Nepal: Bird flue scare puts poultry hub on high alert
The district- the hub of poultry industry in the country – in on high alert to prevent the outbreak of bird flu. A meeting, attended by the representative of the District Administration Offi ce (DAO) and District Livestock Services Office, held here today decided to ensure preventive measures to save the grosing industry from the looming crisis at hand.
Representatives of security agencies, poultry farmers, entrepreneurs, experts and other stakeholders took part in the meeting, which was chaired by CDO Ratna Raj Pandey.
It was decided to enforce quarantine, by managing sale and distribution of poultry products and feed. The government was urged to launch a nationwide campaign on the consumption of poultry products in light of the bird fle scare. Talks revolved around making the district based National Bird Disease Research Office and livestock services office more techncally competent so that the surveillance can be carried on a regular basis. Chitwan contributes to more than 50 per cent of the poultry industry in Nepal.
Compensation row disrupts culling operation
Jpaha: Culling began within a radius of three km in Mechinagar. Municipality -10 from Sunday. According to assistant Cdo Laxman Hamal, 1,472 chickens and four ducks were culled on the first day by 10 Rapid Response Teams.
Earlier, the poultry farmers disrupted the culling operation for five hours protesting insufficient amount of compensation. Public resentment is growing at the lack of preventivive measures even though the outbreak of bird flu was confirmed on Friday. The government has fixed the following compensation rates: Rs 500 for a locak chicken, Rs 250 for broiler, Rs 100 for backyard ones and 50 paisa for an egg. However, the aggrieved farmers are demanding Rs400 for a chicken, Rs 20, for a kg of poultry feed and Rs 4 for an egg.
China confirms second bird flu death this year
Two tests on the woman were positive for H5N1 avian influenza, said the ministry, which did not say how she might have contracted the virus.
On Saturday, the World Health Organization said a 2-year-old girl in northern China had tested positive for bird flu -- now the country's third confirmed case of the virus this month.
The girl fell ill on January 7 in central Hunan province and was taken to her home province of Shanxi in northern China, the state-run news agency Xinhua said. The report did not say how she became infected.
Since the end of 2003, the H5N1 virus has infected numerous species of birds in more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. It has not been found in birds in North or South America or the Caribbean, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Human-to-human transmission of avian flu is rare, but in some cases the virus has passed from poultry to humans. It has killed more than 200 people since 2003.
China reported its first human-to-human infection case in 2005. So far, 30 cases have been confirmed. Twenty of them have been fatal, according to Xinhua.
On Friday, China announced it was setting up a nationwide network to test for the virus.
A 27-year-old woman from eastern China has died of bird flu, Chinese authorities said, making her the second person to die this year from the deadly virus.
The woman fell ill on January 5 in Shandong province on the country's east coast and died on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
Two tests on the woman were positive for H5N1 avian influenza, said the ministry, which did not say how she might have contracted the virus.
On Saturday, the World Health Organization said a 2-year-old girl in northern China had tested positive for bird flu -- now the country's third confirmed case of the virus this month.
The girl fell ill on January 7 in central Hunan province and was taken to her home province of Shanxi in northern China, the state-run news agency Xinhua said. The report did not say how she became infected.
On January 5, a 19-year-old Beijing woman died of bird flu after handling poultry, officials said.
Xinhua said the woman bought nine ducks at a market in Beijing's neighboring Hebei province and cleaned their organs before falling ill.
Since the end of 2003, the H5N1 virus has infected numerous species of birds in more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. It has not been found in birds in North or South America or the Caribbean, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Human-to-human transmission of avian flu is rare, but in some cases the virus has passed from poultry to humans. It has killed more than 200 people since 2003.
China reported its first human-to-human infection case in 2005. So far, 30 cases have been confirmed. Twenty of them have been fatal, according to Xinhua.
On Friday, China announced it was setting up a nationwide network to test for the virus.
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