Saturday, December 27, 2008

Taiwan's Council of Agriculture mistakenly date-sik sent a letter to the outbreak of avian flu OIE correction

EST: 2008-12-26 11:05:23 AM

By December 26 (Bloomberg reporters in Taipei on the 26th Yang Min) The Council of Agriculture today sent a letter to World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said in Kaohsiung County Road Township farm low-pathogenic H5N2 bird flu outbreak the outbreak of the date should be October 21, rather than first reported November 12, previously due to typing mistakes Shu-sik date.

A few days ago the Council of Agriculture to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) informed of Taiwan's Kaohsiung County Road Township farms for low-pathogenic H5N2 bird flu, in the OIE website (http://www.oie.int/) reported outbreak of avian flu point in time (Start date) to November 12.

National Taiwan University's Department of Veterinary Medicine, Professor Lai Sau-Sui said yesterday, November 12 is the second sampling date, the Council of Agriculture press release is not written "The (97) October 21 in Kaohsiung County Animal Epidemic Prevention reported county road Township has a farm of an unidentified cases, "written by October 21.

Scholars said that in the OIE website can be seen in Germany recently informed of the outbreak, the first outbreak of the second outbreak, the third outbreak of notification to the OIE will not only reported that the last time.

Therefore, the Council of Agriculture today sent a letter to OIE noted that the previous due to typing error, the outbreak of the date (Start date of the outbreak) should be October 21, 2008 instead of November 12.

Council of Agriculture announced December 20 Township Road farms case is low-pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza virus.

October 21 in Kaohsiung County Animal Epidemic Prevention reported Township in Kaohsiung County Road, the farm of an unidentified cases, the Council of Agriculture, Animal Health Research Institute had access disease testing materials. November 12 the Council of Agriculture to build the test results from patients is low-pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza virus.

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