H5N1 dans un elevage industriel de dindes oies et poulets en ALLEMAGNE
Premier cas de H5N1 dans un élevage allemand*
BERLIN (AP) - Un premier cas de H5N1
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Une vingtaine de volailles contaminées ont été découvertes en début de semaine dans une ferme située près de Leipzig, où l'abattage de plus de 10.000 oies, dindes et poulets a débuté par mesure de précaution.
L'Institut allemand Friedrich-Loeffler a déterminé que les volatiles étaient bien porteurs du virus H5N1 de la maladie.
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Germany confirms 1st case of H5N1 in domestic fowl
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Authorities in the eastern German state of Saxony said on Wed 5 Apr 2006 that tests have confirmed for the 1st time the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in domestic fowl.
This is the 2nd confirmed case of H5N1 in domestic fowl in the European Union after a case in France in late February 2006.
"This is the 1st case of H5N1 in domestic fowl (in Germany), and this makes it somewhat explosive," Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs, Helma Orosz, told a news conference. "Tonight we will start to kill all the birds."
Several EU countries, including Germany, have reported cases of avian flu in wild birds, but most have so far managed to keep it out of domestic flocks.
Orosz said the farm had been exempt from a poultry lock-up, which had been in force across Germany since 17 Feb 2006 to prevent avian flu spreading from wild birds to domestic fowl.
The 1st birds had died on Sunday [2 Apr 2006] on the farm, which houses more than 16 000 turkeys, geese and chickens, officials said.
A restricted quarantine zone with a radius of 3 km (2 miles) was established, along with a larger observation area inside a 13-km radius from the location of the H5N1-infected birds.
The European Commission in Brussels said the situation will be discussed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health this afternoon in the light of the information received from the German authorities.
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Authorities in the eastern German state of Saxony said on Wed 5 Apr 2006 that tests have confirmed for the 1st time the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in domestic fowl.
This is the 2nd confirmed case of H5N1 in domestic fowl in the European Union after a case in France in late February 2006.
"This is the 1st case of H5N1 in domestic fowl (in Germany), and this makes it somewhat explosive," Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs, Helma Orosz, told a news conference. "Tonight we will start to kill all the birds."
Several EU countries, including Germany, have reported cases of avian flu in wild birds, but most have so far managed to keep it out of domestic flocks.
Orosz said the farm had been exempt from a poultry lock-up, which had been in force across Germany since 17 Feb 2006 to prevent avian flu spreading from wild birds to domestic fowl.
The 1st birds had died on Sunday [2 Apr 2006] on the farm, which houses more than 16 000 turkeys, geese and chickens, officials said.
A restricted quarantine zone with a radius of 3 km (2 miles) was established, along with a larger observation area inside a 13-km radius from the location of the H5N1-infected birds.
The European Commission in Brussels said the situation will be discussed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health this afternoon in the light of the information received from the German authorities.
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AVIAN INFLUENZA - WORLDWIDE (78): GERMANY, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, INDIA *********************************************** A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> ****** [1] Germany (Saxony): poultry, H5N1 Date: Wed 5 Apr 2006 From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com> Source: Reuters Alertnet, 5 Apr 2006 [edited] <http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05622724.htm> Germany confirms 1st case of H5N1 in domestic fowl ----------------------------------------------- Authorities in the eastern German state of Saxony said on Wed 5 Apr 2006 that tests have confirmed for the 1st time the presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in domestic fowl. This is the 2nd confirmed case of H5N1 in domestic fowl in the European Union after a case in France in late February 2006. "This is the 1st case of H5N1 in domestic fowl (in Germany), and this makes it somewhat explosive," Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs, Helma Orosz, told a news conference. "Tonight we will start to kill all the birds." Several EU countries, including Germany, have reported cases of avian flu in wild birds, but most have so far managed to keep it out of domestic flocks. Orosz said the farm had been exempt from a poultry lock-up, which had been in force across Germany since 17 Feb 2006 to prevent avian flu spreading from wild birds to domestic fowl. The 1st birds had died on Sunday [2 Apr 2006] on the farm, which houses more than 16 000 turkeys, geese and chickens, officials said. A restricted quarantine zone with a radius of 3 km (2 miles) was established, along with a larger observation area inside a 13-km radius from the location of the H5N1-infected birds. The European Commission in Brussels said the situation will be discussed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health this afternoon in the light of the information received from the German authorities. -- ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org> [According to the website of the German Broadcasting Service, Deutche Welle-World, the Ministry for Social Affairs in Dresden said tests had confirmed that some 20 dead turkeys on a poultry farm in the district Muldentalkreis near Leipzig had tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The German daily Die Welt reports that the affected farm includes 8000 turkeys, 5000 geese and 3000 chickens. The measures taken in Europe to lock-up domestic fowl seem to have been fully justified; it will be interesting to be informed on the background that led the authorities to exempt the affected farm from this measure. It is also worthwhile mentioning that no cases of avian influenza in wild birds have been reported from Saxony (see next passage). According to the currently available information, the outbreak is in the village Raum Mutzschen/Wermsdorf [see |