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UNDIAGNOSED DISEASE, PORCINE - CHINA (SOUTH), REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Sun 3 Sep 2006
From: Dan Silver <dgsilver@yahoo.com>
Source: Sina, 1 Sep 2006 [translated by sender, edited]
<http://news.tfol.com/10026/10032/10102/2006/9/1/10203730.shtml>


Pig illness in the south, agriculture ministry demands strengthened quarantine
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In response to the recent occurrence of pig illness in the south, the
General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture issued a notice yesterday [31
Aug 2006] requiring legally-compliant control and prevention against
transmission or expansion of the disease; requiring increased quarantine
dynamics at sites of production and slaughter; and resolutely implementing
the "four impermissibles, one disposal" for all diseased pigs: no butchery,
no eating, no sale, no transport, and safe onsite disposal.

Since June 2006, a pig disease characterized by rising body temperature,
redness of the skin, and rapid breathing has occurred in portions of Anhui,
Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, and other provinces. The
Agriculture Ministry's notice requires conscientious implementation of all
control measures: emphasize improvement of disease control and hoghouse
hygiene among small and mid-size breeders (households) and breeding
districts; establish sound disease control systems; strengthen disease
surveillance and epidemiological investigations; promptly find and report
disease; promptly eliminate hidden risks for disease; be strict with
disease handling work; actively undertake appropriate treatment of diseased
pigs; carry out cremation, burial and other safe disposal of dead pigs;
appropriately select vaccines to conduct immunization work; promptly
control and stamp out disease; strengthen supervision over animal hygiene
production, sale and distribution; prohibit pigs that have not passed
quarantine from entering distribution or slaughter; strike hard against
illegal trafficking of diseased pigs and byproducts.

[byline: Jiang Yuxiao]

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Dan Silver
<dgsilver@yahoo.com>

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Date: Sun 3 Sep 2006
From: Dan Silver <dgsilver@yahoo.com>
Source: Manfangdaily.com, 29 Aug 2006 [translated from Chinese by sender,
edited]
<http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dd/nc/nccf/200608290664.asp>


Personnel in the industry believe rising pig prices are closely related to
the recent appearance of an unidentified, high-mortality disease in the
Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian regions.

News obtained from the Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian regions shows that this
outbreak has caused large-scale pig herd deaths in parts of the region. In
the area of Nanchang in Jiangxi alone, nearly one million pigs may have
died [according to] incomplete statistics. With large-scale deaths of pigs
in each area, the existing pig shortage has expanded, causing pig prices to
rise substantially.

--
Dan Silver
<dgsilver@yahoo.com>

[An administrative map of China is available at
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/China_administrative.png>.

The sender/translator, Dan Silver, has kindly notified us that additional
similar references have been published recently in China, most of them in
economic articles and government announcements about general preventive
measures employed in a few locales in Hunan.

Any available information, including mortality rates, detailed clinical
signs and pathological changes, and -- it is to be hoped -- excluding
zoonotic diseases, will be appreciated. - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Undiagnosed die-off, porcine - China (Jiangsu): RFI 20060412.1087]

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I couldn't find anything on the internet on this story.  The problem with China is that they are very S-L-O-W (sometimes reporting things weeks or even years after they can no longer deny what happened).  That doesn't necessarily mean that the story is true, just that we must always listen up when news from there is being reported, even in the absence of media releases.  A little over a year ago, there was a very similar situation in China involving the deaths of large numbers of pigs, and several dozen humans.  There have also been other large die-offs in past years (I've tried to post just a few below).  The first reference I found goes back to 1998.  Apparently there are alot of diseases that pigs are susceptible to, but it's curious that with each outbreak, they have "identified" a different organism.   While we're looking at Indonesia and other hotspots, we need to keep one eye on China at all times.

WHO Probes Deadliness of China's Pig-Borne Disease

Science 26 August 2005:

International experts fear that a new, more virulent form of the bacterium Streptococcus suis could be responsible for killing 38 humans and more than 600 pigs in China's central Sichuan Province over the past 2 months.
 
Enterococcus faecium-Related Outbreak with Molecular Evidence of Transmission from Pigs to Humans
Between 24 July and 31 August 1998, thousands of domestic pigs died of hemorrhagic shock in three adjunct counties along the YangZi River in Jiangshu Province, China. From 28 July to 6 September 1998, 40 local farmers (36 males and 4 females, ages 23 to 78 years) were hospitalized with severe illness characterized by high fever, erythematous rash or petechiae, and profound lethargy after contact with sick pigs. Twelve (30%) of these patients died of respiratory failure and shock. Eleven bacterial isolates recovered from 11 blood and cerebrospinal fluid specimens collected from seven patients and two pigs were identified as Enterococcus faecium based on biochemical reactions and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Both pig and human E. faecium isolates displayed indistinguishable antibiotic susceptibility and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns. These data strongly suggest the spread of an outbreak of E. faecium-related sepsis from pigs to humans.

Other countries in the news with outbreaks of disease in pigs: (note that the Chinese media seems to be very timely in reporting outbreaks from other countries)

Vietnam:  January 11, 2006
Dozens of pigs in two southern Vietnamese provinces have recently died suspectedly of foot-and- mouth disease, local newspaper Youth reported Wednesday.
 
Nepal:   KATHMANDU, March 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Over 2,000 pigs have died of an unidentified disease in some villages of Morang district in eastern Nepal in the past two months, an official said Sunday.
 2006-03-05
 

 

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CFSPH Feature:
Mystery Pig Illness in China
Outbreak of Streptococcus suis suspected in China

In July 2005, an outbreak of unknown etiology was reported in west China’s Sichuan Province affecting farmers who recently slaughtered or handled sick or dead pigs and sheep. Affected individuals presented with rapid onset of fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and bleeding under the skin. In many cases, individuals became comatose and 20% resulted in rapid death. Human-to-human transmission has not been reported. Additional cases are now being identified in Hong Kong and South China’s Guangdong Province. As of August 8, 2005, 214 cases have been reported with 39 deaths.

Laboratory testing in China reports the causative agent as Streptococcus suis. However, prior reports of human infection with S. suis, caused limited human cases and clinical signs (meningitis, hearing loss) that differ from the current outbreak. This has left international experts, including the World Health Organization (WHO) with many questions regarding this outbreak. Has the organism mutated to a more virulent form or acquired a new virulence factor? Is another etiologic agent involved or co-occurring? Is a second pathogen causing suppression of the immune system of individuals allowing the S. suis organism to be more opportunistic? Is there synergism between two pathogens?

Current efforts to control this outbreak include depopulation and burial of affected swine, and education efforts to convince owners not to slaughter sick animals for food. Vaccination of unaffected swine will soon be implemented. The CFSPH has developed a fact sheet on Streptococcosis, which provides a technical overview of the various species of this genus and their affect on humans and animals. To download the file, right click on the link below and select “Save Target As…”

(PDF 421KB)

Please contact us at cfsph@iastate.edu if you have any comments and questions.

 http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Feature/swineIllness.htm

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Staph and Strep - two of the most serious members of a pantheon of bacteria which thrive in most of America's hospitals and evolve to super bug status - some strains immune to everything.
 
Pigs - a mixing bowl for a human jump - and a million pigs at that. It would appear that we may not be able to change history - only chronicle it.
 
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remember Joe's theory? Sichuan Sheet or something like that.

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Originally posted by gettingready gettingready wrote:

ABBFSmile
  
Yep, that's what he used to say, I wonder how he's doing, haven't heard from him in a long time.
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Originally posted by rodin33 rodin33 wrote:

Originally posted by gettingready gettingready wrote:

ABBFSmile
  
Yep, that's what he used to say, I wonder how he's doing, haven't heard from him in a long time.
 
Mystery Swine Death in Eastern China    , just a few threads down  .
 
 
                Hi wondering if you could read the above thread and view Taxonomy on just two of the virus in the Pigs in China .
 
              Influenza A virus                        Influenza A virus
               < A/swine/Anhui/2004                < A/swine/Fujian/2003
                       H5N1 >                                 <H5N1>
 
           From Cruiser's Post .....  saw somewhere here Fujian also for another virus we were posting . so swine flu  no mystery like getting ready would say . as quoted .
 
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Didn't the original 1918 Spanish Flu go from birds into pigs then to humans?  It took china 3 years to work out and admit that a man died of avian flu way back in 2003. I Don't think this is very good news at all. Have there been any reports of large unknown cause pigs deaths anywhere else in Asia, or Africa?
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Found under Fujian , is this the same as Fujian in the thread below , am un able to find a book on Virology for Blonde's . Same Fujian pops up under Dengue ? Confused
 
                  
 
Statement on Influenza Vaccination for the 2005-2006 Season - CCDR ...
A select number of isolates reported to be A/Fujian/ 411/2002-like prior to February ... The vaccines to be marketed in Canada for the 2005-2006 flu season ...
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/05vol31/asc-dcc-6/index.html - 118k - Cached - Similar pages
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Its  presented in easy to read Power Point . It just says everything you guys are posting in regards to BF .
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Originally posted by Sins Sins wrote:

Didn't the original 1918 Spanish Flu go from birds into pigs then to humans?  It took china 3 years to work out and admit that a man died of avian flu way back in 2003. I Don't think this is very good news at all. Have there been any reports of large unknown cause pigs deaths anywhere else in Asia, or Africa?
 
I think the 1918 stain did not mix in the pig first, but that's not to say H5N1 won't or hasn't. We've already seen H5N1's ability to cause infection in a whole host of different mammals.
 
These pig deaths could be H5N1 and a cover up by China. They've already shown they will cover up H5 infection.
 
Medclinician - do you have contacts in China? We need you for this.
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The 1918 strain was "more avian" than mammalian, but there's alot of speculation as to how it developed.

The 1918 influenza pandemic had another unique feature, the simultaneous (or nearly simultaneous) infection of humans and swine. The virus of the 1918 pandemic likely expressed an antigenically novel subtype to which most humans and swine were immunologically naive in 1918 (12,20). Recently published sequence and phylogenetic analyses suggest that the genes encoding the HA and neuraminidase (NA) surface proteins of the 1918 virus were derived from an avianlike influenza virus shortly before the start of the pandemic and that the precursor virus had not circulated widely in humans or swine in the few decades before (12,15,24). More recent analyses of the other gene segments of the virus also support this conclusion. Regression analyses of human and swine influenza sequences obtained from 1930 to the present place the initial circulation of the 1918 precursor virus in humans at approximately 1915–1918 (20). Thus, the precursor was probably not circulating widely in humans until shortly before 1918, nor did it appear to have jumped directly from any species of bird studied to date (19). In summary, its origin remains puzzling.

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remember that Boxun news agency a few months back put out a report that something was following the railway lines and heading east. Boxun also said that china was talking about getting rid of the pig industry to save the chicken industry. Any one else remember that.  This may be what it was
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=1832628
This link tells of deaths of pigs in China in April 2006, undetermined cause.
(sorry, I do not know how to copy the articles.)
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UPDATED PROMED REPORTS ON UNKNOWN PIG DISEASE IN CHINA
 
Date: 5 Sep 2006
From: Dan Silver<dgsilver@yahoo.com>
Source: Suizhou Daily News [translated by sender, edited]
<http://61.184.255.22/news/2006/200609035.htm>


Yesterday, the provincial government held an urgent, province-wide
videoteleconference [the province in question is Hubei; see URL for
map below] on prevention and control of serious animal diseases,
demanding fast action from all parts of the province, paying special
attention to prevention and control work against the unknown pig high
fever illness, to ensure increased agricultural efficacy and
increased farmer receipts.

Since the middle of July 2006, an unknown pig disease has occurred in
the neighboring provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan and
Henan, and other areas. Already 40 percent of pigs have died from
infection.  As of mid-August this disease had already spread to parts
of Hubei.  Conditions are relatively serious.  According to reports,
the pig disease is characterized by high fever, sudden onset, rapid
transmission, and high mortality rate.

Municipal Government Secretary Yan Xinguo participated in the
conference.  He requested all districts of the city to heighten
awareness, formulate vigorous measures, organize with utmost care,
strengthen monitoring, and pay attention to disease trends at all
times.  Relevant departments must carry out legal inspections of pig
transports and conscientiously strengthen the intensity of
inspections at border inspection spots.  Animal husbandry and other
relevant departments must strengthen market supervision, firmly deal
with disease, and strengthen oversight against disease during
production, slaughter and sale.  Once high fever pig illness of
unknown origin is discovered, immediately file reports, quickly
undertake safe disposal, strictly disinfect, work hard against the
sale of dead diseased pigs and pigs that have died of unknown causes,
and ensure the safety of meat on the market.  Relevant departments
must suspend purchase of pigs from disease-affected areas to prevent
the spread of pig disease. While prevention and control of unknown
high fever pig disease is being accomplished, strictly watch for
other animal diseases and thoroughly plan prevention and control work
for other serious animal diseases. Organize specialized teams to
supervise disease inspection to ensure substantial progress on
disease prevention in the fall.

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Date: 4 Sep 2006
From: Dan Silver<dgsilver@yahoo.com>
Source: Jiangshan Television [translated by sender, edited]
<http://www.21js.com/Program/News/ShowNews.Asp?NewsID=14230>


Recently, the circumstances of pig "high fever illness" have been
relatively severe.  In response, Jiangshan is adopting measures to
actively implement prevention and treatment. [Jiangshan -- a common
city name, occurring in several Chinese provinces -- is in this case
a municipality within the larger Quzhou City, situated in the western
part of Zhejiang Province. - CopyEd.PG]

Pig "high fever illness" is appearing in all areas in our province
[Zhejiang] other than Zhoushan City.  There are more than 66 000 ill
pigs and already more than 11 000 have died.  Since July, pig "high
fever illness" has appeared in one village after the other in
Jiangshan. Symptoms are elevated body temperature, redness on the
body surface, and cough.  Ears turn light blue in a minority of pigs.
The mortality rate among sucklings and weaned pigs is especially
high.  To effectively carry out prevention of pig "high fever
illness", the municipal agriculture department strengthens disease
inspection and safe disposal of deceased ill pigs, and guides
pig-raising households to lower temperatures in pigsties, reducing
the occurrence of disease.

On the morning of 4 Sep 2006, Jiangshan held a pig "high fever
illness" prevention meeting.  Vice mayor Xu Daqing demanded
heightened attention to pig "high fever illness" and thorough
implementation of all prevention and control measures, including
sealing off and isolating disease sites, strengthening hygiene and
disinfection, and reducing movement of pigs.  At this time, traders
are prohibited from importing breeding pigs from other provinces and
cities to strictly prevent disease from entering Jiangshan and to
ensure the efficacy of disease prevention work.

[Byline: Yu Chunzhou]

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[Our first posting referred to Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan,
Hubei, Jiangsu, and other provinces.  Today's reports additionally
mention Jiangshan City in Zheijiang province and Henan province (see
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/China_administrative.png>).

Given the reports of over a million dead pigs, many of which appear
to be in village settings, the disease is clearly widespread.
Secondly, death is reported to occur in  over 40 percent of pigs,
definitely making this a high-mortality event.

The big question is what disease is causing such widespread mortality
in swine?  Clearly, "high fever" or "blue ear" disease is not a
diagnosis, rather they are signs of an undiagnosed and seemingly
systemic disease.  "Blue ear" was used by Europeans as a slang name
early on for the recently emerged Porcine Respiratory and
Reproductive Disease, but this does not generally cause such
widespread mortality among all age groups.  Discoloration of the skin
can be seen in several swine diseases including erysipelas and
salmonellosis.

Such high mortality and the widespread nature of this outbreak -- as
well as the control measures instituted -- prompts one to think of
epidemic swine diseases such as Hog Cholera (as known as Classical
Swine Fever) or African Swine Fever. However, I hope that the Chinese
authorities are carefully considering the possibility of Swine
Influenza usually caused by H1N1, H1N2, or H3N2 in Asia.  Although
Swine Influenza does not normally cause very high mortality (i.e.
only 2-3 percent die when the disease is endemic), a new influenza
strain could cause high mortality in swine, just as it would in
humans. Therefore, it is important we find out exactly what is
causing this undefined, undiagnosed disease over large areas of
China. - Mod.PC]

[see also:
Undiagnosed disease, porcine - China (South), RFI 20060903.2508
Undiagnosed die-off, porcine - China (Jiangsu): RFI 20060412.1087]
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steve101http://www.birdflubreakingnews.com/templates/birdflu/window.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiamedia.ucla.edu%2Farticle-eastasia.asp%3Fparentid%3D48088

just reread your post about pig industry being phased out in China and I remembered this article from April 11, 2006.  The next to last sentence in this article affirms what you said. This article also has a link to an article about  pig illness and deaths of humans also;  that also has a link to another article about pig illness.

Surely they have come up with a better diagnosis by now than "high fever pig illness"?  Anyone?
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steve101: sorry about above linK. this is better one, same article:
 
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I a remember reading that when they culled the birds they  also removed all domestic animals that were around the area at the time.  These comments were like footnotes.   But I always l felt that was much more significant than anyone was saying,  Plus there was imformation about the farmers being told they is could not mix farm in China.  this was a year and a half ago.  Now it appears to me we get less details from China.  .  
 
This was a early reporting from cnn on the bird flu.on CNN old reports.
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5 face jail for slaughtering sick swine

2006/9/9
The China Post staff

The Tainan District Prosecutor's Office yesterday indicted five private pig slaughters and dealers on charges of their alleged illegal sales of finished and semi-finished pork products processed with sick and dead pigs.

Prosecutors made the indictment following a year of investigations into a scam in which Wang Chia-yu, Lin Shih-ping and Chen Hua allegedly purchased sick pigs or dead pigs with diseases from pig farmers in southern Taiwan, illegally slaughtered the pigs and then sold the porks to two downstream processors Tang Fen-nan and Cheng Chin-long.

Tang and Cheng processed the pork products into sausages for sales to consumers, with a monthly sales volume of 1,000 kilograms.

Prosecutors recommended a jail term of seven years against both Lin Shih-ping and Tang Fen-nan, plus a fine of NT%8 million each; a jail term of six years against Wang Chia-yu, plus a fine of NT$5 million; five years in prison and a fine of NT$7 million for Cheng Chin-long and three years in ail for Chen Hua, wife of Lin Shih-ping.

Prosecutors said in the indictment that the five were typical "black-hearted" businessmen, trying hard to make money regardless of other people's "life or death."

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=89977&GRP=B

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Batangas City is in the Phillipines, on the same island and 60 miles south of Manila.  I don't know if there is any connection between this story and the pigs in China, but I don't believe in coincidences.  Hopefully some of you with more expertise than I can either see a connection here, or rule it out.
 
 
Vets say disease had killed 60,000 piglets in Batangas
Inquirer
Last updated 11:49pm (Mla time) 08/24/2006

BATANGAS CITY -- The so-called porcine epidemic diarrhea syndrome (PEDS) has already killed 60,000 piglets in Batangas province since it struck hog farms last June, provincial veterinarian Dr. Rodrigo Bautista said.

The affected areas in Batangas include hog farms of Rosario, Ibaan, Padre Garcia, San Jose and Taysan Need to finish draftns and Lipa City, characterized as the province’s agro-industrial areas.

PEDS is an acute diarrheal disease caused by corona virus, affecting pigs of different age groups.

It was discovered in Europe in 1969 and is now widespread in China and European countries.

Adult pigs experience anorexia, lethargy and diarrhea while sucklings exhibit vomiting and watery diarrhea.

Mortality rate is high for sucklings at 100 percent and piglets at 50 percent or greater.

The syndrome earlier struck piglets in Bulacan province last year before the Bureau of Animal Industry positively identified the disease when it reached Batangas in June.

At least 1,008 piglets and head of pigs have already died in Lipa since June.

Bautista disclosed that the disease spread quickly from one Need to finish draftn to another.

San Jose and Rosario farms, he said, are no longer contaminated with PEDS, which is now starting to infect Taysan hog farms this month.

Bautista said the airborne infectious disease could have been carried by winds or contaminated objects from affected farms.

According to him, hog raisers were now preventing the spread of the disease.

Piglets were also given electrolyte replacements as their protection for diarrhea and secondary bacterial infection.

Biosecurity measures, which include the quarantine of hog farm personnel, are also considered to prevent the spread of the disease in unaffected farms.

Bautista explained that August is the usual breeding period for pigs, which would be sold in the market by January.

Owners would lose at least 1,000 pesos to 1,500 pesos per head, amounting to at least 100,000 pesos for 500 pigs sold due to the disease, he said. Marlon Alexander Luistro, Inquirer Southern Luzon

(1 dollar = 51.60 pesos)

 
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There are a number of diseases in pigs - alot of them have the same or similar symptoms.  The question is:  are they (China in this case) investigating to determine the cause?  It's worrisome when you hear of extreme numbers of "mysterious" deaths in animals and no further report or follow-up.  It begs the question:  is this a fairly recent phenomena due to more concentrated human/animal populations, and what will/can happen if this trend continues?
 
 
Muriel - A little info on PED (it appears that piglets do have a high mortality rate from this, so the article you posted seems consistent with that):
 
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED)
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea is caused by a coronavirus somewhat similar to that which causes TGE. This virus is widespread in Europe.
 
Acute outbreaks of diarrhoea occur when the virus is first introduced into a susceptible population. In such cases up to 100% of sows may be affected, showing a mild to very watery diarrhoea. Two clinical pictures are recognised: PED Type I only affects growing pigs whereas PED Type II affects all ages including sucking pigs and mature sows. The incubation period is approximately 2 days and diarrhoea lasts for 7 to 14 days. In sucking pigs the disease can be mild or severe with mortalities up to 40%.
 
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gettingready: can humans catch this?

If ignorance is bliss, what is chocolate?
   
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COA calls for nets to prevent outbreaks of bird flu virus

2006/9/11
TAIPEI, CNA


The Council of Agriculture (COA) called yesterday for chicken and pig farms to set up bird-proofing nets as soon as possible in an attempt to keep wild birds separated from poultry and pigs and prevent outbreaks of avian flu.

COA officials said the nets should be set up by the end of this year and warned that farmers who fail to comply will face fines of NT$10,000-NT$50,000.

Migratory birds are considered an avian flu virus-carrying media and Taiwan is a stopover site for various species of migratory birds.

The officials said the government will offer subsidies for poultry and pig farmers who set up nets before the end of this year.

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Judy - PED is not transmissible from pigs to humans, but there are diseases that are (such as the influenza A virus).
 

This coronaviral diarrhea (not yet recognized in the western hemisphere) affects pigs of all ages and clinically resembles transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE, Transmissible Gastroenteritis) in several respects.
Etiology and Epidemiology:
The porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus is not related to any other member of the Coronaviridae. Pigs are the only known host. Antibodies to the virus have not been found in wild pigs or in other animal species. Infections have been seen in most European countries and in China. Large epidemics occurred in Europe in 1969; no antibodies have been found in sera collected before 1969. Since then, the virus has become widespread and endemic in several European countries, and acute outbreaks have become rare. On large breeding farms, the virus persists in consecutive litters of pigs after weaning and after they lose their immunity from antibody in the milk. On these farms, the virus may be associated with weaning diarrhea. In Belgium, the virus is most frequently associated with diarrhea in feeder pigs, which develops shortly after they are gathered from different breeding farms and assembled in large fattening units. The virus was demonstrated in fecal material in 80% of these groups. Epidemiologic data from other countries are scarce. Spread of the virus mainly occurs directly through infected pigs and indirectly through virus-contaminated fomites and via transport trucks.
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More stuff on pigs:  (when I think of Streptoccocal Suis, I think of Joe N. who felt that the outbreak in China was really H5N1.  Even though this article isn't new,  I'm posting it because it was interesting to me that they claim it has mutated into a more deadly form.  Maybe this is the explanation Joe was looking for?.....)
 

Apr 2006: New Pig-People Disease
SciDev recently reported on the emergence of a new pig disease that can infect and kill people. According to new research published in PLoS Medicine on 11 April, a bacterium that rarely infected people is now likely to have mutated into a more deadly form. Last year it was responsible for killing 38 people in China. According to the article, the microbe Streptococcus suis is found in pigs worldwide, and usually only causes disease in piglets. Occasionally it infects farm workers who come into close contact. However, last year, more than 200 people were infected in a major outbreak in Sichuan province, and nearly one in five of them died.

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Joe knew about the strep suis, but he thought it was a cover disease for H5N1. There were reports coming out of China via Boxun news that the government was culling all the animals, not just pigs and also people. Yes the reports said they were killing people too, or at least that was the indication. I'm not sure if I believe it or not and it's is probably impossible to ever know the truth. I think the supposed number was 800 human deaths, but I'm not sure. Joe thought it was the Qinghai strain.
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UNDIAGNOSED DISEASE, PORCINE - CHINA (03): OIE
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Source: OIE Disease Information Vol 19 - No.38 [edited]
<http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_78.HTM#Sec15>


Miscellaneous: "Swine High Fever Disease" In Pigs In China
-----------------------------------------------
Information received on 14 Sep 2006 from Mr Jia Youling, Director
General, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing:

Report date: 12 Sep 2006.

Since the end of June 2006, pigs have died of a disease characterized
by rising body temperature, redness of the skin and rapid breathing
in some parts of 6 provinces of China, namely Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui,
Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hubei. Immediately after the occurrence of the
disease, the Ministry of Agriculture took appropriate prevention and
control measures, and the unnatural deaths of pigs have come to a
stop. By epidemiological investigation and laboratory testing of 582
samples of pathogenic material, we have discovered that this disease
is closely related to the mixed infection of classical swine fever,
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome and porcine circovirus.

Of all the pathogenic samples, 263 samples (i.e. 45 percent) were
positive for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS);
167 samples (i.e. 29.2 percent) were positive for classical swine
fever (CSF); 130 samples (i.e. 22.3 percent) were positive for
porcine circovirus (PCV-2); 17 samples were positive for Aujeszky's
disease; 6 samples were positive for _Streptococcus suis_; one sample
was positive for pasteurellosis infection, and 47 samples were
positive for porcine contagious pleuropneumonia infection. Samples
that tested positive for PRRS, CFS, or PCV-2 account for 96.5 percent
of the total of the samples tested. We also tested 80 samples from
sick pigs for African swine fever with polymerase chain reaction as
recommended by the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for
Terrestrial Animals. All of the results were negative, and the
possibility of African swine fever can therefore be ruled out.

A similar swine disease was also found in some southern provinces of
China in hot summers during the last few years. It was also called
swine high fever disease in some places. Several features concerning
the occurrence of the disease have been identified. Firstly, it is
very seasonal. It is found mainly from June to September. Secondly,
it only affects certain areas along the Yangtze River, mainly in the
provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Jangxi, Anhui and Jiagsu. The morbidity
and mortality rate of the disease have not shown a sudden or
unexpected increase so far. We are currently arranging for a
microbiologist to conduct further research. If there is any new
detection of the disease, it will be notified to the OIE immediately.
The status of classical swine fever and other animal diseases will
continue to be notified to the OIE.

Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: this is the
reply received from the Chinese veterinary authorities in response to
a request based on information that has been circulating regarding
high mortality observed in pigs in some parts of the People's
Republic of China.

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[We will continue to refer to this disease as "undiagnosed" rather
than "high fever" disease until a more definitive diagnosis is
established, either as a syndrome resulting from mixed infections
with particular agents or when a definite single agent is identified.
Such questions of causality are not uncommon when a new disease
occurs; PRRS was originally referred to as "mystery disease." There
are many instances in the annals of infectious disease when a new
disease gets tagged with a temporary name until the cause is more
definitively ascertained.

A couple of questions, at least, remain. First, it would be
interesting to find out whether sick swine were tested for influenza,
H1N1, H1N2, or H3N2, which circulate in Asia, and also for H5N1 to
increase active surveillance for influenza. Secondly, none of the 3
agents, PRRS, CSF or PCV2, are known for having marked seasonal
distributions, yet a summer distribution seems to be one of the most
prominent features of the outbreaks described by this report. As
always, there are more questions than answers when something new
comes along.

It is very helpful to have official word of this from the Chinese
animal health authorities, and OIE again proves itself to be an
invaluable source of definitive animal health information. - Mod.PC]

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Pigs died in Canada from an unussual desease in Mar 06
 

Virulent pig bug slashing hog herds

ONTARIO - A virulent new strain of a common pig virus is wreaking havoc on Ontario hog herds.

Tens of thousands of hogs have been removed from farms by deadstock companies this winter and last year. They are victims of a new strain of porcine circovirus or other illnesses that the autoimmune disease brings on or makes worse.

"It's just terrible the number of animals that are dying from disease this year," said Winnie Linton, who has lost about half of the 2,000 hogs on the farm she and husband Dave run near Mitchell.

"We see the light at the end of the tunnel because our barn is almost empty," she added, managing a weak laugh.

Larry Skinner, chair of Ontario Pork's board, said provincewide mortality rates are running at 10 to 12 per cent — five to six times above the norm on affected farms. On the hardest-hit farms, the figure is 40 to 50 per cent or more and he sympathized with those struggling farmers.

Meat packers are also starting to worry about a pork shortage, he said. But for hog farmers, it's a double, or even triple, whammy. They're running up costs trying to treat the sick animals, losing revenue when the hogs die and don't make it to market, and feeling the emotional stress of seeing their animals suffer. At the same time, they face market prices of 20 to 30 cents below the break-even mark of roughly $1.50 per kilogram.

Porcine circovirus, or PCVII, is not new; in fact, it's a common bug found in pigs. But something happened to it 18 months ago: PCVII had previously been confined to hogs aged six to 10 weeks, but it began showing up in hogs aged 10 to 15 weeks and was resistant to traditional vaccines.

The circovirus epidemic was one of three major health problems to hit Ontario hog farms in the past year and a half.
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Heres another.
 
 
 
 
Quebec's pork producers are asking for help after a disease killed more than 200,000 pigs in the province last year.
Pork farmer Lyse Grenier says post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome started hitting Quebec farms a year ago. It is already affecting half of them.
 
 
"The first day it's not too serious. But after a week, you begin to remove dead animals," Grenier says. "It gets pretty depressing."
The syndrom is also hurting bottom lines. Every dead pig costs producers hundreds of dollars in feed and maintenance, disposal of the carcass and in lost revenue.
The Quebec Federation of Porc producers has just asked the federal government to help those who have been affected.
"The syndrome does not have an impact on consumer products," says Claude Corbeil, the Federation's president. "It began in Europe, and Quebec producers are learning from that experience."
There is currently no cure for the syndrome on the market.
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A bunch of pigs died of mystery illness in Nepal in Mar 06
 
 

Pigs die of mysterious disease in eastern Nepal

NEPAL - Over 2,000 pigs have died of an unidentified disease in some villages of Morang district in eastern Nepal in the past two months, an official said Sunday.

The disease, first seen in Dangihat and Karanari village of Morang district, some 300 km east of Kathmandu, claimed the lives of over 1,000 pigs in Letang village alone, Shambhu Yadav, an official of the District Livestock Services Office (DLSO), said, adding that eight boars and four buffaloes also died of the disease.

"The disease is believed to be air borne but we have not launched any investigation into it," Yadav noted. Earlier, it was suspected that swine fever was the cause of the deaths but outbreak of avian flu in India has terrified the farmers of Morang district located close to India.

Farmers have been disposing the carcass of diseased animals in the nearby forest and the environment has been polluted there, according to Yadav.

Fever, dysentery, yawning and lack of appetite are the symptoms of the disease, Yadav added.
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talk about ABBF. Did they leave any desease out except BF?
 
 
 
Miscellaneous: "Swine High Fever Disease" in pigs in China
EU - Report by OIE on the swine disease in China.
 
  See also: 3 August 2006, 29 June 2006, 15 June 2006, 8 June 2006, 1 June 2006, 27 April 2006, 2 February 2006
Information received on 14 September 2006 from Mr Jia Youling, Director General, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing:
Report date: 12 September 2006.
Since the end of June, pigs have died of a disease characterised by rising body temperature, redness of the skin and rapid breathing in some parts of 6 provinces of China, namely Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hubei. Immediately after the occurrence of the disease, the Ministry of Agriculture took appropriate prevention and control measures and the unnatural deaths of pigs have come to a stop. By epidemiological investigation and laboratory testing of 582 samples of pathogenic material, we have discovered that this disease is closely related to the mixed infection of classical swine fever, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome and porcine circovirus. Of all the pathogenic samples, 263 samples (i.e. 45%) were positive for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS); 167 samples (i.e. 29.2%) were positive for classical swine fever (CSF); 130 samples (i.e. 22.3%) were positive for porcine circovirus (PCV-2); 17 samples were positive for Aujeszky's disease; 6 samples were positive for Streptococcus suis; one sample was positive for pasteurellosis infection, and 47 samples were positive for porcine contagious pleuropneumonia infection. Samples that tested positive for PRRS, CFS, or PCV-2 account for 96.5% of the total of the samples tested. We also tested 80 samples from sick pigs for African swine fever with polymerase chain reaction as recommended by the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals. All of the results were negative and the possibility of African swine fever can therefore be ruled out.
A similar swine disease was also found in some southern provinces of China in hot summers during the last few years. It was also called “swine high fever disease” in some places. Several features concerning the occurrence of the disease have been identified. Firstly, it is very seasonal. It is found mainly from June to September. Secondly, it only affects certain areas along the Yangtze River, mainly in the provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Jangxi, Anhui and Jiagsu. The morbidity and mortality rate of the disease have not shown a sudden or unexpected increase so far. We are currently arranging for a microbiologist to conduct further research. If there is any new detection of the disease, it will be notified to the OIE immediately. The status of classical swine fever and other animal diseases will continue to be notified to the OIE.
Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: this is the reply received from the Chinese veterinary authorities in response to a request based on information that has been circulating regarding high mortality observed in pigs in some parts of the People's Republic of China.
 
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people in china are dieing of a pig desease.
 

China checks two 'pig germ deaths'

CHINA - Authorities in east China's Jiangsu province say they are investigating the deaths of two people who reportedly are suspected of having been infected with a swine-borne disease that has killed 39 people.

The men, one of them said to be a butcher and the other a meat seller, died earlier this month at hospitals in Suzhou, the provincial capital, reports in the Hong Kong and mainland media said.
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Swine

Sichuan Sheet
The underground story of bird flu  
 
Or more importantly the ability of this virus to infect many mamals which extends its ability to explode acrosss the globe.
 
What happened to Joe anyway?
And the Thread he had (Speculation)?
Great Posts
 
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Pigs sure do have a lot of stuff going on.
 
I don't believe what I'm finding.....
 

Nidovirus Pandemics/ Emerging Pathogens

•  1987-90: Porcine Respiratory and

Porcine Respiratory and Respiratory Disease Syndrome (PRRSV) emerged simultaneously in the US and Europe (Origin is unknown)

– Germany 1990-All of Europe by 1991

– Most important swine pathogen (pneumonia and fetal loss)

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China is getting more and more wealthy. The reason being, we have out sourced so much work there. There are some industries where the manufacturing is almost exclusively done in the Orient, namely China. The headquarters are located in the USA. Therefore, there is a great amount of travel to and from the HQ in the USA to China, Vietnam and Thialand. If they admit that there is a health threat there, people stop traveling, stop putting orders in. We may even stop shipments of goods coming into the country. What does that do to them financially? If they lied before about illness, they have a whole lot more incentive to do so now, it is a matter of survival for them. Yes, in addition to that, they have to be free to travel freely from there to here, so to speak. This is what bothers me most of all. China and Vietnam, might as well be the 51st and 52nd states of the USA when it comes to manufacturing. I feel we need to demand answers from our government right NOW as to what they intend to do, if this virus becomes easily spread to humans. We can not afford to wait, until it does. It is only fair to the American people and their families who live there for business purposes, for the population in general to know what the risks are and what the government intends to do. It could be YOUR neighbor, the guy or gal you sit NEXT to in church, or the PTA, or the one coughing in the grocery store, who travels once a month to the affected countries. If the American public had any idea how much travel to and from these infected countries occured everyday, they would freak out. I personally believe that is part of the reason why the should we shut down travel or quarentine is at question at all, not because they dont know if it would stop the spread, they know darn well it would stop it, or slow it down. Thats a no brainer, akin to saying, if I go into my neighbors house where they all have stomach flu and allow them to enter my house am I more likely to get sick then if I stay out of their house and keep them out of mine. It is stupid to even question that. However, if a LOT of companies stand to go belly up because, their imports are shut down, wow that effects cash flow in our country big time. Companies close, people out of work, companies even fold. Think about it. WE NEED to know, what the plan is. The government is behaving as if it can do nothing in the event of a outbreak of this dreaded disease and that is NOT true. They may not be able to stop it, but we all know that even postponing it hitting our shores for a few weeks, could make a huge difference in how well people are prepped, and raises the survival rate. Osterholm represents the government, he has made it perfectly clear that it is not if but when, therefore, they should be able to tell us, what they CAN do when it happens. One thing they CAN do is stop all foriegn travel. They shut down all air travel on 9/11 in a few hours. Maybe this is the plan, then it is only fair that those going abroad do so knowing they may never return if the circumstances were right.
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The natural reservoir of SARS-CoV has not been identified but a number of wildlife species –
the Himalayan masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), the Chinese ferret badger (Melogale
moschata), and the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) – consumed as delicacies in
southern China have shown laboratory evidence of infectionn with a related coronavirus (2,8).
 
Domestic cats living in the Amoy Gardens apartment block in Hong Kong were also found to
be infected with SARS-CoV
(9). More recently, ferrets (Mustela furo) and domestic cats (Felis
domesticus) were infected with SARS-CoV experimentally and found to efficiently transmit the
virus to previously uninfected animals housed with them (10).
 
These findings indicate that the
reservoir for this pathogen may involve a range of animal species.
 
LIKE PIGS?
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vstr - great post.  I have no doubt they'll shut down travel from any country with efficient H2H (remember Toronto), but the question is: will it be in time?  China's timeliness in reporting in a big problem. 
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I feel we need to demand answers from our government right NOW as to what they intend to do, if this virus becomes easily spread to humans. We can not afford to wait, until it does. It is only fair to the American people and their families who live there for business purposes, for the population in general to know what the risks are and what the government intends to do. It could be YOUR neighbor, the guy or gal you sit NEXT to in church, or the PTA, or the one coughing in the grocery store, who travels once a month to the affected countries. If the American public had any idea how much travel to and from these infected countries occured everyday, they would freak out. I personally believe that is part of the reason why the should we shut down travel or quarentine is at question at all, not because they dont know if it would stop the spread, they know darn well it would stop it, or slow it down.  (from vstr)
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The pigs dying in China is very bad...
 
I totally agree ...  the US Gov. needs to be upfront.  WHO is most likely leaving it up to individual nations to decide when to tell their people.
 
Now is a good time to raise the level to 4.  There must be ...some....time to prepare. 
 
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Since the middle of July 2006, an unknown pig disease has occurred in
the neighboring provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan and
Henan, and other areas. Already 40 percent of pigs have died from
infection.
As of mid-August this disease had already spread to parts
of Hubei.
 
 Conditions are relatively serious. According to reports,
the pig disease is characterized by high fever, sudden onset, rapid
transmission, and high mortality rate.
 
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This is from Manilia not China .
Caloocan steps up campaign on ‘double dead’ meat


By WILLIE L. CATAPAT
The Caloocan City government intensified yesterday its drive against the so-called "double-dead" meat which might find their way in the public markets.

Mayor Enrico Echiverri ordered an intensified documentation and inspection of hogs in the city’s slaughterhouse to prevent the possible selling of such meat which could pose hazards to the health of the people.

He added that the City Veterinary Office (CVO) is monitoring the operation of the slaughterhouse to ensure the quality of meat being sold in public markets. From September 18 to 24 alone, the CVO inspected 3,121 hogs in the slaughterhouse.

Echiverri said representatives from the veterinary office also conducted an inspection of chicken and poultry products being sold in the markets in Caloocan. The veterinary office has also been conducting free consultations for animals of "walk-in" pet owners in Caloocan.

He explained that pet owners should be aware of the proper methods on how to take good care of their animals. Meanwhile, Echiverri said the city government, through the CVO, has also been conducting an orientation campaign on the Avian Influenza Protection Program for the barangay officials for their subsequent dissemination to their constituents. The program includes the distribution of flyers, posters and other information materials on proper measures to avoid the spread of bird flu. http://www.mb.com.ph/archive_pages.php?url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/09/28/MTNN2006092875739.html

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Getting ready, I hate to contradict you, but I am almost positive I read that the federal plan for dealing with an outbreak DOES NOT include restricting air travel in any way.  The powers that be felt it is important to keep the world economies afloat during that time, and that preventing air travel would cause severe disruption to trade.
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I agree with GulfCoastMama, that there is no plan to shut down air travel. They have said over and over it would only delay a pandemic by about three weeks. Then we are on our on.
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From what I understand of the government's plan, a complete border closing would be impossible and cause severe econmic consequences.  And you're right that it would get here eventually anyway.  But the plan does include travel restrictions (see below).  If they identify where the outbreak is coming from, they'll make every effort to keep it from coming here, even if it means only delaying the inevitable.  Postponing it for a few weeks could make a big difference in vaccine production.

From the government's plan:
 
Well-coordinated international implementation of entry and exit restrictions is an important component of an effective global response to contain cases and prevent a pandemic. All countries should prepare to implement steps to limit spread, including local, regional, and national entry and exit restrictions based on veterinary and health monitoring, screening and surveillance for humans, animals, and animal products,
and information sharing and cooperation to manage borders.
The WHO leadership coordinates the international response to an outbreak of pandemic influenza, including through its Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), consistent with the revised International Health Regulations (IHRs) as adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2005 for entry into force in June 2007, which will govern the obligations of WHO member states to report public health emergencies of international concern to the WHO Secretariat and describe steps countries may take to limit international movement of travelers, conveyances, or cargo to prevent the spread of disease.
 
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This was back in 2004.....
 
 
 
August 23, 2004

Pigs test positive for bird flu

Unconfirmed report suggests fatal strain of virus has managed to infect swine.

by Helen Pilcher
news@nature.com

Excerpt-

Chinese scientists say they have discovered a lethal form of avian influenza in pigs. If the findings are verified, a human pandemic may be closer than was previously thought
 
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/06/health/main598472.shtml

Pigs Test Positive For Bird Flu

Scientists Concerned, As Pigs Have Genetic Similarities To Humans


WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2004
 
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(CBS/AP) Pigs in Vietnam have tested positive for the bird flu virus that has infected millions of poultry across Asia and killed 18 people, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday.
 
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