickens in Hong Kong last week tested positive for the H5N1 strain, and India culled more than 250,000 birds in its northeast to contain an outbreak.
At least 387 people in 15 countries have been infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian-flu virus since 2003, according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization. Almost two of every three cases were fatal. China has had 30 bird-flu cases in humans and 20 deaths since December 2003, according to WHO.
To contact the reporter on this story: Lee Spears in Beijing at lspears2@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: December 16, 2008 08:51 EST

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...D5o&refer=asia

[HenryN]

Jiangsu routine monitoring of pathogenic bird flu found in positive samples

日期 ：2008-12-16 18:16 Date: For-12-16 18:16

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来源 ：农业部新闻办公室 Source: Ministry of Agriculture Information Office

本网讯据农业部相关负责人介绍，12月15日，农业部接到江苏省兽医部门报告，在对家禽实行例行监测时，在 海安县、东台市个别农户饲养的蛋鸡中监测到H5N1禽流感病原学阳性样品。 Ben Wang inquiry, according to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dec. 15, the Ministry of Agriculture in Jiangsu Province received a report of the veterinary department in the implementation of routine monitoring of poultry, in Hai'an, Dongtai individual farmers of the layers reared in the monitoring Pathogenic avian influenza H5N1-positive samples. 目前上述地区未发现禽流感疫情。 At present, these areas have not found bird flu. 经专家初步分析，检测到的禽流感病毒与我国南方地区流行毒株有一定差异。 Preliminary analysis by experts, detected the avian influenza virus with pandemic strain of China's southern region some differences. 家禽带毒可能与迁徙候鸟传播病毒有关。 Poultry virus may be related to migratory birds spread the virus. 据秋季集中免疫大检查结果显示，江苏省兽医部门组织对全省家禽实施禽流感免疫，抗体合格率在89%以上，高 于国家规定70%的标准。 According to concentrate on the fall of the immune inspection results show that Jiangsu's veterinary sector organizations on the implementation of the province's poultry avian influenza immunization, antibodies in the passing rate of 89% or more than 70% of the state. 接到报告后，农业部立即部署江苏省兽医部门落实防控措施。 Upon receiving the report, the immediate deployment of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture veterinary departments implement measures for prevention and control. 一是对监测阳性鸡群及周边地区家禽进行扑杀，已扑杀家禽37.7万只。 One positive for monitoring flocks and the surrounding areas to carry out culling of poultry have been culled 377,000 poultry. 二是实行隔离监控。 The second is to monitor the implementation of isolation. 禁止调运东台市和海安县所有家禽及其产品，限制流通。 Dongtai transport ban on all poultry and Hai'an and its products, restrictions on the flow. 三是消毒灭源。 The third is to eliminate the source of disinfection. 对被扑杀家禽的养殖场（户）及其周边地区环境进行彻底消毒，防止病毒传播扩散。 Poultry have been culled on the farm (000) and the surrounding environment to carry out thorough disinfection to prevent the spread of the virus. 按照农业部监测方案规定，每年5月、11月需要进行两次禽流感集中监测，日常监测由各地根据实 际情况安排。 The Ministry of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the monitoring program, in May each year, in November need to focus on two bird flu monitoring, from all over the day-to-day monitoring of the actual situation in accordance with the arrangements. 今年1-10月，全国各地已监测禽流感样品431万份，检出禽流感病原学阳性样品46份，对病原学阳性禽群均及时进 行了处置。 January to October this year, all over the country have been monitoring the bird flu samples were 4,310,000, pathogenic avian influenza detected in 46 samples were positive, positive pathogenic bird groups were conducted in a timely manner disposal. 目前，海安县、东台市周边县市没有发现异常情况。 At present, the MSC County, Dongtai surrounding counties and cities did not find anything unusual. 国家禽流感参考实验室已按农业部要求，对阳性样品开展进一步检测，分析病毒是否发生变异。 National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory has been requested by the Ministry of Agriculture, on the positive samples for further testing and analysis of whether the virus mutates. 中国动物卫生与流行病学中心也已派出专家组赶赴上述地区开展流行病学调查，分析病毒来源。 China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center also sent a group of experts have rushed to the above-mentioned areas of epidemiological investigation, analysis of the source of the virus. 农业部已将有关情况向世界动物卫生组织（OIE）进行了通报。 The Ministry of Agriculture has been the situation to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) were informed.

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[HenryN]

<China Slaughters Thousands of Chickens After Finding Bird Flu

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By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH

SHANGHAI -- Chinese agriculture officials ordered the slaughter of more than 300,000 chickens after they found poultry infected with a lethal form of avian influenza -- the first such outbreak publicly reported in mainland China since June.
The discovery of the H5N1 form of the bird flu virus in two areas of Jiangsu province northwest of Shanghai follows recent outbreaks in India, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, raising the risk of human infections during the winter.
After routine testing turned up signs of the H5N1 virus in chicken eggs on farms in two locales, the agriculture ministry said it moved to cull 377,000 chickens and ban the transport of poultry in or out of the affected areas.
Bird flu remains mainly a danger to poultry, not people, since it is not easily transmitted to humans. Just 38 cases of human H5N1 infection -- including 29 that led to deaths -- have been reported this year. That's minuscule compared with the number of people who die annually of regular influenza.
Still, the World Health Organization and others say governments in Asia and around the world should be on their guard against H5N1, because the virus has the potential to mutate into a more transmissible form and spark a deadly pandemic.
Last week, Hong Kong health authorities ordered the slaughter of 80,000 chickens after three dead birds tested positive for H5N1. It was the first group of new cases on a farm in the territory in more than five years.
Hong Kong officials also said they would temporarily suspend poultry imports as they work to determine the source of the infection. Hong Kong officials have said smuggled fertilized chicken eggs from China could have carried the disease.
Write to Gordon Fairclough at gordon.fairclough@wsj.com

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[sharon sanders]

Originally Posted by niman

Just to clarify, the ProMED report of Dec 4 cited this report of Nov 25, which matches the location of the confirmed outbreaks.

Sources say that over the last few weeks, there has been an outbreak
of possible avian influenza near Jiangsu's Haian and Dongtai
[counties]. Local chicken deaths are relatively serious. Egg
production has dropped sharply due to the outbreak. But because [the
outbreak] has not yet been confirmed by authorities, it is still
uncertain whether it is actually avian influenza. Area demand for
poultry feed has dropped under the impact of chicken deaths and
declining egg production.

Original publication dated 11/25/2008:

Hai, Taiwan, East suspected outbreak of bird flu, is expected to reduce significantly the death of chicken

2008-11-25

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据悉，近半个月时间以来，江苏海安和东台附近有疑似禽流感疾病暴发现象，当地鸡只死亡现象比较严重，蛋鸡产 蛋率也是因病大幅下降。

It is reported that nearly half of the time since, Jiangsu Hai East and Taiwan are in the vicinity of suspected bird flu outbreak, local chickens killed more serious phenomenon, the rate of egg laying hens also dropped due to illness.

不过，由于当前没有得到相关部门确认，究其是不是真正的禽流感病情还不明确，受鸡只死亡和蛋鸡产蛋率等下降 影响，近期该地区禽料市场需求下降较为明显。

However, due to the current relevant departments have not been confirmed, It is not a real bird flu disease is not clear, by the death of chickens and laying hens, and so the rate of decline in influence in the region of the recent decline in the demand for poultry feed market is more obvious.

根据笔者对江苏周边地区调查来看，目前除了以上两地以外，其余周边地区尚未发现此类病情，希望养殖户提前做 好防疫工作。

According to the investigation surrounding areas of Jiangsu, with the exception of the above two places, the rest of the surrounding areas have not yet found such conditions, farmers would like to do a good job ahead of epidemic prevention work.

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Thanks Henry.

Taiwan significantly increased the bio-security of poultry farms in September, supposedly due to the migratory season:

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[HenryN]

Mass poultry cull carried out in east China over bird flu threat
		17:39 | 16/ 12/ 2008

BEIJING, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - About 380,000 chickens and ducks have been culled in eastern China's Jiangsu Province following an outbreak of bird flu, the Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday citing China's Agriculture Ministry.
Two hotbeds of the H5N1 virus have been discovered in the province, the ministry said.
In early December the Chinese Health Ministry warned that new outbreaks of bird flu were likely in the country.
The last confirmed outbreak of bird flu in China was registered last week in Hong Kong, when over 80,000 chickens were slaughtered after samples came back positive for the virus.
According to the World Health Organization, avian influenza has so far killed 243 people out of a total 387 confirmed cases worldwide. Although there have been no incidences of human to human infection, experts fear that it may mutate into a form that could easily be transmitted from person to person, causing a global pandemic.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20081216/118887589.html

[ironorehopper]

Hong Kong: Importation of Jiangsu poultry eggs suspended (12/16/2008) [CFS]

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) announced today (December 16) that importation of poultry eggs from Jiangsu Province into Hong Kong would be suspended with immediate effect.


"The decision was taken following confirmation of H5N1 avian influenza involving chickens in the province," a CFS spokesman said.

"According to the information from the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine , there are four registered egg processing plants in Jiangsu Province. We understand that no poultry eggs have been imported from Jiangsu into Hong Kong in recent years. Nonetheless, the importation of poultry eggs from Jiangsu Province into Hong Kong would be suspended with immediate effect. "

According to CFS' records, there is no live poultry, chilled/frozen poultry meat imported into Hong Kong from Jiangsu Province in 2008."
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[HenryN]

Deadly bird flu virus found in Jiangsu

NEARLY 380,000 birds were slaughtered after the deadly strain of H5N1 avian flu was found in east China's Jiangsu Province, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.

The virus was discovered in Dongtai City and neighboring Hai'an County, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Website.

There were no reports of human cases.

The ministry said it received information about H5N1 infection among hens in Dongtai and Hai'an on Monday. It was discovered during routine checks; no birds were reported sick.

Preliminary analysis by ministry experts indicated the virus could have been spread by birds migrating through the area, and that it was a different type from the variety usually found in the southern part of the country.

A ministry laboratory yesterday was testing samples of the virus to see if it had mutated. Experts fear that the H5N1 virus could spark a pandemic if it mutates into a form that can be transmitted easily among people.

Local authorities said they have stopped the transport of all poultry and poultry products from the two areas and were sterilizing the poultry farms in those locations and nearby regions to prevent the virus from spreading.

The agriculture ministry has reported the case to the World Organization for Animal Health.

The discovery occurred only a week after 80,000 chickens were culled in Hong Kong after local health departments confirmed that samples tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

So far this winter, bird flu has killed two people in Indonesia and Egypt, and made two people ill in Indonesia and Cambodia.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article...&type=National

[HenryN]

Sounds like clade 0 (found at Qinghai Lake this year) or clade 2.2 (Qinghai, but usually in Japan / South Korea or counries west of China).

[HenryN]

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[sharon sanders]

Originally Posted by niman

BEIJING, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - About 380,000 chickens and ducks have been culled in eastern China's Jiangsu Province following an outbreak of bird flu, the Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday citing China's Agriculture Ministry.
Two hotbeds of the H5N1 virus have been discovered in the province, the ministry said.
In early December the Chinese Health Ministry warned that new outbreaks of bird flu were likely in the country.
The last confirmed outbreak of bird flu in China was registered last week in Hong Kong, when over 80,000 chickens were slaughtered after samples came back positive for the virus.
According to the World Health Organization, avian influenza has so far killed 243 people out of a total 387 confirmed cases worldwide. Although there have been no incidences of human to human infection, experts fear that it may mutate into a form that could easily be transmitted from person to person, causing a global pandemic.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20081216/118887589.html

On December 10 -

"Avian influenza banking stocks rose sharply the concept of solid"

"..there is support for subject matter, to follow the trend of enthusiasm is very high, reflecting the strong market is to be expected. .."

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...aks#post195651

[HenryN]

China culls chickens after finding bird flu virus

Tuesday 16th December, 11:52 PM JST
HONG KONG —
Agriculture authorities in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province said Tuesday 377,000 chickens were culled after samples tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu, while a rights watchdog claimed as many as 1.2 million chickens were dead.
The Agriculture Ministry said in a statement it received reports on Monday about H5N1 infection among hens in Dongtai city and nearby Hai’an county.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/w...bird-flu-virus

[HenryN]

Fowls culled after avian flu virus found
By Cui Xiaohuo (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-12-17 07:43 Agricultural agencies have culled 377,000 fowls in two counties in eastern Jiangsu province during the past two days after some of them tested positive for bird flu virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
A statement on the ministry website, however, said the culling was a precautionary measure and not because of a bird flu outbreak. But health officials are on high alert.
Veterinary officials in Jiangsu told the ministry on Monday that samples collected from some farms in Hai'an and Dongtai counties had tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
The virus was detected on the mainland province less than a week after Hong Kong authorities culled tens of thousands of fowls following a bird flu scare. The Ministry of Health had warned earlier that the possibility of an outbreak of animal epidemic on the mainland this winter was "relatively high".
Dongtai is north of Hai'an and a vital source of poultry in Jiangsu, raising more than 80 million fowls a year.
Animal epidemic experts have been sent to Jiangsu, but neither the ministry nor the provincial agricultural authority said whether the virus had killed any fowl or how many birds were infected.
Local officials have disinfected and quarantined the areas where the virus was detected and banned the supply of poultry from the two counties.
The Ministry of Agriculture quoted agricultural experts as having said that the virus detected in the two counties was different from that found in southern China recently. It suggested that migratory birds could have transmitted the H5N1 virus.
On Dec 9, Hong Kong banned the import of poultry for 21 days and culled more than 80,000 birds after three chickens found dead in a farm tested positive for the H5 virus.
The Ministry of Agriculture, running two nationwide campaigns against bird flu this year, said only 46 of the 4.3 million samples collected between January and October had tested positive for H5N1.
The H5N1 has killed at least 246 people across the world, with Indonesia accounting for one-third of those deaths, and forced authorities across Asia to cull millions of fowls since late 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
The virus has not mutated to pass on from human to human and people have been infected only after coming into direct contact with sick birds. The number of countries and regions reporting a bird flu outbreak in the first nine months of the year fell from 25 in 2007 to 20 this year, UN officials said.
Experts are worried because many people have started taking bird flu casually since the virus has not mutated. WHO has, however, urged Asian governments not to let down their guard against the virus.
Agencies contributed to the story

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_7311866.htm