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Posted: November 09 2016 at 12:22pm |
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/11/h5n8-spreads-wild-birds-germany-austria
Earlier Hungary and Poland, november 8 Germany and austria report H5N8 in (wild)birds. Proberbly also some wild birds in the Netherlands did die from H5N8. (see also https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565480/poa-ai-europe.pdf and ********nl/2016/11/defra-avian-h5-h7-in-europe.html (also mentions the Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza version of H7N9 in Europe ))
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGfgiX-Vpk4 further H5N8 cases being found at several places in Europe. In 2014 in South Korean dogs (11 times at least) also became infected. ********nl/2014/03/korea-finds-more-dogs-with-h5n8.html
In Germany-Sleswig Holstein the virus showed up in a farm that was believed to be isolated from the outside world (and wild birds). In Germany several cases are now reported. Also in the Netherlands at several places dead wild birds were infected with H5N8. (Earlier reports come from India, Austria, Poland etc. widespread. As far as I know the chances of a direct infection from birds to humans is small, but indirect-via dogs, cats, (wild)pigs eating infected birds or their droppings (in water) can be a risk. ) In Algeria the H7N1-virus is found in wild birds at several spots. http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=21502 http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Diseaseinformation/WI/index/newlang/en and http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/11/flu-scan-nov-11-2016 H5N6 in South Korea. http://www.promedmail.org/ Another risk can be co-infection (in humans or other animals) H1N1/H3N2 and H5N8 may result in a more dangerous virus. (I do not know if a co-infection of H3N2 or H1N1 with H5N8 could create some sort of H1N8/H3N8 virus in humans/animals ?see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza) |
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H5N8 avian flu outbreak expands to EgyptFiled Under: | Nov 30, 2016 coot-ekaterina_chernetsova_papchinskaya.jpgEkaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) / Flickr cc Egyptian officials report H5N8 in two dead coots. Egypt today reported its first highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza detection, making it the third country in the Middle East to report the new H5 clade, which has also spread to several European countries after it was first identified in Russian migratory birds in June. Meanwhile, in new developments with H5N6—the highly pathogenic strain that has turned up in two more Asian countries for the first time—Japan reported a third suspected outbreak and South Korean health officials weighed in on the threat to humans. Egypt finds H5N8 in waterfowlIn a report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Egypt's agriculture ministry said two common coots found dead in Damietta governorate on Nov 24 tested positive for H5N8. So far the source of the virus hasn't been determined, and authorities have ordered enhanced surveillance in and around the zone where the birds were found. Earlier this month, Israel reported an H5N8 outbreak at a large poultry farm, and about a week later Iran reported two H5N8 outbreaks in commercial layer farms. H5N8 suspected in Ukrainian outbreakThe Ukraine government today reported a highly pathogenic H5 outbreak in backyard birds in a village in Kherson province, located in the southern part of the country on the Black Sea coast, according to another OIE report. Clinical signs in the flock were noted on Nov 14, and the farmer notified veterinary authorities about an increase in village bird deaths 2 weeks later. Of 2,500 susceptible birds, the virus killed 410. Culling operations are under way. Test results today on samples from dead birds revealed highly pathogenic H5, but so far tests have not revealed the N type, so for now, it's not clear if the Ukrainian outbreak is part of the wider European outbreaks, which so far have affected 13 countries in the region. Elsewhere, German veterinary officials today said in a third OIE report that H5N8 struck another location in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state in the northern part of the country. The outbreak began on Nov 28, at a farm housing hens, geese, and ducks. The virus killed 124 of 329 susceptible birds, and the remaining ones were culled to stem the spread of the disease. H5N6 developments in Japan, South KoreaJapan's government, meanwhile, reported a third suspected H5N6 outbreak, which would be the second from Niigata prefecture, located in the northwestern part of the country, according to a government statement translated and posted by Avian Flu Diary (AFD), an infectious disease news blog. The new outbreak involves a farm housing 230,000 birds. A few days ago animal health officials in Japan announced two outbreaks, one in Niigata and the other in Aomori prefecture, north of there. Yesterday they announced that samples were positive for a highly pathogenic H5 strain, but so far the N type hasn't been identified. Earlier this month H5N6 was confirmed in black swans and in environmental samples in Japan. In South Korea, which has confirmed H5N6 in farms in at least three provinces, agriculture and health officials have weighed in on investigations and the potential threat to humans, according to notes posted from an agriculture avian flu committee meeting and a statement from the country's Center for Disease Control (CDC), translated and posted by AFD. The avian flu committee, which met yesterday, said the virus was likely carried from China by migratory birds. South Korean scientists recently said the H5N6 virus appears to be a reassortant containing different internal genes than earlier strains isolated in China. The committee experts noted that the outbreaks in South Korea have been marked by rapid development of clinical symptoms in both ducks and chickens. Meanwhile, South Korea's CDC said today that an early genetic analysis hasn't found any red flags about an increased risk to mammals, adding that the risk to humans is very low. Officials noted that animal experiments are under way to gauge the pathogenicity and potential risk to humans and that South Korea's CDC has established a human infection response team. H5N6, a reassortant between H5N1 and H6N6, has been reported in birds in a handful of Asian countries since 2014, but so far human cases have been reported only in China, where the virus has so far sickened 16 people, 10 of them fatally. See also: |
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Serbia confirms first case of H5N8 bird fluSerbia reported its first case of bird flu on Tuesday, saying that six swans found dead in northern Serbia were infected with the H5N8 bird flu strain. Cases of bird flu have been found in a number of countries across Europe in recent weeks, including in neighboring Romania. The Serbian agriculture ministry issued a recommendation to all farmers to keep their chicken indoors, and said it would step up supervision of farms. Agriculture accounts for around 10 percent of Serbia's economic output. Last month, neighboring Croatia said that 10 dead swans had been found infected with bird flu in the east of the country. |
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All of France put on ‘high risk’ restrictions over bird fluLatest update : 2016-12-06 France widened “high risk” restrictions to the entire country after the detection of several cases of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu strain in farms in southwest France and in wild ducks in northern France, the farm ministry said Tuesday.The decision was also motivated by the “rapid change in the ... situation in France and in several European countries”, the statement said. The outbreak was detected Thursday on a duck farm in the southwestern Tarn region, the heart of the lucrative, though controversial, foie gras indudutry It came just as a ban on exports outside Europe was about to be lifted in time for the crucial holiday period. Exports outside the European Union had been suspended after an outbreak a year ago, and producers were waiting for the green light – which had been set for Saturday – to resume shipments just in time for the Christmas holidays, when the delicacy is especially popular. Producers must now wait another three months for exports to resume, as long as no further cases are discovered. Protection zone The ministry, which said migratory birds were the likely source of the outbreak, announced later on Tuesday a number of confirmed or suspected cases of bird flu in the southwestern regions of Gers, Hautes-Pyrenees and Lot-et-Garonne – where ducks from the supplier of the Tarn farm had been transported – leading to around 7,000 further birds being culled. A further 4,500 had died from illness. A protection zone has been declared within a three-kilometre radius of the Tarn farm, as well as a 10-kilometre surveillance zone. French poultry farmers have been told to keep their flocks indoors or apply safety nets preventing contact with wild birds. Those who may not use confinement or safety nets because of animal welfare or quality requirements can ask to be exempted if they can prove sufficient biosecurity measures. The H5N8 variant of bird flu, which also hit duck farmers in the Netherlands last month, is highly infectious for poultry but poses little danger to humans. The H5N1 strain, however, has killed more than 420 people, mainly in south-east Asia, since first appearing in 2003. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, REUTERS) Date created : 2016-12-06 |
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British farmers told to keep birds indoors.
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this could get nasty.......
the world needs a clear out ..lol
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