HEY DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE UBIQUITOUS BIRD FLU
Germany confirms case of H5N8 bird flu in poultry farm
Reuters•March 16, 2020
Germany confirms case of H5N8 bird flu in poultry farm
Reuters•March 16, 2020
HAMBURG (Reuters) - A case of H5N8 bird flu has been confirmed in a poultry farm in the eastern German state of Saxony, German authorities said on Monday.
The social affairs and protection ministry in the state of Saxony said the case involved bird flu of type H5N8 found on a farm in Bad Lausick near Leipzig. All poultry on the farm has been slaughtered and a quarantine area set up around it.
A series of outbreaks of the disease, which in the past has led to major disruptions and slaughtering programs in Europe's poultry industry, have been reported in Europe in past months.
Bird flu cases have appeared in the four central European countries of Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic since the end of last year. A previous case was found in a wild bird in Germany in January.
Philippines detects bird flu outbreak in quail farm
Reuters•March 16, 2020
The social affairs and protection ministry in the state of Saxony said the case involved bird flu of type H5N8 found on a farm in Bad Lausick near Leipzig. All poultry on the farm has been slaughtered and a quarantine area set up around it.
A series of outbreaks of the disease, which in the past has led to major disruptions and slaughtering programs in Europe's poultry industry, have been reported in Europe in past months.
Bird flu cases have appeared in the four central European countries of Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic since the end of last year. A previous case was found in a wild bird in Germany in January.
Philippines detects bird flu outbreak in quail farm
Reuters•March 16, 2020
File Photo: A Filipino worker feeds hundreds of chickens at
a poultry farm in Santa Maria town of Pampanga.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
MANILA, March 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines has detected an outbreak of avian flu in a northern province after tests showed presence of the highly infectious H5N6 subtype of the influenza A virus in a quail farm, the country's farm minister said on Monday.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the bird flu virus, the same strain that hit some local poultry farms in 2017, was detected in Jaen municipality in Nueva Ecija province, where about 1,500 quails had died on one farm alone.
A total of 12,000 quails have been destroyed and buried to prevent further infections, Dar said, citing field reports.
"We are on top of the situation," he said. "Surveillance around the 1-km and 7-km radius will be carried out immediately to ensure that the disease has not progressed around the said perimeter."
Animal quarantine checkpoints have also been set up to restrict the movement of all live domestic birds to and from the quarantine area, he said.
"We would like to emphasise that this is a single case affecting one quail farm only," Dar said.
Dr. Arlene Vytiaco, technical spokeswoman for avian flu at the agriculture department, said that while there is a possibility of transmission to humans through excretion and secretion, "the chances are very slim".
"There is also zero mortality rate," she said.
Dar said his department and the local government were jointly conducting an investigation and contact-tracing to determine the source of infection.
To ensure steady domestic supply of poultry, he said the transport of day-old chicks, hatching eggs and chicken meat will be allowed provided the source farms have tested negative for bird flu.
(Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Stephen Coates)
MANILA, March 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines has detected an outbreak of avian flu in a northern province after tests showed presence of the highly infectious H5N6 subtype of the influenza A virus in a quail farm, the country's farm minister said on Monday.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the bird flu virus, the same strain that hit some local poultry farms in 2017, was detected in Jaen municipality in Nueva Ecija province, where about 1,500 quails had died on one farm alone.
A total of 12,000 quails have been destroyed and buried to prevent further infections, Dar said, citing field reports.
"We are on top of the situation," he said. "Surveillance around the 1-km and 7-km radius will be carried out immediately to ensure that the disease has not progressed around the said perimeter."
Animal quarantine checkpoints have also been set up to restrict the movement of all live domestic birds to and from the quarantine area, he said.
"We would like to emphasise that this is a single case affecting one quail farm only," Dar said.
Dr. Arlene Vytiaco, technical spokeswoman for avian flu at the agriculture department, said that while there is a possibility of transmission to humans through excretion and secretion, "the chances are very slim".
"There is also zero mortality rate," she said.
Dar said his department and the local government were jointly conducting an investigation and contact-tracing to determine the source of infection.
To ensure steady domestic supply of poultry, he said the transport of day-old chicks, hatching eggs and chicken meat will be allowed provided the source farms have tested negative for bird flu.
(Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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