Kuwait - New H5N1 - poultry

[sharon sanders]

Boston (eCanadaNow) ? The KUNA news agency stated that three new H5N1 bird flu cases have been detected in birds in Kuwait as of Wednesday.
These new cases were seen in poultry including two turkeys and a chicken and were found in farms in the Wafra district. This is in southern Kuwait.
All of he cases seen in Kuwait have been seen in poultry farms only to this point but the country is trying to keep this the case as they do not want it to spread out. There have been no human cases to this point with many humans being tested. It has all been negative to this point in terms of test results.
During the past three weeks 313 people have been tested due to the bird flu outbreaks with no one testing positive for the disease.


http://www.ecanadanow.com/science/health/2007/03/22/kuwait-suffers-three-more-cases-of-bird-flu/

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[sharon sanders]

New reports of outbreaks in last 24 hours - erroneous

New reports of outbreaks in last 24 hours - erroneous

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Reports of bird flu cases are groundless -- Al-Shatti
KUWAIT, March 24 (KUNA) -- Dr. Ahmad AL-Shatti, Spokesman for the Joint Committee for Combating the Spread of Bird Flu denied reports of new bird flu cases in the past 24 hours.

In a phone call with Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Al-Shatti said that according to ongoing testing, Kuwait is currently clear of any human bird flu cases.

He confirmed team members of The Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources Affairs (PAAFRA) are working round-the-clock to sterilize the radius of infected areas of some 3 kilometers in Al-Wafra.(end) fk.aa.
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[Susie]

Kuwait to cull 1.1 million chickens over bird flu

Kuwait to cull 1.1 million chickens over bird flu

Kuwait to cull 1.1 million chickens over bird flu

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20174


Head of the agriculture authority says culling will take place in coming few days at farms located in Wafra.


KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait has ordered the culling of about 1.1 million chickens in a bid to fight an outbreak of bird flu, an official was quoted as saying on Thursday.


The head of the agriculture authority, Jassem al-Bader, told Al-Siyyassah newspaper the culling will take place "in the coming few days" at farms owned by three major companies.


The farms are located in Wafra, south of Kuwait City on the Saudi border, where most of the 57 cases of H5N1 virus have been detected since the outbreak was announced on February 25.


Since the outbreak began, authorities have culled close to 200,000 fowls which were in contact with infected birds. No human case had been detected.


A team of experts from the World Organisation for Animal Health arrived in Kuwait on March 5 to help the authorities and assess the situation.


The Gulf emirate has slapped a total ban on the import and export of birds, closed down bird markets and shut the only zoo. Authorities have also closed down hundreds of shops selling live chickens.


In November 2005, Kuwait announced the first case of a bird infected with the deadly H5N1 strain -- a flamingo at a seaside villa.


The H5N1 strain, the most aggressive form, has killed more than 160 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation, and seen millions of birds destroyed.


H5N1 is an avian influenza subtype with pandemic potential, since it might ultimately adapt into a strain that is contagious among humans.

 

[Niko]

Re: Kuwait - H5N1 - poultry

Re: Kuwait - H5N1 - poultry

KUWAIT CITY: Director of Animal Health Depart-ment at PAAAFR ...said “the Animal Health Department routinely takes samples from all livestock arriving in Kuwait even if the country of origin is free of any infectious disease.”
..., the Joint Committee for Fighting Bird Flu has received instructions to slaughter 300 chickens in a farm in Wafra after they were found to be infected with the avian flu virus, say sources.

Slaughtering
A reliable source said the farm belongs to a leading poultry products supplier in the country, adding “Chairman of the joint committee Jassem Al-Bader has instructed the concerned inspection teams to begin slaughtering the birds at 10:00 am on Tuesday.” The source also said “laboratory tests conducted by another major company in Wafra have shown some of the chicken in the farm, which has around 30,000 birds, have been infected by the bird flu virus. The company has sent samples to an international laboratory for further investigation and if the result proves positive it will slaughter all the birds in its farm.”

Meanwhile, Attorney Adel Al-Fareshi says he will file a case against the concerned authorities for the large scale slaughter of bird flu-infected chickens and demand compensation from the government, adding “the concerned committees should be transparent when dealing with such cases.” In a related development, official spokesman of the Joint Committee for Fighting Bird Flu Dr Ahmed Al-Shatti denied rumours humans have been infected by bird flu virus in Kuwait, saying “we will keep the public informed if we identify any such case.”

By Faisal Al-Qahtani - Special to the Arab Times

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=10045&cat=a​

 

[sharon sanders]

Egg production down in Kuwait

Egg production down in Kuwait

Saturday March 31, 2007<!-- Date -->


AFP News brief

<!-- Title -->Bird flu cull devastates Kuwait's egg production


<!-- Subtitle --><!-- Text -->Bird flu has devastated egg production in Kuwait as authorities culled a majority of the emirate's layer chickens amid a rise in the number of H5N1 virus cases, officials said on Saturday.

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"This figure represents about 60 percent of total layer chickens in Kuwait ... which produced 88 percent of local needs," said the head of the agriculture authority, Jassem al-Bader.

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[Susie]

Re: Egg production down in Kuwait

Re: Egg production down in Kuwait

Kuwait's bird flu cases reaches 96 with 39 newly detected

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/31/content_5919808.htm

KUWAIT CITY, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait said on Saturday thatit has confirmed 39 new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of birdflu,raising the total number to 96.

In a news conference on Saturday, Kuwait's Health MinsterMassouma al-Mubarak said the new cases were among 11,000 birdsthat have received a H5N1 test in the past few days.

The infected birds mainly came from three farms in the southernregion of Wafra near the Saudi border.

"No human infection has been found so far," the Minister noted,adding that 552 people who had been in contact with the birds andtheir families had tested negative.

Local authorities had so far culled 400,000 birds, and a totalof 1.1 million chickens are expected to cull.

Kuwait has issued a ban on import and export of birds, andtemporarily closed down the live poultry markets and the only zoo.

On November 2005, Kuwait announced the first case of bird fluafter detecting a flamingo infected the deadly H5N1 virus at aseaside villa, while the first case of this year was announced inlate February.

 

[hawkeye]

Re: Kuwait - H5N1 - poultry

Re: Kuwait - H5N1 - poultry

Kuwait culls 1.5m birds
Kuwait City: 1 hour and 49 minutes ago


Kuwait said it was culling 1.5 million birds after almost 40 new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu were confirmed, raising to 96 the total number of infected birds in the country this year.

The new cases were found after more than 11,000 birds were tested, mostly in pens and farms in Kuwait, Health Minster Massouma Al Mubarak said.

'No human infection has been found so far,' she told a news conference, adding that 552 people who had been in contact with the birds and their families had tested negative.

Officials said some 400,000 birds had been culled already, while the culling of 1.1 million chickens at three farms in the southern region of Wafra near the Saudi border would be probably completed later today.

Kuwait first reported a case of bird flu in 2005.

The country has closed down the zoo and poultry shops in residential areas, and banned the import of live birds.Reuters

 

[sharon sanders]

Kuwait confirms 5 more bird flu cases in chickens

Kuwait confirms 5 more bird flu cases in chickens

Kuwait confirms 5 more bird flu cases in chickens
01 Apr 2007 15:08:59 GMT
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<!-- AN5.0: background -->KUWAIT, April 1 (Reuters) - Kuwait confirmed on Sunday five more cases in chickens of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing to 101 the total number of infected birds in the Gulf Arab country this year. The new cases were chickens from a fourth farm in the southern region of Wafra where most of the bird flu infections have been found, said Health Ministry official Ahmed al-Shatti.
He said no human infections were found after more than 500 people who had been in contact with the birds had been tested.
Kuwaiti authorities have culled some 1.5 million birds out of which 1.1 million were at three farms in Wafra near the Saudi border, representing almost 60 percent of the country's egg hens.
The measures are hitting Kuwait's egg production since the culled 1.1 million layers account for 88 percent of local egg needs, according to the agricultural and fish resources authority. Kuwait has 16 broiler and layer farms.
The government has pledged to compensate farmers and bird owners for the culling, with local daily al-Seyassah saying 15 million dinars ($51.81 million) will be paid in total.
The country has closed down the zoo and poultry shops in residential areas, and banned the import of live birds.
In 2005, Kuwait had reported a case of bird flu in a flamingo in 2005.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0192916.htm

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Kuwait - New H5N1 - poultry

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Devastation; Bird flu ? No human cases [/FONT]​

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]KUWAIT CITY (Agencies): Bird flu has devastated egg production in Kuwait as authorities culled a majority of the country?s layer chickens amid a rise in the number of H5N1 virus cases, officials said on Saturday. Health Minister Maasouma Al-Mubarak told a press conference the number of birds infected with the deadly virus rose in the past week from 57 to 96. She added that no human case has been detected after tests on around 552 people who had been in contact with the birds. Twenty of the new cases were detected in three commercial poultry farms in Wafra, south of Kuwait City on the Saudi border, where authorities have culled 1.1 million layer chicken over the past three days.

?This figure represents about 60 percent of total layer chickens in Kuwait ... which produced 88 percent of local needs,? said the head of the agriculture authority, Jassem Al-Bader. Some 1.5 million fowls have been culled since the outbreak was first reported on February 25, he said. Bader said the three commercial poultry farms are among 16 in the country. Broiler poultry farms, where no case of bird flu had been detected so far, produce about 32 million chicken annually.

Kuwait has slapped a total ban on the import and export of birds and closed down bird markets, as well as hundreds of shops that sell live chickens and the country?s only zoo. In November 2005, Kuwait announced the first case of a bird infected with the deadly H5N1 strain ? a flamingo at a seaside villa. The H5N1 strain, the most aggressive form, has killed more than 160 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation, and seen millions of birds destroyed. H5N1 is an avian influenza subtype with pandemic potential, since it might ultimately adapt into a strain that is contagious among humans.

Dr Maasouma also said Kuwait had no bird flu human cases.
The announcement was made by the minister during a news briefing at the ministry, saying that local and international tests for suspected bird flu human cases came negative. It is in the interest of no one to keep relevant information secret, the minister said, adding that the Kuwaiti government was dealing with the issue in full transparency and clarity. A total of 1.5 million birds have been killed in the country so far, Al-Mubarak added.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has instructed Kuwaiti agencies involved to pay compensation to the affected farmers in the country, she said. The Kuwaiti Cabinet has been paying special attention to the killer avian flu since it broke out in the world as an ad hoc committee has been set to set an appropriate blueprint to tackle to potential outbreaks, the health minister pointed out. [/FONT]​

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[sharon sanders]

Re: Kuwait - New H5N1 - poultry

Bird flu hits new poultry farms in Kuwait

Published: 4/3/2007


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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>KUWAIT CITY - Bird flu has hit a new commercial poultry farm in the Gulf state of Kuwait leading to the culling of at least 200,000 more layer chickens, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Authorities in the oil-rich emirate said on Saturday that they have culled 1.5 million fowls, including 1.1 million layer chickens in three poultry commercial farms in Wafra, south of Kuwait City on the Saudi border. Ministry spokesman Ahmad al-Shatti said the number of confirmed H5N1 virus cases in fowls had risen to 106, but no human cases had been detected.
The new culling raises the number of layer chickens culled to 1.3 million, which represnts about 75 percent of the emirate's total. Kuwait also has 32 million broiler chickens, for eating, but no bird flu case has been found among them. Since the outbreak was first reported on February 25, Kuwait has slapped a total ban on the import and export of birds and closed down bird markets, as well as hundreds of shops that sell live chickens and the emirate's only zoo. In November 2005, Kuwait announced the first case of a bird infected with the deadly H5N1 strain -- a flamingo at a seaside villa. The H5N1 strain, the most aggressive form, has killed more than 170 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation, and seen millions of birds destroyed. H5N1 is an avian influenza subtype with pandemic potential, since it might ultimately adapt into a strain that is contagious among humans.
04/03/2007 14:15 GMT


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