Norway: Pigs infected with swine influenza; confirmed at 14 farms

[Treyfish]

Re: Norway: Pigs infected with swine influenza; confirmed at 14 farms

INFLUENZA PANDEMIC (H1N1) 2009, ANIMAL HEALTH (11): NORWAY
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Date: Sun 18 Oct 2009
Source: Pigprogress.net [edited]
<http://www.pigprogress.net/news/more-norwegian-pig-herds-infected-with-swine-flu-id3531.html>


More Norwegian pig herds infected with swine flu
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Another 8 pig herds in Nord-Trondelag in Norway have been diagnosed
with the swine flu, and Minister of Agriculture Lars Peder Brekk has
asked that pig farmers be given priority when the mass vaccination
program against the flu begins.

Experts said the flu spreads from humans to pigs more easily than
earlier believed. The Minister is therefore concerned about the
possibility that farmers will infect their own animals, and that the
disease will gain a foothold in Norway, which has up to now been free
of the disease among animals.

A pig herd of 500 animals were mass slaughtered on Tuesday [13 Oct
2009], after swine flu was confirmed on a farm in the county of
Nord-Trondelag last week. Another 900 pigs from a 2nd farm will also
be slaughtered. This is the 1st time that swine flu has been
diagnosed on pigs in Norway, and the mass slaughtering is a measure
to prevent the disease from spreading. The slaughtered animals will
be incinerated.

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[Norway reported to the OIE, so far, 3 H1N1 outbreaks on pig farms.
The initial, immediate notification was submitted on 12 Oct 2009;
follow-up reports were submitted on 13 and 16 Oct 2009; all 3,
including a map, are available at
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=event_summary&reportid=8515>.

The most recent follow-up report, number 2, submitted on 16 Oct 2009,
included the following epidemiological comments: "More herds in the
district are infected though not all of them have been tested and
confirmed as having the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 variant. No
animal contact between this herd and the 2 first confirmed cases. The
virus seems to be extremely contagious between humans and pigs. On 15
October, we decided to abandon our attempt at culling infected herds."

The international public and animal health agencies FAO, OIE, and the
WHO published in May 2009 a common statement pertaining to pork
safety, which included the following (see ProMED-mail archive number
20090507.1710):

"Influenza viruses are not known to be transmissible to people
through eating processed pork or other food products derived from pigs.

Heat treatments commonly used in cooking meat (such as 70 deg C/160
deg F core temperature) will readily inactivate any viruses
potentially present in raw meat products.

Pork and pork products, handled in accordance with good hygienic
practices recommended by the WHO, Codex Alimentarius Commission, and
the OIE, will not be a source of infection.

Authorities and consumers should ensure that meat from sick pigs or
pigs found dead are not processed or used for human consumption under
any circumstances." - Mod.AS]

[The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map for Norway can be accessed
at <http://healthmap.org/promed?v=60.7,8.7,5>. - CopyEd.EJP]

[see also:
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (10): Ireland 20091002.3427
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (09): UK (NI) swine, OIE 20090918.3280
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (42): China, pork consumption 20090907.3146
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (08): Singapore,
swine 20090904.3114
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (07): Chile, avian 20090829.3036
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (06): Canada,
swine 20090828.3027
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (05): Austr.,
swine 20090826.2999
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (04): Chile, avian,
OIE 20090823.2978
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (03): Chile, avian,
RFI 20090821.2961
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (02): Austr.,
swine 20090820.2951
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health: Canada (QC) 20090729.2661
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (17), Argentina, OIE 20090703.2401
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (16), Argentina, swine, OIE 20090626.2322
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (14), EU preparedness, Egypt 20090615.2220
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (13) swine, Canada, origin,
RFI 20090615.2215
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (12) swine trial inf. 20090605.2088
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (11) swine trial inf. 20090604.2067
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (10) swine, Canada, cull 20090514.1813
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (09), swine, Canada 20090513.1790
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (08), food safety, FAO/OIE/WHO 20090507.1710
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (07), swine, Canada, OIE 20090506.1691
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (06), Canada, OIE 20090505.1683
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (05), swine, Canada, FAO 20090505.1680]
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[Anty]

Re: Norway: Pigs infected with swine influenza; confirmed at 14 farms

Incidents and outbreaks: Swine Influenza

Gris i andre deler av landet ogs? smittet av svineinfluensa Pig in other parts of the country also infected with swine influenza
Publisert: 19.10.2009 Sist oppdatert: 19.10.2009 Published: 19/10/2009 Updated: 19/10/2009

Fire nye besetninger har testet positivt for svineinfluensa. Four new herds have tested positive for swine flu. Tre av besetningene befinner seg utenfor Nord-Tr?ndelag. Three of the herds are located outside the North-Tr?ndelag. To er i Buskerud og en i Rogaland. Two are in Buskerud and one in the soil. Ogs? i disse besetningene er mennesker sannsynligvis smittekilden. Also in these herds are people most likely source of infection.


S?ndag kom laboratoriesvar p? nye pr?ver fra Veterin?rinstituttet, og fire av disse var positive. Sunday was the laboratory response to new sample from the National Veterinary Institute, and four of these were positive. Totalt er det n? p?vist influensasmitte i 14 besetninger. In total there are now proven influenza infection in 14 herds. Til sammen er 34 besetninger er pr?vetatt. Taken together, the 34 herds are sampled.

Tre positive besetningene befinner seg utenfor Nord-Tr?ndelag: To er i Buskerud og en i Rogaland. Three positive herds outside the Nord-Tr?ndelag: Two are in Buskerud and one in the soil.

? Det er ikke overraskende at vi finner smittede besetninger ogs? i andre deler av landet, sier tilsynsdirekt?r i Mattilsynet, Kristina Landsverk. - It is not surprising that we find infected herds in other parts of the country, says an audit director at the FSA, Kristina Landsverk.

Det er mennesker som smitter grisen, og man vet at folk over hele landet har v?rt og er smittet av svineinfluensa. There are people who are infected pig, and we know that people all over the country have been and are infected with swine flu. Med dette utgangspunktet er det vanskelig ? begrense sykdommen. With this rule, it is difficult to limit the disease. Svineprodusenter og annet personell som ferdes i svinebesetninger m? f?lge de r?dene som Mattilsynet og n?ringen har gitt for ? begrense risikoen for at flere besetninger smittes. Pork Producers and other personnel who travel in swine herds must follow the advice that FSA and the industry has to limit the risk of multiple herds are infected. Det er ogs? viktig at de som er i kontakt med svin vaksinerer seg s? raskt som dette er praktisk mulig. It is also important that those who are in contact with swine vaccinate them as soon as this is practicable.

? Norge har inntil nylig v?rt influensafri sone. - Norway has until recently been influensafri zone. Vi er n? i en situasjon der vi ser at griser smittes og f?r influensa akkurat som oss mennesker. We are now in a situation where we see that the pigs are infected and get the flu just like humans. Mens vi til n? har kjempet for ? holde influensaen ute av besetningene, m? vi n? konsentrere oss om ? hindre videre smitte, sier Landsverk. While we now have struggled to keep the flu out of the herds, we must now concentrate on preventing further infections, "says Landsverk.

Restriksjoner p? besetninger Restrictions on livestock
Det er innf?rt restriksjoner i alle de smittede besetningene. There are restrictions introduced in all the infected herds. De viktigste begrensningene omfatter forflytning av levende dyr, mens transport av dyr til slakt kun vil tillates etter n?rmere godkjenning fra Mattilsynet. The main limitations include the movement of live animals, while the transport of animals to slaughter will be permitted only after further approval from FSA.

Avliving og bruk av bekjempelsessoner ikke lenger aktuell strategi Euthanasia and the use of fighting zones no longer a potential strategy
I de utbruddene av svineinfluensa vi hittil har registrert, er smittekilden mennesker. In the outbreaks of swine flu, we have registered so far, is the source of infection of people. Man kan derfor fastsl? at svineinfluensaviruset smitter lettere fra menneske til gris enn f?rst antatt. One can therefore determine that the swine flu virus infected more easily from human to pigs than first thought. I denne situasjonen kan ikke sykdommen bekjempes med avliving og bruk av bekjempelsessoner. In this situation the disease can not be combated with the killing and the use of the fighting zones.

Trygt ? spise kj?tt Safe to eat meat
Kj?tt og kj?ttprodukter representerer ingen helsefare. Meat and meat products represent no health hazard. Svineinfluensaviruset smitter ikke via matvarer og man kan ikke f? svineinfluensa av ? spise svinekj?tt eller produkter av svin. Swine Influenza virus infects not by foods and you can not get swine flu from eating pork or pork products.

Smittebegrensning Transmission Limitation
Alle besetningseiere m? n? ta ansvar for ? begrense smittespredning. All herd owners must now take responsibility for limiting the spread of infection. F?lg r?dene om forebyggende tiltak som ligger p? Mattilsynets nettsider. Follow the advice on preventive measures is the Norwegian Food Safety Authority website.

Mattilsynet vil i tiden som kommer unders?ke om flere svinebesetninger er smittet. FSA will in future investigate whether several swine herds are infected. Det er naturlig ? konsentrere seg om besetninger som har v?rt i kontakt med de smittede besetningene, omr?der der det er tett konsentrasjon av gris, og besetninger der r?ktere har v?rt syke eller f?tt p?vist influensa. It is natural to concentrate on the crews that have been in contact with the infected herds, areas where there are dense concentrations of pigs and herds where the fish farmers have been sick or had proven influenza.

Kontakttelefon for b?nder Contact Phone for farmers
Mattilsynets distriktskontor, tlf. Norwegian Food Safety Authority district office, tel. 060 40 060 40

Mattilsynets pressekontakt Norwegian Food Safety Authority press officer
Mattilsynets pressevakt, tlf. Norwegian Food Safety Authority pressevakt, tel. 469 12 910 469 12 910


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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Norway: Pigs infected with swine influenza; confirmed at 14 farms

A pig herd of 500 animals were mass slaughtered on Tuesday [13 Oct 2009], after swine flu was confirmed on a farm in the county of
Nord-Trondelag last week. Another 900 pigs from a 2nd farm will also
be slaughtered. This is the 1st time that swine flu has been
diagnosed on pigs in Norway, and the mass slaughtering is a measure
to prevent the disease from spreading. The slaughtered animals will
be incinerated.

Thankfully Norway is doing the right thing. I hope other countries follow their example, but without compensation producers may avoid testing to avoid culling.

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[Rwilmer]

Re: Norway: Pigs infected with swine influenza; confirmed at 14 farms

Thankfully Norway is doing the right thing. I hope other countries follow their example, but without compensation producers may avoid testing to avoid culling.

The FSA has now decided that until further notice should not be performed euthanasia. The reason is that the virus appears to infection more easily from human to pigs than first thought. Coercion Slaughter will not be able to limit the outbreak.

http://www.rbnett.no/article/20091015/NYHETER/182093597/310/SPORT

They will not be culling them anymore.

 

[Hogweed]

Re: Norway: Pigs infected with swine influenza; confirmed at 14 farms

Thankfully Norway is doing the right thing. I hope other countries follow their example, but without compensation producers may avoid testing to avoid culling.

I think Norway has decided to stop culling infected animals.

From the link posted by "Anty" above

? Norge har inntil nylig v?rt influensafri sone. - Norway has until recently been influensafri zone. Vi er n? i en situasjon der vi ser at griser smittes og f?r influensa akkurat som oss mennesker. We are now in a situation where we see that the pigs are infected and get the flu just like humans. Mens vi til n? har kjempet for ? holde influensaen ute av besetningene, m? vi n? konsentrere oss om ? hindre videre smitte, sier Landsverk. While we now have struggled to keep the flu out of the herds, we must now concentrate on preventing further infections, "says Landsverk.

Restriksjoner p? besetninger Restrictions on livestock
Det er innf?rt restriksjoner i alle de smittede besetningene. There are restrictions introduced in all the infected herds. De viktigste begrensningene omfatter forflytning av levende dyr, mens transport av dyr til slakt kun vil tillates etter n?rmere godkjenning fra Mattilsynet. The main limitations include the movement of live animals, while the transport of animals to slaughter will be permitted only after further approval from FSA.

Avliving og bruk av bekjempelsessoner ikke lenger aktuell strategi Euthanasia and the use of fighting zones no longer a potential strategy
I de utbruddene av svineinfluensa vi hittil har registrert, er smittekilden mennesker. In the outbreaks of swine flu, we have registered so far, is the source of infection of people. Man kan derfor fastsl? at svineinfluensaviruset smitter lettere fra menneske til gris enn f?rst antatt. One can therefore determine that the swine flu virus infected more easily from human to pigs than first thought. I denne situasjonen kan ikke sykdommen bekjempes med avliving og bruk av bekjempelsessoner. In this situation the disease can not be combated with the killing and the use of the fighting zones.