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Nepal - bird flu in poultry/animals/wild birds

Re: Bird flu (H5N1) confirmed in Nepal

Re: Bird flu (H5N1) confirmed in Nepal

AVIAN INFLUENZA (05): NEPAL, FIRST OUTBREAK
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[1]
Date: Fri 16 Jan 2009
Source: KantipurOnline [edited]
<http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=175656>


Bird flu detected in Jhapa
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For the 1st time in Nepal, bird flu virus has been detected in Kakarbhitta
in the eastern district of Jhapa. After the detection of bird flu virus,
the government on Thursday [15 Jan 2008] decided to cull birds within the
range of 3 km [1.8 miles] from the site.

Declaring the 10 km [6.2 mile] region of Kakarbhitta 'an emergency area,'
the cabinet meeting took the decision to kill the birds today as 6 out of
every 7 chickens brought from Mechi Municipality-10, Kakarbhitta, were
found to have been infected with the avian flu.

The meeting has decided to be on a high alert at the areas ranging 10 km
from Kakarbhitta to prevent the bird flu from spreading, the minister for
information and communications Krishna Bahadur Mahara said. He added that
the government has also decided to direct the local administration to reuse
the equipment used in slitting the birds only after the sterilization process.

The meeting was held at the prime minister's office in Singhadurbar.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture is due to give more information on
the detection of bird flu in Kakarbhitta at a press conference at the ministry.

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Dan Silver

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Date: Fri 16 Jan 2009
Source: Reuters [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL133818.htm>


Nepal reports 1st H5N1 bird flu outbreak
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Nepal said on Friday [16 Jan 2009] it had found the H5N1 bird flu in
poultry, the 1st time the deadly virus has surfaced in the Himalayan
nation, prompting culling operations in the country's south east. "The
virus has been found in chicken and ducks. We have confirmed it is H5N1
virus," agriculture minister Jai Prakash Prasad Gupta told Reuters.

Bird flu was reported in poultry from the crowded south east Nepal town of
Kakarvitta, bordering India, officials said. "We have declared that area
crisis-hit," said Krishna Bahadur Mahara, minister for communication and
information.

The epicentre of the outbreak is close to India's West Bengal state which
has been fighting to contain intermittent outbreaks of the virus in poultry
since last year [2008].

Hari Dahal, a Nepalese agriculture ministry spokesman, said no bird flu
symptoms had been noticed among people in the affected area. He said the
virus could have come from India.

Veterinary workers were sent to the region on Friday to cull 13 000 poultry
in 5 days to try to control the virus within a 3 km (1.8 miles) radius of
Kakarvitta town. "They have started killing all birds in the area," Gupta
said. "Since the outbreak in India, we were already alert."

Officials said they sent 7 dead birds for testing in a laboratory in London
after a dozen birds, all backyard poultry, died mysteriously in Kakarvitta
about a week back. "We got the confirmation today and are now seeking
international help to fight the outbreak," Gupta added.

Neighbouring India has culled millions of chicken and ducks to contain the
virus since its 1st outbreak in 2006, but has reported no human infections.
A senior Nepalese official said Nepal has asked India to help stop the
sneaking of poultry products into the Himalayan nation despite a ban
imposed after an outbreak of the virus in India's West Bengal.

According to the World Health Organization, H5N1 bird flu has infected more
than 390 people in 15 countries and killed at least 247 of them since the
virus resurfaced in Asia in 2003.

[byline: Gopal Sharma, Krittivas Mukherjee]

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail rapporteur Mary Marshall

[An interactive map, showing all worldwide HPAI reported outbreaks in
avians since Jan 2008, is available on OIE's WAHID website, at
(choose the terrestrial disease 'Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza'). By
zooming in to the clustered outbreaks in north east India, one can see the
close proximity of the recent outbreak in Darjeeling, West Bengal, to
Nepal's border. This can also be seen in the map included in India's last
follow-up report (13 Jan 2009), at
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=7675>.
- Mod.AS]

[see also:
Avian influenza (04): India (WB) 20090108.0080
Avian influenza (02): India (WB) 20090104.0034
Avian influenza (01): India (AS), Viet Nam 20090103.0023
2008
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Avian influenza (132): India (AS) 20081231.4124
Avian influenza (120): India (WB) 20081217.3970
Avian influenza (118): China (HK), India (AS), OIE 20081215.3938 ]

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Re: Bird flu (H5N1) confirmed in Nepal

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Source: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=1167

Bird flu detected , Mechinagar-10 declared crisis zone

PRABHAKAR GHIMIRE
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The government has declared Mechinagar-10 area - where the first case of bird flu in Nepal has been detected- a crisis zone for three months in a bid to prevent any spread of the avian influenza to other parts of the country.

A meeting of the council of ministers held on Friday took the decision after the OIE Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, UK informed Nepali officials that six out of seven samples collected from a small farm in Mechi Municipality of Jhapa tested positive for H5N1, the bird flu strain that can spread from birds to humans.

?The cabinet has declared a Bird Flu Crisis Zone within a three kilometer radius bordering the Mechi river, Mechi municipality building in the west, Satighatta in the south and peripheral areas as an immediate measure to rein in the fatal disease, bearing in mind the sensitivity of the situation? Tek Bahadur Thapa, secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) told a press conference. A 10km radius around the flashpoint will be kept under active surveillance. Officials have claimed that the bird flu virus will be eliminated from the area within a month.

SecretaryThapa also informed that all poultry products and related materials within the crisis zone will be immediately destroyed along with a ban on the rearing, distribution, processing, use and transport of those items for three months.

?We will start culling an estimated 13,000 chickens being reared in the affected zone from Saturday and the process will be completed within five days,? said Prabhakar Pathak, director general of the Department of Livestock which is closely watching the situation across the country. Thirteen Rapid Response Teams comprising 65 technicians, experts and medicos will be mobilized through a focal mission office based in Jhapa.

The government had sent samples of chicken for further testing in the sophisticated UK laboratory 10 days ago after the samples tested positive at the central laboratory at Tripureswore , Kathmandu. The government had sent the samples to the UK for diagnosis at the internationally accredited laboratory, as per the international protocol.

According to Pathak, the Rapid Response Teams will carry out mopping up operations at chicken farms after sealing off the area.

In a bid to save the poultry sector in which more than Rs 16 billion has been invested so far, the government has imposed restrictions on the transport of poultry products and related materials out of the area.

According to data from the Poultry Entrepreneurs? Forum, a poultry lobby, about 56.15 million broiler chickens and 3 million layers are produced annually by more than 2,500 poultry farm across the country. The annual egg production in the country stood at around 714.6 million pieces in fiscal year 2007/8 while chicken meat output was 58,315 tons. Poultry accounts for 4 percent of the GDP and the sector employs more than 65,000 people.



Published on 2009-01-16 18:23:39
 
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Source: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/?action=news_details&news_id=1166

Other places apart from crisis zone safe
SANGEETA RIJAL

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Areas away from three kilometers radius from the affected areas is safe to use poultry products. Speaking at the press conference Dr Manas Kumar Banarjee, coordinator of Avian Influenza Control Project said that the transmission of the flu to the human body is rare incidents. "People in other parts can eat poultry products," he said.

He also said that the government has developed its own lab to deal with the flu if it transmits to human body. According to Dr Banarjee the people if get infected will develop sever fever and respiratory problem. However, only the people who have come in contact to the dead chickens, those who come in contact to the people who died of sever pneumonia in the area in recent days would come to the risk group. Chickens dropping transmits virus to human.

The ministry has also prepared a medical team to carry out regular medical examination of 65 people who will tackle with the chickens in the affected area. "All the health workers in the area have been trained about the flu," he said.

At present the Ministry of Health and Population will use B. P. Koirala Health Sciences as referral hospital in Eastern region, while Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu will be the referral hospital in Kathmandu.

Dr Banarjee also said that about 260 people in 14 countries in the world have died of the infection.

Participants at the program were served with the chickens.

According to World Health Organization Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The disease occurs worldwide. While all birds are thought to be susceptible to infection with avian influenza viruses, many wild bird species carry these viruses with no apparent signs of harm.

WHO website further says the outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza that began in south-east Asia in mid-2003 and have now spread to a few parts of Europe, are the largest and most severe on record. To date, nine Asian countries have reported outbreaks (listed in order of reporting): the Republic of Korea, Viet Nam, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, the Lao People?s Democratic Republic, Indonesia, China, and Malaysia.

Published on 2009-01-16 20:20:36
 
Re: Bird flu (H5N1) confirmed in Nepal

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<TABLE dir=ltr border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=468><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 6px; PADDING-TOP: 10px" class=gulfBodyTitles align=left>Nepal reports bird flu outbreak
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</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 6px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px" class=gulfBodyTxt align=left><TABLE border=0 width=10 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle></TD></TR><TR><TD dir=rtl id=Comment class=imgcaption vAlign=top align=middle>Prabhakar Pathak, a government official, points out the area where bird flu has been detected during a news conference in Kathmandu yesterday</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>KATHMANDU: Nepal said yesterday it had found the H5N1 bird flu in poultry, the first time the deadly virus has surfaced in the Himalayan nation, prompting culling operations in the country’s southeast.

“The virus has been found in chicken and ducks. We have confirmed it is H5N1 virus,” agriculture minister Jai Prakash Prasad Gupta said.
Bird flu was reported in poultry from the crowded southeast Nepal town of Kakarvitta, bordering India, officials said.
“We have declared that area crisis-hit,” said Krishna Bahadur Mahara, minister for communication and
information.
The epicentre of the outbreak is close to India’s West Bengal state which has been fighting to contain intermittent outbreaks of the virus in poultry since last year.
Hari Dahal, a Nepalese agriculture ministry spokesman, said no bird flu symptoms had been noticed among people in the affected area. He said the virus could have come from India.
Veterinary workers were sent to the region yesterday to cull 13,000 poultry in five days to try to control the virus within a 3km (1.8 miles) radius of Kakarvitta town.
“They have started killing all birds in the area,” Gupta said. “Since the outbreak in India, we were already alert.”
Officials said they sent seven dead birds for testing in a laboratory in London after a dozen birds, all backyard poultry, died mysteriously in Kakarvitta about a week back.
“We got the confirmation today and are now seeking international help to fight the outbreak,” Gupta added.
Neighbouring India has culled millions of chicken and ducks to contain the virus since its first outbreak in 2006, but has reported no human
infections.
A senior Nepalese official said Nepal has asked India to help stop the sneaking of poultry products into the Himalayan nation despite a ban imposed after an outbreak of the virus in India’s West Bengal.
Experts have warned the H5N1 virus might mutate or combine with the highly contagious seasonal influenza virus and spark a pandemic that could kill millions of people across the world.
The virus does not infect people easily now but continues to pop up in flocks of birds in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa and could mutate into a form that passes from one person to another.
According to the World Health Organisation, H5N1 bird flu has infected more than 390 people in 15 countries and killed at least 247 of them since the virus resurfaced in Asia in 2003. – Reuters


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Nepal confirms birdflu outbreak

News Desk
The Kathmandu Post
Publication Date: 17-01-2009





Nepal's government confirmed on Friday (January 16) the outbreak of Bird Flu (H5N1) virus in the Himalayan country.
The tests done in Nepal Central Veterinary Laboratory and UK?s OIE Reference Laboratory, Weybridge detected the avian virus in six out of every seven chicken brought from Mechi Municipality-10 quarantine office in Kakadbhitta, the ministry of agriculture and cooperatives said in a press release.
The Cabinet has declared the area within the range of 3 km from the quarantine office ?Bird Flu Emergency Area?.

The government took the decision as per the Natural Calamity (Relief) Act.
The Emergency Area includes areas within Mechi River in the east, Mechinagar Municipality building in the west, Nakkalbanda in the north and Shatighatta in the south.
As per the government decision, all the birds, avian-related substances, materials for poultry production and other concerning equipment, except those which can be sterilised, will be destroyed.
Nobody will be allowed to farm, transfer, produce, refine, sell, purchase and consume poultry-related materials until the emergency declaration is withdrawn.
The rightful owners of the fowls and concerning materials, if destroyed, will be compensated as per the Bird Flu Control Decree.
Informing about initiating immediate action to control and wipe out the outbreak, the ministry said it has preliminarily estimated that the virus can be eliminated within one month from the Emergency Area.
The department of livestock services has been directed to arrange active surveillance at the areas ranging 10 kms from Kakarbhitta to prevent the bird flu from spreading, minister for information and communications Krishna Bahadur Mahara said.
Nepal had managed to remain unscathed by the avian virus even after it was traced in neighbouring villages in India.

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Veterinary workers were sent to the region yesterday to cull 13,000 poultry in five days to try to control the virus within a 3km (1.8 miles) radius of Kakarvitta town.
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Nepal steps up culling in first bird flu outbreak
Updated at: 1055 PST, Saturday, January 17, 2009
KATHMANDU: Dozens of veterinary workers in protective suits descended on a town in east Nepal on Saturday to intensify culling of poultry to prevent the spread of bird flu after the H5N1 virus was first detected in the Himalayan nation.
"Teams with safety masks, head covers, body gowns, shoes, gloves and goggles have already been sent and they will intensify culling today or tomorrow," said Prabhakar Pathak, chief of the department of livestock services in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Bird flu was detected in chickens and ducks in the densely populated town of Kakarvitta, 275 km (172 miles), southeast of capital Kathmandu, authorities said on Friday.
About 13,000 poultry would be culled in five days to control the virus within a 3 km radius of the town, and the government would pay up to $5 for each chicken or duck that is culled, Pathak said.

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Nepal steps up culling in first bird flu outbreak
17 Jan 2009 04:52:51 GMT
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KATHMANDU, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Dozens of veterinary workers in protective suits descended on a town in east Nepal on Saturday to intensify culling of poultry to prevent the spread of bird flu after the H5N1 virus was first detected in the Himalayan nation.
"Teams with safety masks, head covers, body gowns, shoes, gloves and goggles have already been sent and they will intensify culling today or tomorrow," said Prabhakar Pathak, chief of the department of livestock services in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Bird flu was detected in chickens and ducks in the densely populated town of Kakarvitta, 275 km (172 miles), southeast of capital Kathmandu, authorities said on Friday, piling on problems for the Maoist-led government in the impoverished country.
The government, formed after the former Maoist guerrillas won the election in April last year, is already struggling with an acute shortage of electricity in the midst of a harsh winter, prompting several anti-government protests.
About 13,000 poultry would be culled in five days to control the virus within a 3 km radius of the town, and the government would pay up to $5 for each chicken or duck that is culled, Pathak said.
Flu symptoms had not been seen among people in the affected area yet, authorities have said.
"The outbreak is limited to one place and we have banned the movement of any poultry and products from there," Pathak said.
According to the World Health Organization, the H5N1 bird flu has infected more than 390 people in 15 countries and killed at least 247 of them since the virus resurfaced in Asia in 2003.
The epicentre of Nepal's outbreak is close to India's West Bengal state which has been fighting to contain intermittent outbreaks of the virus in poultry since last year.
India has culled millions of chickens and ducks to contain the virus since the first outbreak in 2006, but has reported no human infections. (Editing by Rina Chandran and Valerie Lee) (For the latest Reuters news on Nepal see: http://in.reuters.com, for blogs see http://blogs.reuters.com/in/)


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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left><!-- google_ad_section_start -->KATHMANDU: Kathmandu has sought New Delhi's help to control spread of bird flu and asked India to stop the export of poultry products after the outbreak of the disease was confirmed in the eastern Nepal's Mechinagar Municipality bordering West Bengal.

During a meeting with Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood on Friday, Prime Minister Prachanda sought India's help for controlling spread of the disease, the embassy spokesman Chhiring W Sherpa said.

Sherpa told PTI that they also discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest.

Matters relating to controlling bird flu and providing additional hydro electric power to Nepal, which is currently facing acute power shortage, were the key issues which figured during the talks, officials said.

They said that Nepal had also asked India to stop the export of chickens and other poultry products.

As 11 chickens died in Ward No 10 of Mechinagar Municipality near Kakarbhitta, samples of chickens were sent to OIE, Reference Laboratory, Weybridge, UK on January 11, which tested positive, the officials said.


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Nepali gov't declares country "bird flu affected"
+ - 11:48, January 17, 2009

Nepali government on Friday has declared Nepal as a "bird flu affected country", local news website myrepublica.com reported.
An emergency meeting of the cabinet held on Friday afternoon in Nepali capital Kathmandu has decided to exterminate all birds in the areas three kilometers from the Nepal-India border at Kakarvitta in Jhapa district, some 320 km southeast of Nepali capital Kathmandu.
According to the report, Nepali Minister for Tourism, Hisila Yami said that the government has decided to expedite surveillance in the areas 10 km from the Kakarvitta border.
The decision was made after the Avian Influenza had been detected in six out of seven samples of birds brought to Nepal from India.
The Cabinet meeting has also decided to be high alert at the areas around 10 km from Kakarvitta to prevent the bird flu from spreading.
Earlier, a meeting of the avian flu experts and government officials had also decided to deploy a central team to Jhapa district in eastern Nepal to take necessary measures to avoid the outbreak of the disease across the country.
Source:Xinhua

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<TABLE class=txt cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="95%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=txtheading>Culling of Birds Begins in Jhapa Today</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=news>THT Online</TD></TR><TR><TD class=news>Jhapa, January 18:

Culling of birds at the 'bird-flu crisis-hit area' in Kakarbhitta of Mechinagar municipality-10 will begin on Sunday. Jhapa Assistant Chief District Officer Laxman Prasad Hamal said over 13,000 birds in 3-kilometre radius of Mechi Customs Office in Kakarbhitta would be culled beginning Sunday.
According to Veterinary Centre Jhapa chief Dilip Sapkota, a team of specialists led by Dr RK Khatiwoda of Bird Flu Control Project arrived in Jhapa from Kathmandu today. Dr Sapkota added that a control room had been established in Mechinagar municipality building today. Assistant CDO Hamal said the bird flu outbreak was discovered when 8-10 chickens belonging to Ramesh Karki of Mechinagar municipality-10 died mysteriously in the second week of January.
Teaming up in tens, the specialists would cull the birds. The government has decided to compensate for that. Sapkota added that they were cautious not to let the disease spread to other areas.
A meeting held here today made a decision not to allow the sale of the checked poultry, Hamal said. According to district veterinary office, 350 poultry farms and 1,35,000 chickens were in their watch. Police said the watch had been extended to Damak and bordering Gaurigunj as well. The import of birds has also been banned in bordering areas in Ilam.
Local administration said public awareness campaigns had been launched in some places in the district. After the outbreak in Jhapa, bordering districts have also been kept under alert. Administration has extended its watch over the import and export of birds in Morang's Biratnagar, Rupandehi's Sunauli, Parsa's Birgunj, Nepalgunj's Rupaidiya, among others.
Our correspondent said that Chitwan district, which is flourishing in poultry farming, has also been kept under alert.

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Culling of Birds Begins in Jhapa Today

THT Online
Jhapa, January 18:

Culling of birds at the 'bird-flu crisis-hit area' in Kakarbhitta of Mechinagar municipality-10 will begin on Sunday. Jhapa Assistant Chief District Officer Laxman Prasad Hamal said over 13,000 birds in 3-kilometre radius of Mechi Customs Office in Kakarbhitta would be culled beginning Sunday.
According to Veterinary Centre Jhapa chief Dilip Sapkota, a team of specialists led by Dr RK Khatiwoda of Bird Flu Control Project arrived in Jhapa from Kathmandu today. Dr Sapkota added that a control room had been established in Mechinagar municipality building today. Assistant CDO Hamal said the bird flu outbreak was discovered when 8-10 chickens belonging to Ramesh Karki of Mechinagar municipality-10 died mysteriously in the second week of January.
Teaming up in tens, the specialists would cull the birds. The government has decided to compensate for that. Sapkota added that they were cautious not to let the disease spread to other areas.
A meeting held here today made a decision not to allow the sale of the checked poultry, Hamal said. According to district veterinary office, 350 poultry farms and 1,35,000 chickens were in their watch. Police said the watch had been extended to Damak and bordering Gaurigunj as well. The import of birds has also been banned in bordering areas in Ilam.
Local administration said public awareness campaigns had been launched in some places in the district. After the outbreak in Jhapa, bordering districts have also been kept under alert. Administration has extended its watch over the import and export of birds in Morang's Biratnagar, Rupandehi's Sunauli, Parsa's Birgunj, Nepalgunj's Rupaidiya, among others.
Our correspondent said that Chitwan district, which is flourishing in poultry farming, has also been kept under alert.
 
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Source: http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=175939

Outrage in Jhapa over slow response
Kantipur Report

BIRTAMOD, Jan 18 - People living in parts of Jhapa district bordering India blocked vehicular movement on Saturday to protest what they called "lack of seriousness" on the part of the government to control the outbreak of bird flu.

They got infuriated as government officials did not show up at the affected area soon after the outbreak.

Dilli Ghimire, a local, said, "Twenty-four hours have passed since the government declared parts of Jhapa bird flu-infected area, but the administration has not sent officials to the affected area to control the outbreak. This is ridiculous".

Just two technicians are spraying Vircon, a disinfectant, in and around the infected area, he said. Locals fear the delay on the part of the government to control the outbreak will result in a number of casualties, he said. On Friday, the government had declared emergency in areas that lie within a radius of three kilometres from the quarantine office in Kakkarbhitta, the gateway to eastern Nepal. The emergency-hit area straddles the Mechi River in the east, Mechi Municipality in the west, Nakalbanda in the north and Satighatta in the south.

Manas Banerjee, coordinator-director at the Avian Influenza Control Project under the Ministry of Health, said on Friday that the government had sent a medical team along with 65 supervisors to cull the infected birds. He added that the medial experts and supervisors would cull around 13,000 birds in five days.

Banerjee said on Saturday, "The team has been conducting surveillance in the affected area. All the 65 supervisors have been given antiviral medicine called Tamiflu to keep infection at bay." "In a bid to contain the outbreak, the government has banned the transportation of poultry products to and from Jhapa and barred locals from the affected area," he said.

Meanwhile, a team comprising officials from the Department of Animal Husbandry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives arrived here on Saturday.

Ram Krishna Khatiwada, chief of the Central Quarantine Office and the team leader, said a rapid response team would be mobilised in the affected area from Sunday.

Meanwhile, a report from Ilam states that District Administration Office (DAO) has sounded alert after bird flu was detected in Kakarbhitta of Jhapa. The DAO has directed checkposts to prohibit the import of poultry and poultry products in Ilam. According to Sudharshan Dhakal, Chief District Officer of Ilam, "All departments under the DFO have been told to ban the import of poultry products."

On Saturday, the DFO destroyed 800 chicken eggs at Chabbise of Shri Antu in the district.

Meanwhile, poultry farmers based in Biratnagar said the compensation offered by the government was too little. On Friday, the government had promised to compensate the farmers, whose birds would be culled, as per the law.

Representatives from the District Poultry and Traders Association on Saturday said the government was not providing compensation as per the market price of chickens. Poultry

farmers will not cooperate with the government's exercise if their concerns are not addressed, the association said.
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Nepal calls for foreign assistance in Bird Flu control
Kantipur Report
BIRGUNJ, Jan 18 - Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta Sunday has called on foreign donor organisations to assist in eliminating the recent outbreak of Bird Flu in the country.

?Although Nepal has manpower, it lacks the resources,? he said at a programme in Birgunj.

The government on Friday confirmed that first outbreak avian influenza after the H5N1 virus were detected in chickens of Mechi Municipality-10, Kakadbhitta of Jhapa district. The area within the range of three kilometres from Municipality has been declared ?Bird Flu Emergency Area?.

10 ?killing groups? have been deployed to cull the chicken, duck and other bird at the area from today, the Agriculture Minister informed.

He claimed that entire birds and bird-related matters will be destroyed by four-five months.

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KATHMANDU, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The local authorities of bordering districts in eastern Nepal have more tightened surveillance after bird flu was detected in chicken in Mechinagar Municipality of Jhapa district, some 320 km southeast of Nepali capital Kathmandu.

Specialist teams have started culling chicken and other birds and destroying poultry production in Mechinagar, which has been declared bird flu risk zone by government on Friday.
An expert team led by Dr. Ram Krishna Khatiwada, head of Bird Flu Control Project, had already reached the affected area from Kathmandu and has begun his work, local news website Nepalnews reported on Sunday.
Three kilometers periphery of the customs office in Mechinagar has been declared bird flu risk zone.
The local administration of Jhapa has reported as saying more than 13,000 birds will be culled and safely disposed in Mechinagarand surrounding areas. Apart from culling birds and destroying poultry products, tools used in poultry firms will be sterilized, reports quoting local authorities said.
Around 350 poultry firms in the area are now under bird flu surveillance while the import of birds from bordering India has been tightly controlled, reports quoting local officials said.
Meanwhile, Nepali national news agency RSS on Sunday reported, team of specialists deployed to control bird flu in Jhapa district are facing difficulties after the Poultry Entrepreneurs Union, Jhapa declined to assist the team.
According to the report, Union has decided to deny assistance to the team reasoning that the compensation fixed by the Agriculture Ministry was very low for destroying the birds and poultry products.
The report quoted Khatiwada, head of the expert team as saying that "the team was unable to provide compensation to any poultry entrepreneur against the rule and regulation fixed by the government." Cabinet meeting on Friday had announced bird flu outbreak in Nepal for the first time which was first found in Jhapa district. The announcement came after laboratory tests conducted in London showed bird flu in chicken samples taken from a household in Mechinagar. Avian influenza commonly known as bird flu is an infection caused by avian (bird) influenza (flu) viruses and it can also infect humans. Avian influenza is very contagious among birds and can quickly make domesticated birds sick and kill them.

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BIRJUNG, Dec 18: Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Jay Prakash Gupta said that 10 culling teams have been dispatched Sunday to destroy birds and bird products in the bird flu affected areas.

Speaking at a press conference organized by the Reporters Club of Birgunj, Minister Gupta informed that the culling teams will destroy all the ducks, chicken, pigeons and other birds in the affected areas within 5 days. Along with the birds, bird feed is also to be destroyed.

?I use this event to ask help from the World Food Program, European Union and World Health Organization to sort out the problem,? said Gupta.

He also urged the locals to support the move and expressed concern over the protest by locals who have demanded higher compensation than what the government is giving them.

?I urge the locals not to ask for compensation for the birds. We need the support of the locals so that the epidemic doesn?t spread to other areas of the country,? he said.

The minister ended the event by eating an egg served at the Press Conference, to dismiss fears of bird flu in the area.



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Nepal moves to tackle bird flu

Jan 18
In Nepal, local authorities in Jhapa district bordering India have tightened surveillance after bird flu was detected in chickens in Mechinagar Municipality on Friday. Specialist teams have started culling chicken and other birds and destroying poultry production in Mechinagar, which has been declared bird flu risk zone by Nepal government. According to official sources, as many as 13,000 birds will be culled and safely disposed in three kilometers periphery of the customs office in Mechinagar, declared as bird flu risk zone.
Apart from culling birds and destroying poultry products, tools used in poultry firms will be sterilized. An expert team led by Dr R.K Khatiwada, head of Bird Flu Control Project, has already arrived in the affected area from Kathmandu.
Around 350 poultry firms in the area are now under bird flu surveillance while the import of birds from bordering India has been banned. The announcement on outbreak of bird flu for the first time in Nepal came after laboratory tests conducted in London showed bird flu in chicken samples taken from a household in Mechinagar.
 
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Surveillance tightened in eastern border after Bird Flu scare
Local authorities in eastern Jhapa and Ilam districts have tightened surveillance after Bird Flu was detected in chicken in Mechinagar Municipality of Jhapa district recently.
Specialist teams have started culling chicken and other birds and destroying poultry production in Mechinagar, which has been declared Bird Flu risk zone, from Sunday. An expert team led by Dr R.K Khatiwada, head of Bird Flu Control Project, has already arrived in the affected area from Kathmandu.
Three kilometers periphery of the customs office in Mechinagar has been declared Bird Flu risk zone.
The local administration of Jhapa has said as many as 13,000 birds will be culled and safely disposed in Mechinagar and surrounding areas. Apart from culling birds and destroying poultry products, tools used in poultry firms will be sterilised.
Around 350 poultry firms in the area are now under Bird Flu surveillance while the import of birds from bordering India has been tightly controlled, reports quoting local officials said.
An emergency cabinet meeting on Friday had announced Bird Flu alert in Jhapa. The announcement came after laboratory tests conducted in London showed Bird Flu in chicken samples taken from a household in Mechinagar.
Avian influenza commonly known as Bird Flu is an infection caused by avian (bird) influenza (flu) viruses and it can also infect humans. Avian influenza is very contagious among birds and can quickly make domesticated birds sick and kill them. nepalnews.com mk Jan 18 09

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Bird flu scare puts poultry hub on high alert
Chintamani Poudel
Chitwan, January 18:

The district — the hub of poultry industry in the country — is on high alert to prevent the outbreak of bird flu. A meeting, attended by the representatives of the District Administration Office (DAO) and District Livestock Services Office, held here today decided to ensure preventive measures to save the growing industry from the looming crisis at hand. Representatives of security agencies, poultry farmers, entrepreneurs, experts and other stakeholders took part in the meeting, which was chaired by CDO Ratna Raj Pandey.
It was decided to enforce quarantine, by managing sale and distribution of poultry products and feed. The government was urged to launch a nationwide campaign on the consumption of poultry products in light of the bird flu scare. Talks revolved around making the district-based National Bird Disease Research Office and livestock services office more technically competent so that the surveillance can be carried on a regular basis. Chitwan contributes to more than 50 per cent of the poultry industry in Nepal.

Compensation row disrupts culling operation:
Jhapa: Culling began within a radius of three km in Mechinagar Municipality-10 from Sunday. According to assistant CDO Laxman Hamal, 1,472 chickens and four ducks were culled on the first day by 10 Rapid Response Teams.
Earlier, the poultry farmers disrupted the culling operation for five hours, protesting insufficient amount of compensation. Public resentment is growing at the lack of preventive measures even though the outbreak of bird flu was confirmed on Friday. The government has fixed the following compensation rates: Rs 500 for a local chicken, Rs 250 for broiler, Rs 100 for backyard ones and 50 paisa for an egg. However, the aggrieved farmers are demanding Rs 400 for a chicken, Rs 20 for a kg of poultry feed and Rs 4 for an egg. — Govinda Chhetry
 
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KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government has put 26 districts bordering India under high alert to prevent possible spread of bird flu, said a top government official on Monday.

?Keeping in mind the possible transportation of poultry products from India through the frontier districts, we are on high alert in those districts keeping our surveillance system more vigilant there,? secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operative (MoAC) told myrepublica.com.

A meeting of government officials and poultry farmers on Sunday has decided to request the Ministry of Home to deploy police along the major highways to conduct vigorous checking of vehicles transporting poultry products.

?We have also requested the poultry farmers during the meeting to co-operate with the government with investigation if other cases are traced in other places? said Purshottam Mainali, joint secretary at the MoAC.

According to Mainali, farmers have demanded with the government to resolve the problem of load-shedding and provide relief to them from loss inflicted due to load-shedding.

Secretary Thapa also informed that rapid response team deputed in Mechi Nagar Municipality where first case of bird flu was detected, has culled more than 8,500 chickens by Monday afternoon.

?We have deployed 10 teams?six for poultry farms and four for small household farm? for culling chicken in the bird flu area,? said Thapa.

Thapa said the government is not increasing the compensation amount demanded by local farmers whose poultry is being culled.

The government has set compensation of Rs 500 and Rs 250 for parent chicken of layer and broiler breeds respectively. Likewise all kinds of fowl including chicken and duck have been priced at Rs 100 per head and 50 paisa per egg.

Chicken prices nosedive

Meanwhile, price of chicken has come down sharply after bird flu was traced in Jhapa on Friday.

According to Hari Kumar Rawal, proprietor of Valley Cold Store in Balaju ? one of the biggest chicken wholesaler, the price of chicken meat has come down to Rs 148 per kg on Monday from Rs 190 per kg on Friday while the price of live chicken is down to Rs 100 per kg from Rs 100 per kg.


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