Mexico Counts the Cost of Bird Flu

Weekly Overview: 

13 September 2012

ANALYSIS - With no new outbreaks of H7N3 bird flu reported in Mexico for the last three weeks, the poultry industry there must be holding its breath and hoping that the crisis is over. In the last week, it has been reported that the cost of the outbreaks, which mainly affected the egg industry, has been estimated at the equivalent of around US$860 million, the lives of more than 22 million poultry that either died or had to be culled and upwards of 7,500 jobs.

H7N3 highly pathogenic avian influenza broke out in Mexico's top egg-producing state, Jalisco, in late June. Since that first outbreak, ThePoultrySite has been following developments, which have included major disruptions to the egg market in this country that is among the leading egg-consuming countries of the world. Egg prices to consumers rose on fears of tight supplies and the country was forced to import significant quantities of eggs for the first time, mainly from the US and under a quota system.

Berakhir lah kegemilangan perladangan burung walet dalam budget 2013

Tiada apa lagi yang boleh diharap daripada peruntukkan kerajaan untuk industri ini kerana budget 2013 sudah tidak mengambil kira lagi kewujudan industri burung walet di malaysia. Bagi mereka yang berharap untuk mendapat habuan daripada peruntukkan kerajaan sudah tentu berasa kecewa apabila tidak ada satu patah perkataan pun menyebut tentang burung walet yang begitu disanjung sebelum ini.
Bagi saya dan usahawan burung walet lain tidak begitu gentar dengan situasi ini kerana kami adalah usahawan tulen yang mana tidak pernah mendapat bantuan daripada pihak kerajaan untuk meneroka industri multi- million ini.

Ekspo China-Asean (CAEXPO) ke-7

NANNING (China), 25 Okt (Bernama)-- Peserta pameran Malaysia berjaya meraih jualan segera bernilai RM23.1 juta dengan RM42.6 juta lagi nilai jualan sedang dibincangkan di Ekspo China-Asean (CAEXPO) ke-7 yang berakhir Ahad lepas.

Jurucakap Perbadanan Pembangunan Perdagangan Luar Malaysia (MATRADE), Mohd Salleh memberitahu media Malaysia: "Pelaburan berpotensi bernilai RM129 juta dijangka mengalir masuk ke Malaysia sekiranya beberapa rundingan yang dibincangkan semasa ekspo lima hari itu menjadi kenyataan.

"Antara pelaburan adalah dalam sektor pertanian dan perkhidmatan penjagaan kesihatan, termasuk penubuhan kilang kenaf oleh sebuah syarikat Korea.

"Jualan segera di ekspo tersebut ialah bagi makanan dan minuman, sarang burung, bahagian-bahagian elektrik, motosikal, penapis air, perabot, pakaian, kosmetik, herba dan produk penjagaan kesihatan, barang kemas dan bahan binaan."

Tahun ini, 101 syarikat Malaysia menyertai CAEXPO ke-7, dengan kira-kira 128 gerai pameran berbanding 50 semasa ekspo sulung pada 2003.Pada CAEXPO kali ini 5 produk dari malaysia mendapat permintaan tinggi iaitu sarang burung, kopi,jus buahan, pendidikana dan francais

Kopi putih dan sarang burung Malaysia adalah daya tarikan utama di pavilion Malaysia.
Malaysia memenangi tiga anugerah di CAEXPO tersebut bagi Anugerah Penganjur Peserta Pameran Terbaik, Anugerah Galleria Jenama Terbaik dan Anugerah Penganjur Sektor Perindustrian Terbaik (Produk asas tani dan barangan makanan).



Anugerah itu disampaikan kepada Datuk Noharuddin Nordin, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) MATRADE di Mesyuarat Rasmi Kanan yang diadakan di Liyuan Country Resort, Nanning.

Terdahulu, Noharuddin menyaksikan permeteraian Memorandum Perjanjian (MOA) antara syarikat penjagaan kulit kepala Pulau Pinang, Polygon Traders Sdn Bhd dan Uf(Nanning) Biotech Pte Ltd.

Di bawah MOA itu, Uf(Nanning) Biotech, dilantik sebagai pengedar tunggal bagi produk memelihara kulit kepala "Mau Plus" Polygon di China.

Different people have different opinions of 3 entrance holes

To me more than one entrance  is good but not the one shown in the above picture. This is a bullshit design. The reason is we provide more chances to the birds to enter and fly out from our Bh. I have 2 prooves of my latest design of Bh which gives better significance to the populations of the birds. Despite the disadvantages what is important here is the birds population.

Bagi saya Lebih daripada satu lubang masuk memberi kesan yang sangat ketara keatas populasi burung walet menginap dalam Rbw. Pengalaman dalam perladangan burung walet memberi kemahiran teknikal yang berbeza kepada individu dimana susun atur lubang masuk burung adalah sangat penting bukanya bilangan lubang masuk. Sudah tentu apa perkara sekalipun mempunyai kesan negatif atau side effect tetapi mana lebih penting kadar populasi yang cepat atau asyik memikirkan sedikit kerugian,



Komen daripada otai tentang lubang masuk burung lebih daripada satu

There were 3 entrance holes in this Bh, different people have different opinions. For me, I always believe in 1 entrance hole. The reason is it would help reduce the time of adaptation and speed up bird population. Secondly, too many entrance holes would cause movement of air which is disliked by birds. It confuses the birds, especially young birds. With too many openings, it shows that the person is indecisive on the best entrance hole placement.

The External tweeters on each entrance hole will confuse the birds, especially new visitors. Often, you could see them flying in from one of the entrance holes and flying out from the others.

Lawatan ke Rbw yang kurang sambutan setelah hampir 3 tahun

Beberapa pertunjuk yang dikenalpasti menyumbangkan kepada kegagalan untuk menambah bilangan burung walet ke dalam Rbw yang telah dilawati di tempoh hari.

Lubang burung masuk ke-2 selepas void jenis L-shape kurang disukai walet kerana memerlukan kemahiran dan extra tenaga untuk melepasi halangan ini. Walaupun begitu ada yang berjaya menggunakan design jenis ini tapi hanya minoriti yang mana kejayaan itu banyak dipengaruhi oleh faktor penyokong tambahan. Anda mesti tahu faktor penyokong dahulu sebelum membina design jenis ini. 

Elemen diatas adalah faktor kritikal kepada kegagalan rumah burung yang berusia hampir 3 tahun ini. Sekiranya anda kurang pengetahuan dalam Animal science ia tidak memberi apa - apa kerisauan tentang kewujudan elemen ini.

Elemen kegagalan juga wujud pada lantai roving room

walaupun kaedah ini baik untuk menambah kelembapan dan menurunkan suhu dalam Rbw tapi ia  memberi kesan sampingan yang melampau kepada konsentrasi dan kedamaian burung walet ketika waktu rehat sama ada pada siang dan malam. keamanan dan kedamaian adalah keperluan benda hidup. Sebarang gangguan bunyi yang melampau memberi kesan buruk kepada keberkesanan suara internal dan external.

Oleh kerana Rbw ini jenis Rbw Budget maka terdapat beberapa perkara lagi yang menjadi faktor penyebab tambahan kepada kegagalan mempopulasi walet dalam masa lebih kurang 36 bulan. Saya sedaya upaya menolong owner rbw ini untuk meningkatkan populasi walet dalam masa terdekat, berdasarkan pengalaman mempopulasi Rbw budget sebelum ini..Insya Allah

1pengalaman 1Rbw

Penilaian adalah proses yang memerlukan kemahiran yang tinggi pada seseorang peminat burung walet dan ia melibatkan 3 perkara;  I. Masa ( tempoh tertentu ) II. Mengawal pemboleh ubah ( perkara2 yang boleh berubah III. Membuat keputusan ( saranan/tindakan susulan ). 
I. Masa -  tempoh masa untuk membuat penilaian bergantung kepada pengalaman anda, 1 minggu, 1bulan, 6 bulan atau 1 tahun?.
II. Mengawal pemboleh ubah -  terdapat banyak perkara  boleh berubah yang mempengaruhi penilaian sebelum dan semasa  membuat penilaian contoh Predator, waktu perayaan, suhu, musim, bilangan kenderaan dan banyak lagi.
III. Membuat keputusan - Apakah harus anda lakukan setelah membuat penilaian, iaitu tunggu dan lihat, menambah tempoh tunggu dan lihat, terus membuat sesuatu yang di fikirkan perlu atau do nothing .
Bagi menjadi penilaian rumah burung walet yang baik, seseorang itu mesti mempunyai asas sains haiwan ,kemahiran teknikal dan pengalaman dalam bidang perladangan burung walet.

Satu pengalaman, 1RBW

Langkah susulan kepada inference ialah Tindakan dimana kemahiran ini jarang dimiliki oleh kebanyakan  "peminat burung walet " mereka hanya pandai bercerita di kedai kopi atau disebelah rbw atau ditempat kenduri atau dimana saja yang berakhir dengan  kebuntuan bagi proses menambah baik atau membaiki kelemahan yang terdapat pada sesebuah  rumah burung walet ( Rbw ).  Perlu dingat, golongan ini hanya "pandai cakap " semata-mata,    kerana ingin nampak OUTSTANDING dalam perladangan burung walet sebenarnya mereka ini adalah golongan " Habuk pun Tarak".
Bagi menghasilkan Tindakan yang betul atau hampir2 betul  seseorang itu mestilah mendampingi mereka yang berpengalaman membaiki rumah burung yang bermasalah bukan berbaik- baik dengan golongan   "miskin pengalaman dan pengetahuan mungkin juga miskin harta " untuk menajam seni memikat burung walet. Pengalaman dan pengetahuan golongan yang  "lama " dalam bidang ini sangat- sangat significant untuk memecah kebuntuan kenapa burung walet sama ada tidak masuk atau tidak tidur atau tidak bertambah bilangan masuk atau tidak bersarang atau kesemua faktor yang dinyatakan tadi.
Mereka yang berpengalaman dalam bidang perladangan burung walet bukan saja memiliki segedung fakta tetapi memiliki juga segedung seni memikat burung walet yang sangat berbeza dengan satu lagi golongan yang mempunyai segedung teori atau logik akal semata- mata.
Setelah menghasilkan Tindakan, mereka yang berpengalaman juga memiliki satu lagi kemahiran iaitu...

Satu pengalaman, satu RBW

Salam. Oh banyaknya burung, hitam duk main- main kat luar Rbw  milik seorang tauke cina kata seorang lelaki separuh umur, betul- betul, saya nampak pagi semalam, mesti sudah banyak sarang celah anaknya yang baru berjina-jinak dengan perladangan burung walet. Ini adalah inference yang biasa kita dengar daripada orang awam apabila mereka berhadapan dengan pengalaman ini untuk kali pertama dan seterusnya. Hakikat sebenar Rbw yang dimaksudkan itu sudah berkali kali membuat pengubahsuaian/Revamp kerana tauke tersebut sangat tidak berpuas hati dengan prestasi kewujudan sarang burung walet iaitu 8 sarang dalam masa 24 bulan. Kemampuan membuat inference daripada pemerhatian adalah skill asas  pemilik atau consultan Rbw untuk terus hebat atau competitive dalam seni memikat  burung supaya  burung walet MASUK, TIDUR , BERSARANG dan BERKEMBANG BIAK. Perkara yang kedua  sebagai susulan daripada inference ialah TINDAKAN yang jarang.........

New bird flu strain develops in Vietnam

Xinhua | 2012-9-10 19:31:32 By Agencies

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A new bird flu strain is developing unexpectedly in Vietnam and causing great concern to the government and public.

According to the National Animal Health Diagnosis Center, the new strain of bird flu virus, which is suspected to have higher risk of causing human death than previously known ones, appeared in July and widely spread in August in Vietnam's seven central and northern provinces.

Hoang Van Nam, head of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)'s Animal Health Department, said that this virus, thought to belong to H5N1 - Clade 2.3.2.1, is different from the two strains of A and B that appeared in Vietnam in 2011, due to its higher pathogenic risk.

According to the department, as of Sept.6, the new virus strain has attacked seven central and northern cities and provinces, including Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Bac Can and Quang Ngai, and over 180,000 infected poultry have been culled so far this year.

Apart from the newly-found strain of the virus, the bird flu has developed unexpectedly in the country so far this year. Normally, avian influenza appears shortly before or after the traditional lunar Tet holidays (which often falls in late January and early February). However, it has appeared since July this year and fast spread without warning. In the Central Highlands Dak Lak province, about 30 influenza epidemic spots were found in only one day.

According to local experts, the epidemic would become more complicated once it reaches its peak in the coming months.

MARD has instructed the department to strictly supervise the import of poultry, especially breeding chicks, which are believed to make the suspected new strain virus to spread faster.

MARD also ordered the veterinary sector to soon report the preventive possibility of the currently-used vaccine against the new strain virus, as well as encouraged relevant agencies to use domestically-produced vaccine so as to take the initiative in preventing the epidemic.

Meanwhile, according to the Central Epidemic Prevention Institute, since August last year the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned the change of the virus A/H5N1

Clade 2.3.2 in many Asian countries, including Vietnam, and that change is usual during the natural evolution of the virus.

This is a small change of the virus that creates a new strain, not yet a new virus. However, close supervision of the virus which is spreading among poultry should be taken so as to discover its change and set forth an appropriate strategy to fight the epidemic and protect human health, the Institute Director Nguyen Tran Hien told local media late last week.

Through strict supervision on human flu infected cases, we found nothing unusual. The most concern is that the virus A/H5N1 is spreading among poultry, and it can continue to have small changes, re-arrange the gene, and reunite with virus circulated among animals and human beings to become a new highly-toxic strain and transmittable to human beings, Hien said.

He also suggested the veterinary sector closely cooperate with the health service to enhance supervision on the avian flu among poultry and human beings as well as apply preventive measures so as to prevent the spreading of the disease among poultry and from poultry to human beings.

As of Sept.6, four cases of A/H5N1 infection had been recorded with two deaths in Vietnam, but the new strain of bird flu virus has not yet been found in humans, reported MARD.

Protokol export sarang burung walet Indonesia

Pasal 2
Sarang burung walet yang dapat diekspor ke
Republik Rakyat China hanya sarang burung
walet yang termasuk dalam Pos Tarif/HS
ex. 0410.00.10.00.
Sarang burung walet sebagaimana dimaksud pada
ayat (1) harus memenuhi persyaratan:
telah memenuhi proses seleksi, pencucian,
pembersihan dari kotoran, pemanasan sama atau
lebih dari 7O'C (tduh puluh derajat celcius)
dalam waktu sekurang-kurangnya 3,5 (tiga koma
lima) detik; dan
dibungkus dalam kemasan dan dicantumkan
label yang memuat informasi dalam bahasa
Indonesia, bahasa inggris, dan bahasa China
sekurang-kurangnya mengenai nama dan berat
produk, nomor registrasi dan nama produsen
peternak walet, nama, alamat, nomor registrasi
produsen, persyaratan penyimpanan, tanggal
produksi, nomor kontrol veteriner (NKV) dan
informasi terkait lainnya.

Syarat export sarang burung walet indonesia mudah saja, perlu pasteur iatu memanas sarang yang telah diproses pada suhu 70'C keatas selama 3.5 minit untuk membunuh bakteria. Proses pasteurization adalah sama bagi penghasilan susu kotak UHT yang mana dapat membunuh bakteria batuk kering/tuberkolosis.

Breeding biology of swiftlet in Penang Malaysia

A colony of the Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus nesting in a Chinese shophouse in Penang, Peninsular Malaysia, was studied for seven months. Birds bred throughout, but laying was concentrated in the period October to February ( Keadaan sama seperti di pantai timur malaysia, kelantan, terengganu,Pahang dan juga utara malaysia ). Incubation and fledging periods were 23 ± 3 days and 43 + 6 days, respectively. Most young hatched during the dry season. The normal clutch size was two, with many birds laying second clutches (75%) and some third clutches (15-4%) using the same nest. Clutch size showed no variation with clutch order or month.

The overall hatching success was 69-0 %, most losses caused by eggs falling from or with the nest. Fledging success was similar for broods of two (625%) and broods of one (59-4%), so that the former were twice as productive. The main loss of chicks occurred when they fell from the nest and were eaten by mammalian predators. There was a tendency for breeding success to decline with  successive clutches, but not with month, being highest in November (53-6 %) and February (55-6 %).

Translator
1    Incubation.......  20 hingga 26 hari
2     clutches........           2 biji telor
3    fledging periods ( terbang meninggalkan sarang ).........   .            43 hingga 49 hari 
4. Kadar tetasan telor 69 peratus
5. kadar burung ulangi bertelor pada sarang sama   75%           .   kali kedua dan 15% untuk kali ke tiga.  
6 Brood ( Anak avian sehingga berbulu pelepah ) Kadar  hidup sama bagi tetasan 2 ekor atau 1 ekor

Increase in Viet Nam H5N1 Outbreaks

06 September 2012

VIET NAM - Three further outbreaks of avian influenza virus H5N1 have been reported .

The new outbreaks were reported by Dr Nam Hoang Van, Director General, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoi, Vietnam.

The outbreaks occurred in the following regions:

• Lien Loc, Hau Loc, THANH HOA
• Hoa Loc, Hau Loc, THANH HOA
• Hanh Thuan, Nghia Hanh, QUANG NGAI

In total, 153 birds showed symptoms and 53 died of a total of 2,205 susceptible birds, all described as 'village' poultry; 2,152 birds were destroyed.

Further H5N1 Outbreaks in Viet Nam

29 August 2012

VIET NAM - Three further outbreaks of avian influenza virus H5N1 have been reported to the .

The new outbreaks were reported   by Dr Nam Hoang Van, Directo
General, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Viet Nam.

The outbreaks occurred in the following regions:

• Dong Vien, Cho Don, Bac Kan
• Yen Thuong, Cho Don, Bac Kan
• Bang Lung, Cho Don, Bac Kan

In total there were 366 cases, resulting in 1867 susceptible birds. All 1867 birds were destroyed as a result.

Antibiotics Could Increase Obesity, Say Researchers

 August 2012

US - Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have made a novel discovery that could have widespread clinical implications, potentially affecting everything from nutrient metabolism to obesity in children.

Since the 1950’s, low dose antibiotics have been widely used as growth promoters in the agricultural industry. For decades, livestock growers have employed subtherapeutic antibiotic therapy (STAT), not to fight infection or disease, but to increase weight gain in cattle, swine, sheep, chickens and turkey, among other farm animals.

First author Ilseung Cho, MD, MS, and colleagues set out to reveal how antibiotics were acting on the body to create this effect, hypothesizing that low doses of the drugs may alter the composition and function of the bacteria in the gut. The resulting study, appearing August 22 online ahead of print in Nature, confirmed their theory about the gut microbiome, the term used to refer to the community of bacteria that lives in the stomach, and raises new questions about how manipulating it can impact metabolism and disease in the body. 

The researchers administered STAT to normal mice and observed that the mice receiving antibiotics developed increased fat mass and percent body fat. After about six weeks, the mice that received antibiotics had gained about 10 to 15 per cent more fat mass than the mice that did not receive antibiotics. The researchers also noted that bone density was significantly increased in STAT mice early in development and that particular hormones related to metabolism were affected by antibiotic exposure, as well. 

Ventilation Reduces Environmental Impact

DENMARK - A new smart ventilation system helps Danish livestock producers to overcome some of the environmental challenges that the industry faces. Scientists from Aarhus University are involved in the development of the system devised by MT Højgaard Agri.

Unpleasant odours, ammonia emissions from livestock buildings and a high energy consumption pose significant environmental challenges for agriculture. In a new research project, scientists from Aarhus University are going to help develop a ventilation system which forms part of a new livestock housing concept designed by MT Højgaard Agri. The ventilation system reduces the environmental impact of livestock buildings by, among other things, reducing ammonia and odour emissions and lowering energy consumption.

"Emissions of CO2, ammonia, odour and dust are a permanent problem for the environment, for animal welfare and for the people working in the buildings. And this at the same time as agriculture is experiencing increasing demands for reductions in odour and ammonia emissions," says industrial post-doc Li Rong.

In addition to being a source of ammonia and odour, livestock buildings are also large consumers of energy, and 60 per cent of energy consumption in animal houses can be ascribed to ventilation and heating. The high energy consumption is detrimental both to the environment and to the farmer's economy.

Hong Kong Introduces New Bird Flu Vaccine

 August 2012

HONG KONG - Secretary for Food & Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, says a new poultry vaccine, Re-6, which is more effective in preventing avian flu H5N1 than the existing one, will be introduced to local chicken farms.

Dr Ko inspected a chicken farm in Yuen Long, the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market, and the Hospital Authority Infectious Disease Centre last week.

Briefing the media, he said the vaccine has been introduced on the Mainland and successfully registered in Hong Kong. The Government will communicate with Mainland authorities to learn more about the use of the new vaccine, and discuss arrangements for supplying it to Hong Kong. 

He hopes to introduce the new vaccine for use in local chicken farms before the end of this year. 

Chair of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, Prof Yuen Kwok-yung said the control of avian H5N1 relies on infection control in poultry. 

“Because the transmission of H5N1 is largely poultry to human transmission, the efficiency of human to human transmission is very low.”