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Sittwe: The recent outbreak of bird flu in Sittwe Township in western Burma's Arakan State has brought great losses for the local poultry farmers as they had to cull thousands of their birds, said one affected farmer.

Officials from the local health and municipal departments have culled thousands of chickens from the poultry farms in the area after finding a strain of the H5N1 virus, also known as the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - HPAI virus at a farm in Bumay Village in Sittwe Township on 12 January 2011.

"As my farm is near the village hit by the flu, all of my chickens have been wiped out by the officials even though they were uninfected. The farms in other nearby villages also faced the same fate and an estimated 50,000 birds from both infected and uninfected farms have been culled by the authorities," said the farmer.

Another farmer reported that most of the affected farmers are facing a loss of their livelihood as authorities have neglected to even provide loans, much less compensation, to help them recover from the loss.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/h ... 724462.htm

Bird flu strikes Bangladesh, nearly 50,000 chickens culled

Japan

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Japan-hol ... 56419.aspx

Japan holds emergency meeting on bird flu epidemic

At the gathering of senior farm officials of prefectural governments from across Japan on Saturday, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano warned, "It will deal a blow to local economies if the spread continues." "Please implement thorough guidance to ensure that every farm complies with sanitary control rules", under the law on control of infectious diseases in domestic animals, he said.

In Miyazaki Prefecture, all the roughly 90,000 broiler chickens had been killed at a poultry farm in the town of Kawaminami by Saturday afternoon, after about 6,600 other chickens at another farm in Nobeoka were culled during the morning, as the season's fourth and fifth bird flu outbreaks in the southwestern Japan prefecture were confirmed earlier in the day.

The Aichi prefectural government, meanwhile, said it has confirmed that the highly pathogenic H5 virus found on Thursday among chickens at a farm in Toyohashi was highly virulent.

The Kagoshima prefectural government said the avian flu virus detected in chickens at a farm in Izumi was the H5N1 strain that is closely related to viruses found in wild cranes wintering in the city.

Following the season's first avian flu outbreak at a Japanese poultry farm last November in Shimane Prefecture, infections have been confirmed this month at three other farms plus a meat processing center in Miyazaki Prefecture and a farm in Kagoshima Prefecture before Aichi's case, amid the spread of the H5N1 virus among wild birds.

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OITA —

The Oita prefectural government finished culling about 13,000 chickens at a poultry farm and a meat processing center on Thursday after becoming the fifth Japanese prefecture to be hit by avian influenza this winter.

Oita Prefecture confirmed Wednesday the 11th bird flu outbreak this season in the country after 38 chickens were reported dead. The southwestern prefecture borders Miyazaki Prefecture, where more than 700,000 chickens have been killed with the flu spreading to seven farms in six municipalities.

Elsewhere, Shimane, Aichi and Kagoshima prefectures have so far managed to contain infections to one farm each since the season’s first outbreak in Japan was found in Shimane last November.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/h ... 717159.htm

Bird flu outbreak hits Indonesia's Jambi

AKARTA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak has attacked Indonesia's Jambi province, triggering death of thousands of chicken in Kerinci regency, Kompas.com online news reported on Wednesday.

Secretary of Animal Husbandry Division of Kerinci regency, Igor, said that at least 4,164 chickens were killed due to the disease.

"To prevent spreading disease, Animal Husbandry Division of Kerinci regency is now working hard to supervise people and to spray disinfectant," said Igor.

Head of Animal Health Division of Kerinci regency, Ariyan, admitted that there are still many villagers who do not want to destroy their chickens.

"However, we keep supervising them," she said.

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S. Korea confirms additional outbreaks of bird flu

All 25,000 chickens and 2,000 pheasants on the properties have been culled as a precautionary measure against bird flu that has hit five provinces across the country after the first case was confirmed on Dec. 31, the ministry said.

The latest outbreaks raise the total number of bird flu cases to 40.

South Korea has been hit by avian influenza three times, with the last outbreak in April 2008.

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The ministry, meanwhile, confirmed two new bird flu outbreaks late Monday, with one case involving an egg-laying chicken farm in Sangju, North Gyeongsang, which had not been affected by the avian influenza in the past.

All 201,000 chickens at the Sangju farm have been ordered culled along with 8,300 ducks at a farm in Icheon, Gyeonggi.

Counting the new cases, the country has reported 37 outbreaks since the first was confirmed on Dec. 31. And 5.15 million birds have been culled so far.

Korea has been hit by avian influenza three times before. The last outbreak occurred in April 2008 and resulted in a record 8.46 million birds being culled at a cost of around 264 billion won. Previous outbreaks happened in the winter months of 2003-2004 and 2006-2007.

Egypt

http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsConte ... -bird.aspx

Committee meets over three-year plan to combat bird flu

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsw ... ?id=561922

Migratory Birds Trigger Bird Flu Outbreak In South Korea

SEOUL, Feb 7 (Bernama) -- Migratory wild birds are mainly responsible for the severest outbreak of avian influenza (AI) to hit South Korea, Yonhap News Agency quoted the government as saying Monday.

Seoul confirmed its first outbreaks of the virulent H5N1 strain on Dec 31 after some poultry farms reported sudden deaths of animals earlier in the month.

It has since ordered the culling of more than 5.41 million birds to stop the spread of the highly contagious disease.

An analysis of the 40 confirmed cases of bird flu in the country showed contact with wild birds was the primary cause of local AI cases, said Joo Yi-seok, head of the animal disease control bureau at the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service.

"Direct contact with infected wild birds and indirect contamination caused by people and vehicles stepping on bird droppings may have triggered 22 of the confirmed cases, with the rest involving the virus being spread inadvertently by contaminated bird feed and rice husks used in coops," the South Korean news agency quoted the official as saying.

Quarantine officials had detected highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses in wild birds since November, with the samples being almost identical to those found in migratory birds from neighbouring Mongolia and China that spend the winter in the country, Joo said.

http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=139502

Bird hunting ban extended for another month in Azerbaijan

Baku. Ilhama Isabalayeva – APA. The term of the bird hunting ban has been extended for another month in Azerbaijan, the validity of the use of hunting permissions allocated for the territorial departments of the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry has been suspended, spokesperson for the ministry Irada Ibrahimova told APA.

Following the bird flu (H5N1) reports in Turkey, Hong Kong and Georgia, there was a need to take preventive measures in Azerbaijan. Migration of wild birds from South-Eastern Asia to Azerbaijan, border with Georgia and Turkey increase the possibility of disease in the country. The ban has been extended by the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry till the end of February. The ban has been applied since December 1 and already extended once. Taking into account the hunters’ appeals, hunting of water birds and waders was declared open in the country on November 5, 2010.