Campinas, December 7, 2010 -
Yesterday, another Asian country, Nepal has announced detection of H5N1 avian influenza in commercial poultry. Last week the same problem was discovered in Japan - which, in reporting to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), only mentions that the highly pathogenic virus isolated in the country is H5.
The occurrence in Nepal - a small country sandwiched between China (north) and India (east, south and west) - is not exactly new, because it occurred in late October. But only on Monday (6), was reported to the OIE.
According to the Nepalese health authorities, the incident involved a commercial flock of about 11,500 birds, of which half percent confirmed infected with H5N1. All the remaining squad was subjected to sacrifice health. The work of disinfecting the affected farm was closed on October 30, not registering new cases thereafter.
According to the OIE, in late 2003 (when they first started appearing in the first cases of Avian Influenza in Southeast Asia) and the beginning of December, 2010, Nepal had recorded 10 different outbreaks. The announcement this week is the eleventh.
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