Tuesday, January 25, 2011

USDA Amends High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Requirements for Importing Birds, Poultry and Hatching Eggs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2011
– The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today issued an interim rule prohibiting the importation of birds and poultry products from regions where any subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) exists. APHIS’ previous restrictions covered only the H5N1 subtype of avian influenza. The changes are necessary to prevent the introduction of HPAI into the United States.

APHIS is also adding restrictions for live poultry and birds that have been vaccinated for any H5 or H7 subtype of HPAI or that have moved through regions where any HPAI subtype exists.

Under the interim rule, live birds or poultry that have been vaccinated for any H5 or H7 subtype of avian influenza are prohibited entry into the United States. These restrictions also apply to hatching eggs laid by birds or poultry vaccinated for the H5 or H7 subtype of avian influenza. Non-vaccinated birds, poultry and their hatching eggs imported into the United States must be accompanied by a certificate stating that the birds have not been vaccinated for any H5 or H7 subtype of avian influenza. These changes are necessary because vaccinated poultry and birds may produce false positive test results when tested for HPAI during the required 30-day quarantine after importation into the United States.

APHIS is also prohibiting the importation of live birds, poultry and hatching eggs that travel through areas where any HPAI subtype is known to exist. Live birds and poultry are at risk because they cannot be kept in completely sealed containers and protected from contamination.

Also under the new requirements, pet and theatrical birds of U.S. origin that have been in regions where any HPAI subtype is known to exist must enter the United States through certain ports of entry. Previous regulations only applied to U.S. origin pet and theatrical birds returning to the United States from areas where the HPAI subtype H5N1 was known to exist.

In connection with the changes related to HPAI, APHIS is establishing a list of regions where any HPAI subtype may exist. The list will be maintained on the APHIS National Center for Import and Export website at www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/animal_import/animal_imports_hpai.shtml rather than maintained in the Code of Federal Regulations. The online posting will allow updates to be made quickly and easily.

APHIS is making these changes, among others, to protect the United States from the introduction of HPAI.

This interim rule is published in today’s Jan. 24 Federal Register and becomes effective upon publication.

Flu Epidemic to Overtake Entire Bulgaria

January 25, 2011, Tuesday

There is a strong possibility a flu epidemic would b declared for the entire country by the end of the week, the Head of the "Monitoring of Contagious Diseases" Department at the Bulgarian Health Ministry, Dr. Angel Kunchev, informs.

Currently, the Regions of Burgas, Vratsa, Shumen, Blagoevgrad, Veliko Tarnovo, Pernik, Kyustendil, Sofia City, Pleven, Pazardzhik, and Targovishte, have all declared flu epidemic.

Kunchev announced that no later than Wednesday the epidemic will be declared in the Plovdiv and Kardzhali Regions.

According to the medical expert, the most important characteristic of the flu is the very fast increase of those infected and the relatively fast decrease. He advises people to seek medical help immediately and to have an X-ray.

The symptoms include strong headaches, high fever and fatigue.

According to data from the National Reference Laboratory the flue is of the A(H1N1) type virus. It can lead to pneumonia, doctors say, and warn strongly against self-medicating and taking antibiotics.

It was also announced that all schools in the municipalities of Kardzhali and Gotse Delchev are closed over the flu outbreak.

Russia - Tomsk citizens were asked to give up trips to Egypt in connection with bird flu


2011.01.25 15:12
Regional Rospotrebnadzor appealed to residents of the Tomsk region, to refrain from trips to Egypt, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and China in connection with the risk of contracting a "bird flu", according to NIA Tomsk.

"In order to prevent the importation into the territory of the Tomsk region of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) offer to conduct the mandatory information to citizens planning to travel to these countries and especially in Egypt, about the possible risk of infection, therefore recommend not to travel" - stated on the official site management Rosporebnadzora the Tomsk region ..

On the situation on the incidence of people with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) and additional measures to prevent importation of the Tomsk region

According to the World Health Organization, the total number of confirmed cases of human illness caused by avian influenza virus A (H5N1) in the world, is 516, of whom 306 (59,3%) have been fatal. Human cases of avian influenza detected in five countries - Egypt, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and China.

The largest number of cases occurring in Egypt, where he registered 29 confirmed to date cases, 13 of them have been fatal.

"For the first week of January 2011, WHO has confirmed four new cases of infection, of which two people died from avian influenza virus in Egypt. Laboratory tests confirmed the virus A (H5N1) », - says Federal Service.

Egypt is one of the most popular holiday destinations of Russian citizens, every year there is sent to around two million people.

US to extend flu-related poultry import bans

Tuesday January 25 2011

The US is to widen its ban on the import of poultry products from regions affected by avian flu to include areas affected by any highly pathogenic subtype of the disease.

An interim rule issued yesterday by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) extends previous restrictions, which only applied to the H5N1 subtype of avian flu.

Hanoi: The slaughter of poultry in open market

25.01.2011 15:15:00, updated 39 minutes ago

Although regulations prohibit slaughtering poultry such as chickens, geese, ducks ... in the markets has been for years, but just at the end of the year, in most markets in Hanoi are repeated in the sell and slaughter of live chickens at markets.
Concern that in 2010, the province has recorded 7 Hanoi cases of influenza A/H5N1, including two deaths. And re-access Tet is the time bird flu outbreak easy.

Harmful habits

Local poultry in the success of Sunday morning 23 / 1 guest busiest trading. Is a holiday, many people choose chicken, geese, ducks for family meals. The crowded cages of live chickens, hens magazine ranked closely together. Seller reached into the cage and pulled out a chicken for each guest selected. Customer agrees to buy, just 15 minutes after a return has been cleaning the chicken feathers, forcing neatly in plastic bags. However, chicken feathers, and viscera waste pile smells bad right next to the chickens to be killed right on the cement floor. Sewage spills down the road market...

Poultry farms tested positive for bird flu Kagoshima Izumi

25 January 2011。
Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 25, from Izumi chicken poultry farms in the prefecture, came out and announced that tested positive for bird flu rapid test.






The city of cranes wintering in the country's largest since December last year, from the 7th Hooded virulent H5N1 virus had been detected subtypes.
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poultry farms, the livestock hygiene service center Hokusatsu County "came out wrong with chicken" and was reported. This poultry birds are reared hens around 8600, had 85 dead birds.
Health at the same rapid test results of poultry feathers 9 for this chicken, it came from eight birds tested positive.
County brought the livestock hygiene service center Prefecture Kagoshima Chuo samples, genetic testing to examine the characteristics of the virus at the genetic level (PCR test) is performed.
According to the Livestock Division, Kagoshima Prefecture, the number of broilers raised at the time of last February, the top country in about 80,001,925 birds, hens was fourth in the country of about 90,000,907 birds. Izumi City has 128 units poultry farms, broiler 113 million birds, hens 273 million birds, about 393 million birds are raising a total of 70,000 poultry birds species.

Bird flu: poultry in eight birds tested positive in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture

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Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 25, said Izumi City Shimozuru (Shimo Tsuru) from eight birds of chicken egg collection site, announced that tested positive for bird flu came out in rapid test.

According to the County, all within 10 km radius from this egg collection site has been a total 525 million birds have bred a number of poultry farms.

Suspected bird flu on poultry farms Izumi, Kagoshima

25 January 2011 17:00

25 Ministry of Agriculture, rapid test results of chickens died at a poultry farm Izumi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, was found tested positive for bird flu came out. Results of genetic testing is still pending, it is determined that there is suspicion of highly pathogenic to chickens have died from the situation continues to open the task force.
Izumi is known as the country's largest wintering cranes. Last December, the virulent virus was confirmed in the country Hooded endangered species, spread of infection was believed to be in a lull

Bird flu suspected at poultry farm in Kagoshima

Bird flu suspected in Kagoshima
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Kagoshima prefecture on August 25 announced that it has caused bird flu cases suspected in a poultry farm in the city of Izumi. Rapid test was positive. If infection is confirmed, will be followed by two cases in Miyazaki Prefecture

Full-scale work avian GSDF Miyazaki

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Response to avian influenza have occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture, the GSDF dispatch was requested from the county began work in earnest on the 25th.

。 Bird flu occurred in poultry largest estates in the province, from 41 million birds and also a large number of chickens being slaughtered, Miyazaki Prefecture, on January 24 was requested to dispatch SDF disaster. To that end, we went to the poultry complex about 150 GSDF members were dispatched. 25 day/ slaughter was done by about 450 people, including staff attitude County. 。 For this killing, Kano, said Minister of Agriculture as follows.
Minister of Agriculture, Kano: "In 27 days I want to finish culling"

S Korea to impose tariff quotas on pork imports amid raging FMD

2011-01-25 15:29:07

SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea will impose a tariff quota on imported pork to cope with the unstable supply caused by the country's ongoing epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said Tuesday.

The ministry said the current tariff of 25 percent on pork used as a raw material for meat processed products will be lowered to zero percent starting this month. A total of 60,000 tons of pork will be subject to the tariff reduction.

The tariff quota allows the government to cut tariff on the import of up to 40 percent in order to stabilize prices or to help certain industries.

The measure will remain effective until the end of June. The ministry said that it will consider extending the cut further depending on market conditions after the target month.

The move is aimed at stabilizing prices of pork as the worst- ever outbreak of FMD has forced South Korea to cull more than 2.5 million livestock, mostly cattle and pigs.

Chalong Quail AI ... 100,000 buried Antigens

Chonbuk hongincheol avian influenza in Gochang ahsanmyeon (AI) to report suspected came from the farm tested positive for quail hwakindwae entered the burial disposal.

Jeonbukdo 25 days "before abruptly AM Quail six thousand dogs had to report suspected AI ttejukeumhae Gochang ahsanmyeon. In the 1st test on the farm 'H5' brother, AI was positive," and "highly pathogenic ascertain whether the fly in the afternoon," he said.

고창 AI의심농장 방역 강화 Chalong strengthen quarantine farms suspected AI
(고창=연합뉴스) 최영수 = 조류인플루엔자(AI) 의심 신고가 접수된 전북 고창군 아산면의 메추리 농장에서 25일 살처분이 진행되는 가운데 주변이 출입통제된 채 방역이 강화됐다. (Chalong AP) Choi YS = avian influenza (AI) was reported suspected Jeonbuk Gochang ahsanmyeon salcheobunyi the quail on a farm in the midst of 25 days while the area around the quarantine has been enhanced chuliptongjedoen. 2011.1.25 kan@yna.co.kr 1.25.2011 kan@yna.co.kr

As a result of turning the farm for quail 100,000 pre-emptive slaughter of all in terms of processing and degradation buried within a radius 3 ㎞ four places to install disinfection control is focused on prevention and protection.

However, within 500m radius of a poultry farm in the no 3 ㎞ 8 million chickens have one place to breed.

고창 AI의심 농장 방역 강화 Chalong strengthen quarantine farms suspected AI
(고창=연합뉴스) 최영수 = 조류인플루엔자(AI) 의심 신고가 접수된 전북 고창군 아산면의 메추리 농장에서 25일 살처분이 진행되는 가운데 주변에 대한 방역이 강화됐다.. (Chalong AP) Choi YS = avian influenza (AI) was reported suspected Jeonbuk Gochang ahsanmyeon salcheobunyi 25 days of the quail on a farm in the midst of a pest control has been enhanced around .. 2011.1.25 kan@yna.co.kr 1.25.2011 kan@yna.co.kr

Two quail farms are likely to confirm the highly pathogenic AI positive (H5 type) show that while the province jamjamhaetdeon again to spread the AI has raised concerns that we may have.

In Tokyo last month, 31 days in Iksan, the occurrence of highly pathogenic AI in three farmers dispose of the slaughter of 170,000 chickens and feed 108t were discarded.

Avian influenza has occurred in the Kyungpook region

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The foot and mouth disease first occurred in the Kyungpook region overlapping livestock Foot and mouth disease to the AI in Gyeongbuk emergency livestock farmers ...farmers and pest control to AI chobisang authorities took. Seongju-gun, Daegu is one of the poultry farms.

Recently a group of farm animals pyesahae 70 chickens tested and confirmed as highly pathogenic AI. AI in Daegu area is the first time that has occurred.
Defense officials yesterday to 200,000 chickens in the farm burial, following the radius of 500 meters in chickens near the farm decided to burial.

"Interview" baksunbo (North Gyeongsang Province Agricultural Bureau): "280,000 .. everyone should be buried and buried to make maps ..."

Two farm AI occurred in the last 15 days of Kyonggi chicks from a hatchery in 1500 and brought.

In this process, Kyungpook manor chicks hatchery work after one more has been moved into the farmhouse.

Defense officials revealed the cause of the onset of AI, this passage is the root note.

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Until now, farmers raised AI Gyeongbuk Chungnam, including the game with five tries, including 14 counties in the country 4.8 million poultry have been buried there.

Folded on here shows no signs of foot and mouth disease rarely have a hypothesis eve of livestock farms and quarantine authorities have deepened worries.

Bird Flu Alert Status Samarinda

Samarinda Berstatus Waspada Flu Burung

Expert microbiology Gilbert Ortiz (left) carrying the bird flu virus samples.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 13:58 pm

Journalists Reports Tribun Kaltim, Hasbi

SAMARINDA, tribunkaltim.co.id - After making sure the three villages in Samarinda positive contracted the bird flu according to the results of the sample, East Kalimantan provincial government through the Department of Animal Husbandry Samarinda Kaltim directly determine the status of bird flu alert.

"Three villages in the District of North Samarinda and Sungai Pinang after diseldiki was positively infected by avian influenza," said Acting Head of Animal Health, Distanak Kaltim, I Made Jaya Adhi tribunkaltim.co.id when found on examination of the chicken samples in RT 13 Kelurahan Mugirejo , North Samarinda, on Tuesday (25/01/2011).

In the three villages namely Mugirejo, Bukit Pinang and Speech, Animal Husbandry Department directly spraying the bird antiflu drug, dissemination, and distribution of brochures disinfectant.

Monday, January 24, 2011

#Egypt: Swine Flu Death, #8 - Reported Also Today

[I just posted death #9 below. It appears death #8 also was reported today]

01/24/2011 - 14:32

The death of the eighth case of swine flu Menoufia and new hotbeds of avian influenza

The Directorate of Health Menoufia for the death of new cases of bird flu is the eighth case to maintain this year, which is a housewife named Samia Ahmed Ahmed Gharabawi - 52 years - from Shebin.

He said Dr. Atta, Hisham Youssef, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Menoufia, that was the detention of Ms. Hospital Shebin educational and after the onset of illness from shortness of breath and pain of joints and high temperature.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Menoufia, that samples were taken from his contacts and send them to the central laboratory in the ministry to ascertain the extent of injury.

In a related context, Dr. Ahmed Fouad, director of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine Menoufia, the emergence of the center of a new, positive for bird flu in the village of adventitia Center Ashmun home of Mrs. Raja Abdul Latif Ibrahim, as a result of education at home, where samples were taken from birds and sent to the central laboratory and were received as a result of the sample positive .

Dr. Ahmed Fouad, that was the culling of infected and vaccinated birds nearby to prevent the spread of the disease.

#Egypt: Menoufia - Death From Swine Flu

[Two posts down, I posted where they found confirmed H5N1 in poultry in yet another house in Menoufia. That would make the 7th house in the past few days. It is pretty clear, there is H1N1 and H5N1 in Menoufia...]

The death of the ninth case of swine flu Menoufia

الإثنين، 24 يناير 2011 - 20:13 Monday, January 24, 2011 - 20:13

The Directorate of Health Menoufia for the death of new cases of bird flu is the ninth case this year to maintain, and it tested positive for a student, "Marwa Gamal Hassan Mahdi" (23 years) from the city Menouf.

وأشار الدكتور هشام عطا يوسف، وكيل وزارة الصحة بالمنوفية، إلى أنه تم احتجاز الحالة بمستشفى شبين الكوم التعليمى، وذلك بعد ظهور أعراض المرض عليها من ضيق بالتنفس والآم بالمفاصل وارتفاع فى درجة الحرارة.

Dr. Atta, Hisham Youssef, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Menoufia, that status was detained El Kom Teaching Hospital, after the onset of illness from shortness of breath and sore joints and high temperature.

وأكد وكيل وزارة الصحة بالمنوفية إلى أنه تم أخذ عينات من المخالطين لها، وإرسالها إلى المعامل المركزية بالوزارة، للتأكد من مدى الإصابة مع عزلهم داخل غرف العزل المخصصة بالمستشفيات وإعطائهم العلاج المناسب. The

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Menoufia that samples were taken from her contacts, and sent to labs central Ministry, to ascertain the extent of infection with isolation within isolation rooms allocated to hospitals and giving them proper treatment.

#Egypt: Update on Isolated Village in Dakalayia - Sit In, Hunger Strike

Previously posted on this situation this past Saturday, here

Video .. معاناة قرية مصرية معزولة عن العالم بمحافظة الدقهلية The suffering of the Egyptian village isolated from the world in Dakahliya

الإثنين، 24 يناير 2011 - 19:55 Monday, January 24, 2011 - 19:55



كشف اعتصام أهالى قرية دكسُن مركز شربين محافظة الدقهلية عن الحالة السيئة التى للقرية التى يسكنها المرض والفقر ومدرسة القرية عبارة عن شقة من 3 غرف كل بها 5 مقاعد فقط وعدد التلاميذ 96 تلميذا يحضرون للمدرسة التى يوجد بها 40 موظفاً من بينهم 9 مدرسيين على فترتين.

Detection sit people of the village Dquisn Center Sherbin Dakahlia province on the condition of the village inhabited by disease, poverty and the village school is a flat of 3 bedrooms each with 5 seats and only the number of pupils 96 pupils attending the school where there were 40 staff members, including 9 school buildings to two terms.


"اليوم السابع" رصدت معاناة أهالى قرية دكسُن فى آخر أيام اعتصامهم وإضرابهم عن الطعام، حيث جاءت زيارة المحافظ للقرية فى وقت حرج للغاية بعد أن حمل كبار السن أكفانهم وناموا بالمسجد ورفضوا الذهاب إلى المستشفيات لتلقى العلاج، ولعمل تحاليل، فانتقل إليهم فريق طبى برئاسة الدكتور محب أنور مدير الإدارة الصحية بشريين الذى أكد أن بعض الحالات تحتاج النقل إلى المستشفى وحالتها حرجة ومعظم الإصابات من مرضى الكبد والسكر والضغط، ولا ينفع علاجهم داخل المسجد.

"The Seventh Day" observed the suffering of the people of the village Dquisn in the last day of their sit-in and hunger strike, which came to visit the governor of the village in a very critical time after that getting older coffins and slept the mosque and refused to go to hospitals for treatment, and the work of analysis, go to them a medical team headed by Dr. Anwar al-loving director of health mortal who confirmed that some cases require transport to hospital and in critical condition and most of the injuries of patients with liver, sugar and pressure, does not help their treatment inside the mosque.


وتقول روحية محمود إننا نعطى الحكومة كل حقوقها من فاتورة الكهرباء والمياه والضرائب، ولكننا لا نحصل على شىء، فعندما تنزل الإمطار تنقطع القرية تماما عن العالم فلا يصل لنا سيارات الغاز أو الخضروات ولا توجد صيدلية أو مستشفى أو حتى عيادة بالقرية مما يجعلنا أشبه ما نكون بالسجن.

Says spiritual Mahmoud We give the government all of its rights of the electricity bill, water and taxes, but we do not get something, when it soaks interrupted the village completely from the world, not up our cars gas or vegetables and there is a pharmacy or hospital or even clinic in the village which makes us like we are in prison .


وتضيف إحدى سيدات القرية أن ابنتى خلود السيد "بالصف الأول الإعدادى بقرية كفر الوكالة" لم تتمكن من الذهاب إلى امتحان نصف العام، وبالتالى سترسب فى هذه المادة، وذلك بفعل الشتاء وعدم تمكننا من نقلها إلى المدرسة فى وقت الامتحان، رغم أنها كانت الأولى على المدرسة الابتدائية.

And add one of the ladies of the village to my daughter immortality Mr. "first grade middle school in the village of Kafr the agency" can not go to the exam half a year, and thus will fail in this Article, due to the winter and we can not transfer to school at the time of the test, although it was the first on the school primary.


وفى الوقت نفسه كشف اعتصام أهالى القرية جوانب أخرى لسوء حالتهم فمعظم أهالى القرية مصابون بفيروس C والضغط والسكر، وهذا أمر طبيعى بين سكان القرية ولا تستطيع أن تفرق بين شاب وعجوز أو مسن.

Meanwhile, the people of the village sit revealed other aspects of their ill-Most people of the village are infected with C and pressure, diabetes, and this is normal among the population of the village and can not differentiate between young and old or older.


الجدير بالذكر أن أهالى القرية دخلوا فى اعتصام داخل مسجد القرية من بعد صلاة الجمعة الماضية، وتطور إلى إضراب عن الطعام والدواء وانتهى بزيارة محافظ الدقهلية لهم اليوم، حيث قرر صرف مبلغ 3 ملايين جنيه لتطوير القرية.

It is worth mentioning that the people of the village entered a sit-in inside the village mosque after Friday prayers last week, and evolved into a strike for food, medicine and ended up visiting Governor of Dakahlia them today, have decided to spend $ 3 million pounds to develop the village.

#Egypt: One More Home With Infected Poultry #H5N1 In Menouf

Monday, January 24, 2011 - 20:29

Dr. Ahmed Fouad, director of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine Menoufia, focus on the emergence of a new, positive for bird flu in the village center adventitia Ashmun.


وأكدت التحريات أن البؤر ظهرت فى منزل "معزوزة عبد اللطيف إبراهيم"، نتيجة التربية المنزلية للطيور، حيث أرسلت العينات إلى المعامل المركزية ووردت النتيجة إيجابية. According to investigations, the foci appeared at the home of "Raja Abdul Latif Ibrahim," as a result of the home of the birds, where samples were sent to the central laboratory and the result were positive.

وأشار الدكتور أحمد فؤاد، إلى أن تلك البؤرة تم اكتشافها عن طريق الاختبارات الحقلية التى تقوم بها المديرية، وتبين أنها تربية منزلية، حيث أعدمت إعدام الطيور المصابة لمنع انتشار المرض.

Dr. Ahmed Fouad, to the fact that the focus has been discovered by field tests carried out by the Directorate, and turned out to be domestic breeding, where the execution of infected birds culled to prevent the spread of the disease.

Japan: Article In English: Another Miyazaki farm turns up bird flu cases

Monday, Jan. 24, 2011

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

'Congo virus doesn't spread as fast as H1N1'

Kounteya Sinha, TNN, Jan 24, 2011, 12.21am IST

NEW DELHI: The virus that causes Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is slow moving and will not spread across the country as fast as the H1N1 swine flu virus, experts have said. However, the mortality rate among those affected by Congo virus will be far more than H1N1.

In an exclusive interview to TOI, Dr A C Mishra, director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune, said different viruses have different characteristics. Influenza viruses like H1N1 have very high transmissibility rate and could spread across a country or nations in no time. "That's not the case with the Congo fever virus. It is slow moving and can be contained within hospital or ICU settings with proper containment measures," Dr Mishra said.

"However..