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Turkey: Bird flu case [in birds]

Re: New bird flu case [in poultry] reported in Turkish village

Re: New bird flu case [in poultry] reported in Turkish village

niman said:
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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01210805/H5N1_Turkey_Saz.html
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Likely H5N1 in Northwestern Turkey

Recombinomics Commentary 20:08
January 21, 2008

Several dead chickens tested positive for the bird flu virus in a northern Turkish village, Agriculture authorities said Monday, adding that further tests were underway to determine the virus strain.

The chickens were found dead in Saz, a village in Zonguldak province

The above comments describe likely H5N1 in Turkey (see satellite map). The location on the shores of the Black Sea increase the likelihood of H5N1 related to the outbreak described earlier in Romania. In the fall of 2005, both Romania and western Turkey reported H5N1 outbreaks.

The sequences from the recent Romanian outbreak have been published and are the Uva Lake strain.


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Re: Turkey: Bird flu case [in birds]

niman said:
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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02020806/H5N1_N_Turkey_Spread.html
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H5N1 Spread in Northern Turkey

Recombinomics Commentary 22:39
February 2, 2008

Turkish authorities in the northern coastal town of Samsun have erected a quarantine zone and begun slaughtering poultry after suspected cases of bird flu, news agency Anatolia reported on Saturday.

Disinfection sites are in operation around the Galeric area, where poultry from seven farms have been slaughtered, it said.

Last month the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was found in a village about 350 kilometres west of Samsun, which lies on Turkey's Black Sea coast.

The above comments describe the spread of H5N1 in Turkey on the Black Sea coast. These outbreaks follow H5N1 outbreaks in Romania, Krasnodar, Ukraine, Rostov, and Iran (see satellite map).

The timing of the recent outbreaks is similar to 2006, when H5N1 outbreaks were widely reported, primarily in February and March. The outbreaks in Europe over the summer signaled increased activity in the fall, which led to increases in current H5N1.

Most recent reports are from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, but increases in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are expected in the near term.
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Turkey culls poultry on bird flu suspicions

Sun Feb 3, 2008 6:10am EST
ANKARA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Turkey's authorities have started culling poultry in the northern part of the country due to bird flu suspicions and a district has been put under quarantine, broadcaster NTV said on Sunday.

The culling was sparked by residents in a district in the Samsun province in the northern Black Sea region reporting suspicious chicken deaths.

Blood samples from the dead chickens were still being examined and bird flu has not been confirmed.

Last month, Turkey culled nearly 600 poultry in villages in Zonguldak, another province on the Black Sea coast, after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was identified.

Turkey lies on the migratory route for wild birds flying south from Scandinavia and Siberia to north Africa for winter.

Four people died from bird flu in eastern Turkey in 2006 after they came into contact with sick birds. Although bird flu remains an animal disease, experts fear the virus could mutate into a form easily passed from human to human and kill millions.

An outbreak of bird flu in the winter of 2006 hit Turkey's tourism industry and seriously damaged the poultry sector. (Reporting by Selcuk Gokoluk, Editing by Matthew Tostevin)
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USL03631707
 
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class="georgia11 padcell8" colSpan=2><!-- 7 or less paragraphs so show all paragraphs first --><!-- story content : start -->ANKARA (Turkey) - SEVERAL dead chickens have tested positive for the bird flu virus in a small village in northern Turkey, the Agriculture Ministry said on Sunday.
The village near the Black Sea city of Samsun was placed under quarantine and dozens of chickens were culled to contain the disease, the ministry said.
It was not clear if the virus was the deadly H5N1 strain, which is being tracked by world health authorities.
Experts worry that the H5N1 strain, which remains hard for people to catch, could mutate into a form that spreads easily among humans, potentially sparking a pandemic. So far, most human cases have been traced to direct contact with sick birds.
Sunday's reported outbreak is the second detected in chickens this year in Turkey. Last month, authorities confirmed an H5N1 outbreak had killed dozens of chickens at a village near the northern Black Sea city of Zonguldak. Authorities placed the village under quarantine and culled 1,000 chickens there and in three surrounding villages. During an H5N1 outbreak in Turkey in Jan 2006, 12 people were infected and four of them died. -- AP

http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/World/STIStory_203119.html
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Turkey detects bird flu virus in poultry
03 Feb 2008 12:15:30 GMT
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ANKARA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Turkey detected bird flu virus in dead chickens found late last month in the northern part of the country after it had started culling poultry due to bird flu suspicions, the Agriculture Ministry said on Sunday.
The culling was sparked after residents reported chicken deaths in a district in the Samsun province in the northern Black Sea region.
"Bird flu disease was detected in the samples after examinations in our ministry's laboratories," a statement from the ministry said. It did not say whether the virus was the deadly H5N1 strain.
The statement said it was informed about the dead chickens on Jan 28 in Samsun province, on the Black Sea coast, and that studies showed the virus was transmitted to farm chickens from wild birds.
"In a limited area covering farms of eight families, 37 birds were culled for prevention and culling has ended. There is nothing to worry about the situation as all measures have been taken on this disease which was detected in a very small area," the statement said.
The area where the virus was spotted remains under quarantine, it added.
Last month, Turkey culled nearly 600 poultry in villages in Zonguldak, another province on the Black Sea coast, after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was identified.
Turkey lies on the migratory route for wild birds flying south from Scandinavia and Siberia to north Africa for winter.
Four people died from bird flu in eastern Turkey in 2006 after they came into contact with sick birds. Although bird flu remains an animal disease, experts fear the virus could mutate into a form easily passed from human to human and kill millions.
An outbreak of bird flu in the winter of 2006 hit Turkey's tourism industry and seriously damaged the poultry sector. (Reporting by Selcuk Gokoluk, Editing by Ibon Villelabeitia) :tiphat: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03668807.htm<!-- news ## for search indexer, do not remove -->
 
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Turkey quarantines three villages after bird flu scare

05 Feb 2008

Source: Reuters

ANKARA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Three villages in northwestern Turkey were put under quarantine and authorities began culling poultry after preliminary tests showed bird flu could be present in dead chickens, state Anatolian news agency said on Tuesday.

The quarantined villages are in Sakarya Province, 125 kilometres (78 miles) east of Turkey's biggest city Istanbul.

Turkey detected bird flu virus in dead chickens in Samsun province, in the northern part of the country, on Sunday.

"The first evidence indicates (bird flu). We are waiting for final labaratory test results. We have taken every measure and there is nothing to worry about," said Sakarya Provincial Agriculture Director Abdurrahman Cakar.

Last month, Turkey culled nearly 600 poultry in villages in Zonguldak, another province on the Black Sea coast, after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was identified.

Turkey lies on the migratory route for wild birds flying south from Scandinavia and Siberia to north Africa for winter.

Four people died from bird flu in eastern Turkey in 2006 after they came into contact with sick birds.

Experts fear the virus could mutate into a form easily passed from human to human and kill millions of people.

An outbreak of bird flu in the winter of 2006 hit Turkey's tourism industry and seriously damaged the poultry sector. (Reporting by Selcuk Gokoluk, Editing by Peter Blackburn)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05823863.htm

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Agency: New Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Turkey - AFPLast update: 2/5/2008 11:30:30 AMANKARA (AFP)--Turkish authorities said Tuesday that bird flu has been detected in poultry in a village in the northwest of the country, the Anatolia news agency reported. The outbreak was discovered in the village of Yenicam, Sakarya province, where dozens of chicken died recently, the governor's office said in a statement carried by the agency. "The test results have come back positive," it said, adding that further tests were under way to determine whether the virus was the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. A 10-kilometer (six-mile) surveillance zone has been set up around the village, inside which vets have culled nearly 700 animals and carried out health checks on residents, the statement said. Health director Hasan Bektas told Anatolia there were so far no symptoms of the disease among the local population. "All necessary measures have been taken and there is no reason to worry," the statement from the governor's office said. At the weekend, the Turkish agriculture ministry said it had detected a bird flu outbreak in the city of Samsun on the Black Sea Coast, nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) east of Sakarya. In January 2006, four teenagers were killed in a remote Turkish town near the border with Iran in a major outbreak of the H5N1 virus which then quickly spread to more than a half of the country's 81 provinces. They were the first human casualties of the H5N1 strain outside southeast Asia. In April 2007, Turkey declared itself free of the virus. (END) Dow Jones NewswiresFebruary 05, 2008 11:30 ET (16:30 GMT)
 
Re: Turkey: Bird flu case [in birds]

Bird flu detected in poultry in third Turkish village

The Associated Press

Published: February 5, 2008


ANKARA, Turkey: Authorities have detected bird flu in chickens in a third village in Turkey, the Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday, but there was no information as to whether the virus was the deadly strain being monitored by world health authorities.

The village of Yenicam, in the northwestern province of Sakarya, was placed under quarantine, and almost 500 chickens and ducks were culled, the ministry said. More than a thousand chickens were also culled in other nearby areas as a precaution.

Last week, bird flu was also detected in a village near the Black Sea city of Samsun, though officials have not said if the virus there was the deadly H5N1 strain.

In January, the ministry confirmed an H5N1 outbreak in a village near the Black Sea coastal city of Zonguldak.

Authorities placed both of those villages under quarantine and culled thousands of chickens to contain the outbreak.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/05/europe/EU-GEN-Turkey-Bird-Flu.php
 
Re: Turkey: Bird flu case [in birds]

niman said:
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H5N1 Confirmed in Third Region in Northern Turkey

Recombinomics Commentary 07:51
February 5, 2008

The outbreak was discovered in the village of Yenicam, Sakarya province, where dozens of chicken died recently

vets have culled nearly 700 animals and carried out health checks on residents

The above comments describe confirmed H5N1 at a third region in Turkey along the southern coast of the Black Sea (see satellite map). Once again H5N1 is detected in poultry in the absence of detection in wild birds, signaling a deficient surveillance program in Turkey. This outbreak follows confirmation of H5N1 in two other locations in Turkey as well as outbreaks in Krasnodar, Rostov, Ukraine, Romania, and Iran.

Sequences from Romania and Krasnodar link back to Uva Lake, which is now widespread in Europe. However, the Rostov isolate is clade 2.2.3 similar to earlier isolates in Russia, including Moscow.

Release of sequences from the three recent outbreaks in Turkey would be useful.


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Re: Turkey: Bird flu case [in birds]

Turkey confirms bird flu in villages in northwest
06 Feb 2008 07:05:41 GMT
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<!-- AN5.0 article title end --><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="/bin/js/article.js"></SCRIPT></SPAN><INPUT id=CurrentSize type=hidden value=13 name=CurrentSize> <!-- Turkey confirms bird flu in villages in northwest --><!-- Reuters -->ANKARA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Turkey's agriculture ministry has confirmed it was bird flu that killed chickens in northwest Turkey, where three villages have been quarantined, the ministry said late on Tuesday.
Turkey culled 1,783 birds in the villages in Sakarya province, 125 kilometres (78 miles) east of Turkey's biggest city Istanbul.
"Three samples taken from a citizen's chickens were sent to Istanbul and it was detected that the bird flu virus is the cause of their death," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry did not specify the strain of virus. It said the area was being disinfected and all measures were being taken by the authorities.
The chickens' deaths were first reported on Feb. 1.
Turkey also detected bird flu virus in dead chickens in Samsun province, in the north of the country, on Sunday.
Last month, Turkey culled nearly 600 poultry in villages in Zonguldak, another province on the Black Sea coast, after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was identified.
Turkey lies on the migratory route for wild birds flying south from Scandinavia and Siberia to north Africa for winter.
Four people died from bird flu in eastern Turkey in 2006 after they came into contact with sick birds. Although bird flu remains an animal disease, experts fear the virus could mutate into a form easily passed from human to human and kill millions.
An outbreak of bird flu in the winter of 2006 hit Turkey's tourism industry and seriously damaged the poultry sector. (Reporting by Selcuk Gokoluk, Editing by Tomasz Janowski)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06722425.htm
 
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zkurmus said:
Here's a video from the Sakarya area - villagers are saying they ate the sick chickens and the chickens have been dying for about a month now...

http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/modules/habervideo/video.asp?CatID=0&cbVideo=2990&cbQuality=1

whereas in this report, it sayd the deaths began on Feb 1st:

http://www.cnnturk.com/TURKIYE/haber_detay.asp?PID=318&haberID=425852

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That's pretty common. The locals have noticed the dead birds for some time, and the official versions have outbreaks starting much later.
 
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