China: Luo Ding-Hua Shi initially ruled out a large number of dead ducks and bird flu

2010-01-11
(Reporter LIN Li-Guang) 1 2, Luoding China Stone Town, the ancient reservoir pond where duck farming village of wild boar took place the death of a large number of ducks. After three provincial city and county animal epidemic prevention supervision departments arrived on-site testing: H5N1 Avian Influenza rapid test results were negative, initially diagnosed as serositis of ducks, E. coli disease, and mixed infection of Haemophilus disease.

The incident took place a dead duck farmers Jiaozhang country, 2 pm, he found that ducks became ill, and gradually the event of death, to 3, increasing the number of deaths, 3 10 pm to the local government for help.


4, early in the morning, the local government in conjunction with animal husbandry and veterinary Luoding Fisheries Agency to inspect, and distribute drugs, disinfection sterilization. According to statistics, the total breeding duck farming has duck 14200, of which 39 days of age about 7000, 27 days old 5000, 5 days old 2200, to 4, 11 am, killed more than 2,000 pieces to 5 PM more than 5,000 deaths, have developed AIDS and more than 2,000.

Luoding City Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of Fisheries Secretary Chen Qinglin told the southern rural newspaper reporters, on the 3rd night after receiving the China Stone Town, to reflect, 4 am to the scene immediately to conduct random checks of avian influenza to rapidly detect and anatomical disease ducks, including rapid detection of five copies of , sick duck anatomy 5, H5N1 bird flu test results were negative, eliminate the avian flu epidemic.

Chen Qinglin said on the 5th afternoon, Yunfu City, Animal Epidemic Prevention Authority will come to the diagnosis, 6 pm, the provincial animal epidemic prevention supervision of the total sample and by will come to the site inspection, were found: H5N1 avian influenza virus antigen rapid test results showed negative, the sick duck anatomy of the main symptoms are: chest inflammatory exudation, inflammation of the heart, pericardial effusion, heart, bleeding points, the other did not find lesions, serositis of the preliminary draw for the ducks, E. coli disease, and Haemophilus mycobacterial infection mixed infection.

Chen Qinglin said Zhang domestic duck farming itself is a small two-type reservoirs, he is the only one in the duck, In addition, the reservoirs are relatively isolated, and relatively independent, outward diffusion of the epidemic is difficult. According to reports, around the farm did not find the same phenomenon. This reporter learned that, in order to prevent disease spread, 7 pm, the local government, Zhang carried out their threat posed culling sick duck, and ducks have died along with for innocent treatment. And functions of local government departments have been quick to respond farming households highly appreciated.

Ducks infected with serous Yandeng bacterial diseases, may be with the weather. Provincial Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau official said the recent cold weather, farmers need to enhance feeding and management, in particular, strengthening the cold thermal aspects of the work to reduce the incidence of the disease.

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