No Bird Flu in Guangdong, Say Authorities

CHINA - Sources with the provincial department of agriculture said only one test sample collected from a duck in Jiangnan bazaar of meats and vegetables was suspected of being positive for the deadly H5 bird flu virus.

The samples were sent to the State's laboratory for further examination, according to a press release from Guangdong provincial department of agriculture.

"More than 40 samples collected from poultry in local meat and vegetable bazaars have been examined since the beginning of the month, and all the samples were negative," said the press release.

The Guangdong provincial department of agriculture has also issued a notice to relevant cities and departments, asking them to expand examination and stress sterilization work on local live poultry booths and bazaars to prevent the outbreak of bird flu in the province, which borders the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.

The notice was issued after a 2-year-old boy who had visited a poultry bazaar in Guangzhou's Haizhu district tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Hong Kong earlier this month.

The boy is still in hospital in Hong Kong, but all 22 contacts he had were examined and found to be negative for the H5N1 virus, according to sources with Guangdong provincial department of health.

In another development, He Jianfeng, director of Guangdong Provincial Institute of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, said Guangdong is now experiencing a high incidence of flu. 
"The spread of flu has entered into the peak period in Guangdong, with many outbreaks having been reported in schools and kindergartens in previous months," Mr Jianfeng told local media.

And 92.2 per cent of the flu is type A, caused by H3N2 virus, while 7.8 per cent is type B, said Mr Jianfeng.

He predicted that the number of flu patients will continue to grow in the province in the coming months, reaching a peak in July.

And the cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan and Zhanjiang have been hardest hit, he said.

Guangdong has been on the warning list for flu, meaning that flu patients have made up more than 5 per cent of the province's total number of outpatients since March, he added.

Mr Jianfeng urged experts and doctors from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to expand co-operation in preventing and curing the disease.

Luo Xuequn, a professor from the Paediatrics Department of Zhongshan No 1 Hospital affiliated to Sun Yatsen University, said the number of children coming to his hospital because of flu has doubled in the past two months.

"Paediatricians are seeing more than 500 children a day," he said.

Zhong Shijie, a doctor from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicines, said the number of flu patients in his hospital has grown by 20 to 30 per cent since May.

"The hospital now has to cope with more than 3,000 flu patients a day, accounting for more than 15 per cent of outpatients," Dr Shijie said.

He added that the hospital has opened a special clinic to treat flu patients

Lokasi terbaik, lokasi pilihan saya

Biasanya lokasi macam ni, tidak pernah menghampakan saya, kenapa ia dikatakan lokasi terbaik, apakah ciri2 lokasi terbaik?

wonderfull!! segala gala nampak sempurna sekali

10-year-old Cambodian girl dies from bird flu: WHO

PHNOM PENH: A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday, the country's third fatality from the virulent disease this year.

The child developed a fever and shortness of breath on May 20 and died on Sunday, the WHO said in a joint statement with the Cambodian health ministry.

Hospital tests confirmed she had contracted the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.

"There is evidence of recent deaths among poultry in the village and the patient prepared sick chicken for food prior to becoming sick," the statement said.

The girl, from southwestern Kampong Speu province, is the 21st person in Cambodia to become infected with the H5N1 virus since 2003. Nineteen of those cases have been fatal.

The H5N1 strain has killed 357 people worldwide since 2003, according to WHO statistics.

Concerns about avian influenza have risen in the region with China, Vietnam and Indonesia all reporting deaths from the virus this year.

The virus typically spreads from birds to humans through direct contact, but experts fear it could mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans, with the potential to kill millions in a pandemic.

Try to read thiss!

Sorry, I'd to disagree with Summer about spending the RM1k to attend seminars of those famous sifus in return for goodies such as sounds, etc. Not all 'famous' sifus are that good.

My bhse was revamped by one of these famous blogger sifu and I was very disappointed by his lack of experience & knowledge shown by his revamp works. Some more, he got the guts to give seminars, acting like a 'sifu' to those newbies. Keep the money and go buy & read some books on swiftlet farming better..:

El Nino Risk Rising

GLOBAL - Improved moisture conditions throughout the southwestern US has lessened the possibility of drought for many farms and ranches in 2012. However, El Nino conditions may emerge over the Pacific Ocean by mid-August affecting Indian rains in some areas of the country in the second half of the June to September monsoon season.Regions of Southeast Asia and Australia are also likely to be affected by an El Nino, which was reponsible for a decade-long Australian drought, according to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.
In contrast, the opposite La Nina weather pattern, has brought flooding to Eastern Australia in the past two years.
El Nino conditions, which can parch Asia and bring cooler weather to the US, may develop this year as the Pacific Ocean warms.
El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific, the opposite of La Nina.
The El Nino phenomenon occurs every three to seven years, and strong El Ninos can lead to strong weakening of the trade winds that blow west across the Pacific, triggering drought in southeast Asia and Australia and parts of Africa.While Australia's Bureau of Meteorology seven climate models hint at a return to El Nino, the World Meteorological Organization said last week it still maintains its neutral outlook for the second half of the year.

Kesilapan yang melampau

Sebelum Anda memulakan sesuatu perkara adalah menjadi kewajipan untuk mengetahui perkara2 asas ( basic requirements ). Sekiranya keadaan berlaku seperti diatas, saya yakin banyak lagi perkara yang tidak sepatutnya dibuat dibahagian dalam bangunan tersebut memandang pada bahagian luar sudah cukup mengambarkan betapa " Sakit " bangunan itu. Anda memerlukan wang yang banyak untuk menjadi Rbw diatas  "sihat"semula dan  berfungsi seperti yang tuannya kehendaki. 

Maize growers in trouble

Farmers urge govt to buy the grain

Sohel Parvez

Maize growers fear losses due to falling prices of the grain as demand for poultry feed slumps after bird flu wiped out 25,000 farms in the last one year, farmers and traders said.

Prices of maize fell to Tk 11-13 a kg at farmers' level in May from almost Tk 20 in the same month a year ago, according to growers in maize producing districts.

"Traders are losing interest in maize. If some traders want to buy at all, they want to buy on credit, not cash," said Abul Hossain Molla, a maize grower at Damuda of Chuadanga, a major maize growing district.

Prices of maize, mostly used in poultry feed mills, may fall further as growers and traders expect higher production due to more acreage for maize farming.

Maize farming rose 24 percent to 6.99 lakh acres in the current fiscal year from 5.60 lakh acres from fiscal 2010-11, according to initial data from the Department of Agricultural Extension.

The DAE is yet to finalise its production estimate. But traders and crop extension officials expect that output will exceed 10.18 lakh tonnes, an estimate by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

"The current prices are lower than my production costs, which has increased in the last one year because of increased prices of fuel, fertiliser and labour cost," said Azizul Haque, a grower in Chuadanga.

Haque produced a kilogram of maize spending Tk 14 this year. "The government should withdraw restrictions on exports to cushion farmers against losses," he said.

Sudhir Chandra Nath, head of the agro and food security programme of BRAC, said middlemen and millers are using higher production and lower demand for maize in poultry feed mills as an opportunity to drive down prices.

"A section of millers and middlemen want to take advantage of the situation," the official, who sells maize seeds, said.

“Farmers are more interested to sell off maize fearing erosion of quality as they do not have any capacity to store.”

Md Moqbul Hossain, a maize grower in Bogra, said sold his stock at Tk 15 a kg last month and avoided losses.

He demanded the government buy maize to protect farmers against any loss.

AKM Azad, president of Maize Association of Bangladesh, a grouping of traders, said maize production this year would exceed annual demand for 12 lakh tonnes.

"The government should immediately lift all restrictions on maize exports," he said, expecting maize output will cross 15 lakh tonnes this year.

In August 2008, the caretaker government restricted maize exports by fixing a minimum export price of $600 a tonne.

Rbw pertama 80 sarang dalam 12 bulan

Rbw pertama keluarga saya  mempunyai 80 biji sarang dalam tempoh 12 bulan. Tidak ada yang hebat tentang Rbw ini, cuma kondisi dalaman cukup mantap yang lain- lain adalah biasa biasa saja, hanya suara luar berfungsi untuk suara dalam dan luar. Tiada sebarang aroma dan sarang palsu malah roving room hanya bersaiz playwood 8x8 sahaja tetapi ia dapat bersaing dengan Rbw berharga 0.35 juta yang jauh lebih hebat.

Kawasan strategik untuk membina Rbw

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Mereka adalah pembantu setiaku

Wajah2 yang setia membantu dalam urusan pembinaan Rbw selama ini

Minuman berasaskan sarang burung walet

Antara produk sarang burung yang terdapat di pasaran sekarang. Agak sukar untuk menyakinkan pelanggan kerana produk sarang burung masih baru dan harganya agak mahal berbanding dengan minuman yang sekelas dengannya.

Sayap burung walet ORI

Ini lah sayap burung walet Ori yang diambil daripada mulut kucing semasa walet terbang rendah diatas padang bola pada pukul 7.30pm semalam.
saiz 11.5 cm panjang
warna hitam kelabu bahagian atas dan agak kelabu bahagian bawah.
Apa yang berlaku pada pukul 7.30pm semalam memberi idea baru kepada wanzulswiftlet bagi menambah kecekapan dalam teknik memikat burung walet..

New Technique Used to Discover New Viruses in Poultry

18 May 2012

US - In a search to find better ways to control viral enteric diseases in birds, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have unearthed a treasure trove of previously known and unknown viruses in poultry by using a powerful new molecular tool called metagenomics.

ARS researchers 


have discovered 


a new virus 


called "phiCA82" 


in turkeys that


 potentially could


 be used as an 


alternative to 


antibiotics to 


fight multi-drug


-resistant


 pathogens in


 poultry.

Each year, disorders like poult enteritis mortality syndrome, poult enteritis complex, and runting-stunting syndrome cause diarrhea in turkeys and chickens, resulting in decreased weight, mortality and increased production costs. Several viruses have been associated with enteric or intestinal diseases, but no single causative agent has been found.

Unlike traditional sequencing that characterizes genes in a single organism, metagenomics detects the nucleic acid of thousands of organisms in an entire community. Using this technique, Laszlo Zsak, researcher leader of the Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research Unit at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Georgia, discovered a new virus that might have future antimicrobial applications.

ARS is the chief intramural scientific research agency of USDA.

Dr Zsak and ARS microbiologist Michael Day, also at Athens, found a short DNA sequence of the newly discovered virus and designed a technique to sequence its entire genome. The virus, called "phiCA82," is the type of virus that naturally kills bacteria and belongs to a group known as "microphages" or phages, which can potentially be used as alternatives to antibiotics and as tools to fight multi-drug-resistant pathogens.

In the study, the scientists extracted and analyzed nucleic acid from poultry intestine samples gathered from US commercial poultry flocks infected with enteric diseases. In addition to the novel phage, common avian viruses like astrovirus, reovirus and rotavirus, and RNA viruses belonging to the Picornaviridae family were detected. However, the scientists were surprised to discover previously unknown turkey viruses like picobirnavirus, a virus implicated in enteric disease in other agricultural animals, and a calicivirus, a type of virus often associated with human enteric diseases.

In earlier studies, Drs Zsak and Day used metagenomics to identify and analyze for the first time the complete genome of a novel chicken parvovirus. They also developed a PCR-polymerase chain reaction-assay that is highly sensitive and specific in detecting viruses in birds.

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Alternatives to Antibiotics in Animal Health

11 May 2012

The history of antibiotic use in animal production and alternative strategies that work are reviewed by Sandra Avant of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in the latest issue of Agricultural Research.In the early 1940s, the first antibiotic – penicillin – was used successfully to treat bacterial infections and to save thousands of lives, including those of wounded World War II soldiers. Today, antibiotics, which target microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, and parasites, are essential for human and animal health. They continue to save lives as well as increase animal production and efficiency.Food supplements, probiotics, and phytonutrients have been shown to help fight some poultry diseases.Left to right, avian immunologist Hyun Lillehoj and visiting scientists Duk Kyung Kim and Hong Yeong Ho identify host defense genes of broiler chickens infected with protozoan parasites.In a milking parlor at Aimes, Iowa, molecular biologist John Lippolis collects milk samples for test to see whether vitamin D reduces the severity of mastitis.Salmonella is estimated to cause more than 1.3 million cases of human foodborne disease each year.E. coli causes significant economic losses to livestock industries. Photo by Eric Erbe, colorized by Christopher Pooley.Nitro and chlorate compounds may be used in the future to kill disease-causing bacteria in the gut of calves and other young livestock.Animals that have recently been weaned are particularly susceptible to bacterial infections and may benefit a lot from the nitro and chlorate treatments.However, exploration of alternative strategies to mitigate the use of antibiotics is needed in view of growing concerns about antibiotic resistance to certain strains of bacteria and increasing restrictions on their prudent use in animals. Some of the latest scientific breakthroughs and technologies, which provide new options and alternative strategies for enhancing production and improving animal health and well-being, will be presented at an international symposium, ‘Alternatives to Antibiotics: Challenges and Solutions in Animal Production’ on 25 to 28 September 2012 at the headquarters of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris, France. “A number of the new technologies have direct applications as medical interventions for human health, but the focus of the symposium is animal production, animal health, and food safety,” says Cyril Gay, national program leader for animal health with the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland. “The result of this symposium will be an assessment of new technologies for treating and preventing diseases of animals and recommendations that will advance strategies for growth promotion and health in livestock, poultry, and aquaculture.” Over the years, ARS scientists have developed and patented new technologies that could aid in reducing antibiotic use. Some of those tools have been shown to be effective in treating mastitis in cattle, controlling foodborne enteric bacterial pathogens, creating antimicrobials that kill disease-causing bacteria, and protecting poultry against parasites.

Bird’s nest export issue again and again

BEIJING: There are no more major outstanding issues for the resumption of Malaysian bird's nest exports to China, except for some technical matters that should be resolved in the coming days.

Veterinary Services Department director-general Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz Jamaluddin is now in China to settle the technical part, said Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar.

Dr Abdul Aziz would also clarify any enquiries from his counterpart in China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) on the protocol so that both parties would break the deadlock and get the ban lifted.

“The technical part of the protocol should be resolved in a week or two. Dr Abdul Aziz will not return to Malaysia until it is resolved.    WE take your words boss.........

“After that, I will present it to the Cabinet and eventually have it signed between Malaysia and China,” said Noh after meeting AQSIQ minister Zhi Shuping here yesterday.

Noh said both countries had already agreed that only bird's nest products containing permissible nitrite levels of 30 parts per million (ppm) or below could be exported to China.

China is the largest export market for Malaysian bird's nest with 100 tonnes in 2010.

The swiftlet industry has been severely hit since the Chinese authorities halted bird's nest imports from Malaysia last July, when samples taken from the so-called blood nest products contained nitrite levels that did not meet China's health standards.

Many investors borrowed money from financial institutions to build swiftlet houses in Malaysia.

Agro Bank alone had given loans worth over RM1bil to investors.

“If this issue is not settled fast, the industry will fall apart,” said Noh 

Datuk should settle this issue before PRU 13!! Dont  drag too long boss!! tak boleh tahan lagi , swiftlet farmer cannot take it anymore

N THE NAME OF RELIGION: Ex-IGP says Pas leader misleading Muslims

 KUALA LUMPUR: FORMER inspector-general of police Tan Sri Rahim Noor has labelled Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat the "father of kafir (infidels)" for misleading Muslims to believe that it is their religious duty to support Bersih 3.0.

Rahim said it was not the first time Nik Aziz had said this to confuse the people.

"Many years ago, he said Umno supporters would go to hell, and if Muslims wanted to go to heaven, they must support Pas.

"He also called Umno kafir because of its association with MCA and MIC. But look at Pas today -- it has teamed up with DAP, a political party that rejects an Islamic state," he told the New Straits Times yes terday.

Rahim said when a respected ulama such as Nik Aziz declared that it was the religious duty of Muslims to support Bersih, people would take it as wajib (compulsory) despite the government's stand that the gathering had violated the laws of peaceful assembly.

"He may be recognised and respected as an ulama because of his credentials, but he is just another political animal who wants to maintain his power in Kelantan."

Rahim said young Muslims should investigate who were the real organisers of Bersih 3.0 and not just follow blindly.

"For Muslims who understand this, they see Nik Aziz as a joker, nothing else," he said, adding that he supported the National Fatwa Council's call for Muslims who took part in the April 28 rally to repent as their actions were un-Islamic.

The council on Sunday also issued a fatwa that it was haram (forbidden) for Muslims to participate in demonstrations that had the intention of overthrowing a legitimate government and with the propensity of causing havoc.

In an immediate response, Nik Aziz said a demonstration would only become chaotic if the people were not allowed to participate.

He said the council was biased when it issued the fatwa. On his Facebook page, Nik Aziz said it had issued the fatwa with one eye closed.

"What can be more peaceful than a sit-in demonstration?" he asked.

Pas vice-president Datuk Mahfuz Omar said the party would respect the fatwa, but added that most of the participants who were at the rally came with good intentions.

"Our intention has always been good. If not, we would have brought weapons to cause chaos." Additional reporting by Nik Imran Abdullah

Read more: 'Nik Aziz is father of kafir' - General - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/nik-aziz-is-father-of-kafir-1.81706#ixzz1uWv0jMgA

Lubang Antara Lantai

Salam, Hari ini terasa ingin menulis tentang LAL kerana ada komen2 daripada blok tertentu mengatakan sangat  pentingnya Kedudukannya ( LAL ) dalam design RBW anda. Semenjak mula terlibat dalam industri ini dari 1990 hingga sekarang, berbagai bagai bentuk dan saiz  dan kedudukan LAL  telah saya jumpa dan hampir kesemuanya berjaya menjadi laluan walet ke tingkat bawah. Tidak ada salah dari segi kedudukan walaupun CONSULTANT yang "masak sepenuhnya" mengatakan lokasinya adalah sangat2 penting. Sebenarnya halangan untuk sampai ke LAL yang "salah" menyebabkan burung walet tidak berani untuk meneroka ke bawah. Kedudukan  LAL kurang  tepat menyebabkan kadar burung walet menginap di tingkat bawah agak lambat  berbanding dengan kedudukan yang tepat. Wanzulswiftlet menganggap lokasi LAL adalah perkara "kecil" bagi  design RBW dan terlalu senang untuk di uruskan jika kedudukannya kurang tepat. Rbw wanzulswiftlet yang terbaru di anggap salah kedudukan LAL dan tidak akan di huni oleh burung walet di tingkat bawah bagi pendapat "CONSULTANT YANG MASAK SEPENUHNYA" tetapi tingkat bawah mula dihuni setelah beroperasi hanya dalam masa 3 bulan.                    Pengalaman mengatasi cabaran...... wassalam

INDONESIA EKSPORT SARANG BURUNG TERUS KE CHINA

Oleh : AHMAD FUAD YAHYA

JAKARTA : Indonesia kini boleh mengeksport sarang burung walet secara langsung ke China tanpa melalui pihak ketiga iaitu Malaysia susulan permeterian protokol eksport sarang burung walet antara Indonesia-China.

"Sekarang sudah dapat dilakukan eksport langsung ke China. Ada standardisasi yang dijadikan standard bersama antara China dan Indonesia dan pada masa ini ia sedang dibahas secara teknikal," kata Menteri Pertanian Suswono.

Dengan adanya standard itu, akan berlaku ketelusan antara kedua-dua belah pihak dan ia menguntungkan Indonesia daripada segi harga jualan, katanya di laman web kementerian itu, Sabtu.

"Sebagaimana diketahui, sebelum ada kesepakatan bersama itu, belum ada pengaturan secara khusus tentang eksport sarang burung walet itu. Oleh itu, ada pihak yang memanfaatkan celah dengan mudah iaitu dengan mengeksport secara tidak sah tanpa ada jaminan mutu," kata Suswono.

Menteri itu berkata selama ini sarang burung walet dijual melalui Malaysia secara tidak sah dengan harga jauh lebih murah, sehingga merugikan secara ekonomi.

Harga sarang burung walet yang dijual ke Malaysia selama ini hanya Rp5 juta sekilogram, sedangkan harga di China mencapai Rp37 juta sekilogram.

Indonesia pada masa ini berpotensi untuk mengeluarkan sarang burung walet sehingga 400,000 tan setahun melalui penghasil dari beberapa wilayah di seluruh negara, terutamanya di Lumajang, Gresik dan beberapa daerah lain di Jawa Tengah dan Jawa Barat. (Bernama

Barn serangga semulajadi. Free maintainance

Hampir setiap hari burung walet berlegar-legar diatas pokok ara ini. Alangkah baiknya pokok ara ini berapa berhampiran dengan LMB RBWku. Barn serangga semulajadi ini, sangat berkesan menarik burung walet sedekat mungkin dengan RBW anda. wanzulswiftlet cuba menyemai kembali sebanyak mungkin anakbenih  ara merah penang ini dalam polibag. .

Bring you the biggest expo on famous brands of animal products

Bring you the biggest expo on famous brands of animal products Brand Animal Products Expo 2012 is a trade fair showcasing multi-product of Animal in China . With exhibitors displaying diverse range of products from the entire length and breadth of the country, Brand Animal Products Expo 2012 will truly be a showcase of the strengths of the entire animal products industry and also promises to be a platform for immense opportunities for buyers to meet leading and famous animal products brand enterprises under one roof which will yield profitable results and links to a diversified market, hence leading to a steady and concrete business alliance between the buyers and sellers. It is also the platform that let more and more sales channels know the operating status of animal products brands at home and abroad. CAAA promises to hold a unique fair that brings together China 's best animal products all under one roof. To fully implement the central government's overall deployment of “ Stabilize growth, expand domestic demand, promote consumption, curb inflation and improve social welfare ”, establish a public health security system and a sound animal products market based on honest business management, encourage companies to fulfill their social commitment, promote consumption security and brand construction, showcase the whole producing and processing process, guide a healthy and scientific consumption concept and promote communication between brand companies and buyers, the Second China Excellent Animal Products Brand Expo (2012) will be co-hosted by CAAA and the Marketing Committee of China Green Food Association at Nanjing International Exhibition Center from May 18 to 20, 2012, in conjunction with the tenth China Animal Husbandry Expo(CAHE). Notices about some related issues are as follows: ________________________________________________ Some major products which are going to be displayed at the Brand Animal Products Expo 2012 will include: •  Pork •  Chicken •  Ducks •  Geese and Geese Byproducts •  Beef •  Mutton •  Deer Products •  Hens Eggs •  Ducks Eggs •  Geese Eggs •  Milk •  Goat Milk •  Other Animal Products Theme: •  Showcasing Corporate Images •  Promote Excellent Brand •  Safeguard Food Security  _________________________________________________ Date: May 18th – 20th, 2012 Venue: Pavilion A1, Nanjing International Exhibition Center Fee: Standard booth (36squms at least) CNY 500/1sqm _________________________________________________ What is special of 2012 Brand Animal Products Expo? 1. Special design show of enterprises with excellent animal products brands; 2. Live experience of safely processing of animal products; 3. Onsite cooking and food taste, sales of products, culture promotion and etc.; 4. Special Purchasing Day on May 18: Distributors like Macdonald, KFC, Pizza Hut and other chain stores and supermarkets like RT-Mart, Wal-Mart, and Lotus will be present to purchase commodities; 5. Animal Products Security Day on May 19： Onsite vote for the most popular animal products brand （Vote once for each type of products）, and vote for the best organizing enterprise; _____________________________________________________________ Contact: China Animal Agriculture Association Address: 9F, A Building, Times Fortune Center, No.6 Shuguang Xili Jia, Chaoyang District, Beijing Post Code: 100028 Contact person ： Liu Dandan(13436653060) Liu Qiangde(13601097030) Tel: 010-58677700-855 Fax: 010-58677809 E-mail: liudan@caaa.cn Website: www.caaa.com.cn  Beijing Lucky Time Advertizing Co, Ltd Address: Rm602 Taifu Building, No.10 Dewai St Yi, Xicheng District, Beijing Post Code: 100120 Contact person ： Li Ping(13126729705) Shi Yunfei(13011028687) Li Ming(13801101712) Tel: 010-62012140 Fax :62063316 E-mail: ny123li@126.com

Rapid Brain Degeneration disease found.in U.S

Mad Cow Disease Found in U.S. Cow

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• Mad Cow Disease Found in U.S. Cow (ABC News)

The Department of Agriculture today confirmed a case of mad cow disease found in a dairy cow in central California.

In a press briefing today, John Clifford, the USDA's chief veterinary officer, said the cow's meat did not enter the food supply and the carcass will be destroyed.

The animal was found at a rendering facility run by Baker Commodities in Hanford, Calif. The disease was discovered when the company selected the cow for random sampling, Baker Commodities executive vice president Dennis Luckey told The Associated Press.

The Agriculture Department confirmed today that the cow is the fourth discovered in the United States to test positive for the disease, but stressed that consumers were not at risk because the animal was not bound for the food supply.

"There is really no concern for alarm here with regards to this animal," Clifford said. "Both human health and animal health are protected with regards to this issue."

Government officials were quick to reassure the public that the finding posed no threat to humans.

"The beef and dairy in the American food supply is safe and USDA remains confident in the health of U.S. cattle," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement. "The systems and safeguards in place to protect animal and human health worked as planned to identify this case quickly, and will ensure that it presents no risk to the food supply or to human health. USDA has no reason to believe that any other U.S. animals are currently affected, but we will remain vigilant and committed to the safeguards in place."

The Food and Drug Administration pledged to "work with the USDA to fully investigate the feed supply as part of the epidemiological investigation." And the USDA said in a statement that milk does not transmit mad cow disease.

This is the fourth case of mad cow disease in the U.S. cattle supply since December 2003. The first U.S. BSE case was in 2003, found in a Washington state dairy cow that had been slaughtered. The second case was found in June 2005 in a cow in Texas, and the third was found in a cow in Alabama in 2006.

The case today was discovered as part of the USDA's regular surveillance program of U.S. cattle. No other cases have been reported yet, and Dr. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, said it's unlikely that more cows will be infected.
"Mad cow occurs in animals as it does in humans -- rarely and sporadically. At this point, I would not expect there to be another cow to be found," he said.
Mad cow disease, otherwise known as variant Cruetzfeld Jakob (vCJD) disease, affects the brain and spine of an animal. Those body parts are kept out of grocery stores and restaurants and have no contact with the meat that does make its way to consumers.

While many diseases are caused by bacteria and viruses, mad cow disease is caused by a transmissible protein called a prion, according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the function of these proteins in nature is unknown, what is known is that they act on the human nervous system to cause rapid brain degeneration.

Those who have the disease tend to experience a progressive neurological or psychiatric disorder that lasts longer than six months with symptoms including dementia, seizure, unusual sensory symptoms, dizziness, or progressive unusual mood changes. The illness usually lasts 14 months, and the disease is always fatal.
As of last year, 221 cases of probable vCJD had been reported. This includes 172 in the United Kingdom, 25 in France, five in Spain, four in Ireland and three in the United States, with a smattering of cases in other countries around the world. The patients that were diagnosed in the United States were thought to have been infected while they were residing in the UK or living abroad in Saudi Arabia.

No humans have ever been reported to have been infected with mad cow disease in the United States, but fears of the disease became prominent in the 1990s when nearly 150 people in Britain died from the brain-wasting disease.