Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Bangladesh

Information received on (and dated) 3 Feb 2011 from Dr Muhammad Abdul
Baqi, director general, Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of
Fisheries and Livestock, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Summary
Report type: follow up report no. 27
Outbreak location: Jobayda poultry farm, Lambadaradi, Bandar,
[Narayanganj], Dhaka division [map included]
Date of start of the outbreak: 24 Jan 2011
Outbreak status: resolved (25 Jan 2011)
Epidemiological unit: farm
Affected animals:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Destroyed / Slaughtered
Birds / 9993 / 1500 / 1500 / 8493 / 0
Affected population: a commercial poultry farm

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[2] Kishoreganj district
Date: Fri 4 Feb 2011
Source: The Daily Star [summ., edited]
<http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/print_news.php?nid=172776>


District livestock officials destroyed around 7000 avian influenza
(bird flu) infected hens of [a farm] at Bogadia village in Kishoreganj
Sadar upazila [Dhaka division] yesterday [3 Feb 2011].

Informed that some hens of the farm died of unknown diseases during
the last few days, Dr Bahadur Ali, veterinary surgeon of district
livestock office, visited the spot. After primary examination of some
collected samples, he detected those as affected by bird flu.

The report was sent to Dhaka central office from where a letter
confirming the case as bird flu came on Wednesday [2 Feb 2011] night.

District Livestock Officer Nousad Hossain in presence of
administration officers and police personnel arranged destroying the
hens of the farm yesterday [3 Feb 2011] morning.