New Vaccine to be 'Holy Grail' for Global Disease Control

31March 2013

UK - A new synthetic vaccination could signal a new era in vaccine development.

Scientists have developed an entirely synthetic vaccine that triggers response through minute protein shells.

According to its developers, the development is ‘the holy grail’ of vaccines as it means that treatments can be developed without relying on the growth of live infectious virus. This will help reduce diseases spreading to disease-free areas and could also alter how viruses from the same family are fought- like polio. 

These latest developments are a product of collaborative research between Professor David Stuart, University of Oxford, and Dr Bryan Charleston, Head of Livestock Viral Diseases Programme at The Pirbright Institute.  

The new methodology totally reduces the possibility of an empty shell vaccine dangerously returning to an infectious form.

“What we have achieved here is close to the holy grail of foot-and-mouth vaccines. Unlike the traditional vaccines, there is no chance that the empty shell vaccine could revert to an infectious form,” said Professor Stuart.

“This work will have a broad and enduring impact on vaccine development, and the technology should be transferable to other viruses from the same family, such as poliovirus and hand foot and mouth disease, a human virus which is currently endemic in South-East Asia,”

Professor Stuart explained that the new methodology comes from the work of Professor Ian Jones at the University of Reading.

This work was added to through use of equipment at Oxford University that allowed the team to visualise the outer protein coat of the virus a billion times smaller than a pinhead allowing atom by atom design.

Additionally, vaccine storage could become easier which will aid production and reduce costs as cold storage chains should no longer be necessary.

Nigel Gibbens, the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer said: “This vaccine is a major breakthrough that has the potential to be an invaluable new weapon in the fight to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease.”

“Once available, vaccines of this type would have clear advantages over current technology as a possible option to help control the disease should we ever have another FMD outbreak.”

Minister for Universities and Science, David Willets, congratulated staff at The Pirbright Institute and Oxford and Reading Universities, proclaiming the news as a 'great achievement'. 

The work was funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK (Defra) and the Wellcome Trust.

Lawatan ke kelulut farm di Kedah

Askum. Siri lawatan untuk mempelajari kaedah pemasaran madu kelulut di malaysia. Berdasarkan perbincangan dengan pemilik dan pengurus ladang kelulut, potensi pasaran madu kelulut amat cerah kerana persaingan masih lagi di tahap biasa- biasa. Sebernarnya Wanzulswiftlet telah lama menceburi pengeluaran madu kelulut secara kecil-kecilan sebelum ini dan sekarang cuba meningkat pengeluaran madu dengan mendapat benih/sarang kelulut terus dari hutan belantara untuk diternak secara ladang.

Madu Kelulut/ Trigona Bee Honey Untuk rawatan Bronchiolitis

kali pertama masuk wad

Akum. kali ini giliran madu kelulut satu lagi produk yang bermutu akan diuji keatas kanak- kanak yang sudah 6 bulan mengidap penyakit bronchiolitis iaitu penyempitan saluran penafasan ( Bronchus ). Penyakit ini sering menyerang kanak2 berusia 5 tahun diMalaysia. Kanak2 ini sudah 4 kali tinggal diwad dan sekarang sering mendapat selsema dan deman. Ini merupakan gejala biasa bagi pengidap penyakit Bronchiolitis. 

Kaedah rawatan ialah memberi madu kelulut 1 sudu teh 2 kali sehari selama 2 minggu hingga 1 bulan.Laporan keberkesanan akan di keluarkan selepas tarikh itu setelah disahkan oleh Pakar hospital nanti.

inilah madu kelulut yang akan digunakan untuk merawad kanak2 diatas

Kepentingan monsun terhahap kehidupan burung walet

Monsun boleh dianggap sebagai bayu laut besar-besaran, disebabkan pemanasan bermusim, diikuti hasilnya iaitu timbulnya tekanan rendah terma yang melanda daratan kebenuaan, yang disebabkan oleh amplitud kitaran musim suhu daratan yang lebih besar berbanding lautan berdekatan. Pemanasan berbezaan ini berlaku kerana haba dalam lautan bercampur secara menegak melalui "lapisan bercampur" yang mungkin sedalam 50 meter, melalui tindakan gelora janaan angin dan keapungan, sedangkan permukaan darat perlahan pengaliran habanya, dengan penembusan isyarat bermusim yang lebih kurang sedalam semeter sahaja. Tambahan pula, muatan haba tentu air cecair jauh lebuh tinggi berbanding dengan bahan-bahan yang membentuk daratan. Faktor-faktor tersebut secara bersamanya bererti bahawa muatan haba lapisan yang terlibat dalam kitaran musim adalah lebih besar di atas lautan berbanding di atas daratan, dengan hasilnya iaitu udara di atas daratan lebih cepat memanas berbanding udara di atas lautan. Udara panas di atas daratan cenderung menaik, maka terjadinya kawasan tekanan rendah. Ini menjadikan angin mantap bertiup ke arah daratan, membawa bersamanya udara yang lembap dari dekat permukaan lautan.^[7] Curahan hujan seumpamanya terjadi daripada udara lembap dari lautan yang dinaikkan oleh gunung,^[8] pemanasan permukaan,^[9] penumpuan di permukaan,^[10] capahan di langit, ataupun aliran keluar hasil ribut pada permukaan.^[11] Walaupun begitu, apabila dinaikkan, udara menyejuk kerana tekanan rendah yang mengembang, lalu menyebabkan penyejatan.

Pada musim sejuk, daratan cepat menjadi sejuk, tetapi lautan pula lebih lama menyimpan haba. Udara sejuk di atas daratan menimbulkan kawasan tekanan tinggi yang menghasilkan bayu dari daratan ke lautan.^[7] Monsun adalah ibarat bayu laut dan darat, iaitu istilah yang biasanya memaksudkan kitaran peredaran harian berhampiran kawasan pantai setempat, itupun lebih besar, lebih kuat dan bermusim.^[12]

Lebih besar, lebih kuat dan bermusim!!?

Bagi pemikat walet pantai timur ilmu tentang monsun timur laut, semestinya menjadi pegangan kuat untuk mereka. Monsun ini sangat- sangat mempengaruhi keperluan fisiologi seterusnya behavior atau kelakuan burung walet di negeri kelantan,terengganu dan pahang. Kesan monsun dapat dilihat keatas burung walet seperti penginapan dan pertambahan sarang berkurangan dan tarikan terhadap suara juga turut pudar walaupun anda menggunakan suara yang berharga jutaan ringgit atau rupial. Selain itu masa burung walet pulang ke RBW anda juga agak lewat.
Ilmu tentang monsun dan fisiologi burung walet sepatutnya di dalami oleh pemikat walet pantai timur bagi mengelak anda kagat, keliru,bengun dan panik tentang tingkahlaku burung walet pada monsun timur laut sekarang. 
selamat menimba ilmu..

China alert for BF from Combodia

CHINA - China's quarantine authority announced on Monday that it has ordered strengthened prevention against avian influenza H5N1 after the disease infected five people in Cambodia last month

A 35 yr old man died of BF in Cambodia

CAMBODIA - Cambodia reported on Tuesday that a 35-year-old man died of Avian Influenza H5N1, bringing the death toll to eight and the number of cases to nine in 2013, health officials and victim's family said Tuesday.

Chinese woman dies of bird flu

BEIJING: A woman in southwestern China died of bird flu on Wednesday, state media said, a rare case in the country of a fatality from the H5N1 virus since a major outbreak a decade ago.

The 21-year-old patient from Guiyang passed away 13 days after showing symptoms, Xinhua news agency said, citing the health ministry.

Another city resident, a 31-year-old man who developed signs of the virus around the same time, was reported over the weekend to be in critical condition.

More than 365 people have died of bird flu globally since an 2003 outbreak, the World Health Organisation said in its latest report.

It noted that China has seen one fatal case per year since 2010, down from a total of 25 from 2003 to 2009.

The H5N1 virus typically spreads from birds to humans through direct contact, but experts fear it could mutate into a form transmissible between humans.

Xinhua said neither of the Guiyang residents had come into close contact with birds and their cases appeared to be unrelated.

China is considered one of the nations most at risk from bird flu epidemics because it has the world's biggest poultry population and many chickens in rural areas are kept close to humans.

Separate outbreaks among birds were reported last year in the northern region of Ningxia and the remote northwestern region of Xinjiang, prompting massive culls of chickens.

Bird flu deaths reach five in Cambodia

February 8, 2013 2:05 pm

Phnom Penh - Five people have died from bird flu in Cambodia this year, authorities said Friday, up from three for the whole of 2012.

The fifth fatality from the H5N1 virus was a 5-year-old from Takeo province, who died in hospital on Thursday, said Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan, a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO).

A sixth victim recovered in January, he said, adding that no human cases of bird flu have been reported outside Cambodia this year.

A team from the Ministry of Health had travelled to the girl’s village to test residents and advise them on how to avoid infection,he said.

"They will take swabs and draw blood and test it for the virus soas to rule out human-to-human transmission." All human cases of H5N1 have been infected by contact with poultry, but health professionals fear the virus could combine with another or mutate and gain the ability to pass between people.

The authorities in Takeo province in south-eastern Cambodia were also checking that infected birds are not moved. Last month agriculture teams culled 4,700 chickens and ducks in Takeo after another death from the disease.

In 2011 the WHO recorded eight Cambodian deaths from bird flu, the country’s highest toll since the virus was first detected in thecountry in 2005.

The disease has killed 365 people out of 616 infected worldwide in the past decade, the WHO said.//DPA

Registration Open for Animal Science Meeting

UK - Registration is open for the Annual Meeting of the British Association of Animal Science, which will take place at in Nottingham on 16 and 17 April 2013.

'Innovation from animal science – a necessity, not an option' is the theme of this year's conference. 

Organised by BSAS, AVTRW, Animal Science Forum, RBST and WPSA (UK branch), it is the UK's premier conference on animal science, animal health and veterinary science. 

Limited resources, changing climates, the need for sustainable production systems and an ever-discerning public means feeding the world’s growing population is not an easy task. 

To tackle the challenge, global agriculture has to look beyond its traditional practices and adopt a wide range of the latest techniques and technologies available to them. 

This conference will look at how innovative approaches to using bio-technology can help the world’s food producers reach their goals. 

Covering the full range of animal and veterinary science issues, the event will give researchers, teachers, students, vets and policy-makers to the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in animal science and technology. 

Open to newcomers and those already established in animal science, the two-day conference also offers the chance to network in a friendly environment. 

BSAS Annual Meeting 2013 will take place on 16 and 17 April 2013 at the University of Nottingham's Jubilee Campus on Wollarton Road, Nottingham. 

Different states different guideline for swiftlet Farming

Bird's nest production to top RM3.5bn in 2020

• News
  

  2013-01-29 15:24

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is expected to have 63,000 swiftlet premises in 2020, producing 870 metric tonnes of bird's nest worth RM3.5 billion.

Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin said this is based on the high value and large potential for swiftlet farming in the country.

He said in 2010 alone, the production of bird's nest was around 290 metric tonnes valued at RM1.2 billion.

"The government has identified swiftlet farming as a high potential industry, and as such, accorded it priority in the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP)," he added.

He was speaking at a ceremony to officiate the opening of the Certification Seminar for good swiftlet Farm Practices Scheme (SALT) here today.

Yahya, who is also the state Agriculture and Food Industries Minister said in Sabah, the production of Edible Bird Nest (EBN) had long been practised, particularly, traditional bird's nest of high quality from caves, including Gua Guomantong and Gua Madai.

He said the export value of bird's nest contributed by Sabah was in the range of about RM13 million to RM17 million annually, with the main markets being Hong Kong and China.

He said apart from caves, the rearing of swiftlets was on the rise. "According to the Sabah Wildlife Department, in just 2009, there were 500 swiftlet premises in the state," he added.

Yahya said however, over the last two years, the market for bird's nest had fallen, following allegations that it contained nitrite which could endanger the health of consumers.

"Following enforcement to ensure zero nitrite by China, the price of bird's nest suffered a sudden fall of up to 50 per cent.

"The Malaysian government however, has discussed with its Chinese counterpart, on ensuring that the quality of bird's nest from the country met the standards set," he added.

Yahya said that for last year, 43 swiftlet premises in the state had met the SALT certification, and in 2013,, the Department of Veterinary Services and Animal Husbandry (JPHPT) had targeted 300 premises.

He expressed the hope that more plants for the processing of bird's nest would be established, making Sabah the main producer of the product of high quality, which also met the standards of importing 

Volunteers wanted for bird flu vaccine trial

Updated Fri Feb 1, 2013 10:38am 

PHOTO: Researchers are hoping to find the smallest dose of the vaccine needed for human protection in order to create a stockpile as insurance against a global bird flu pandemic.(Lateline)

MAP: Sydney 2000

Researchers in Newcastle are doing their bit to help protect the world against a potentially deadly outbreak of the bird flu virus.

Only about 600 people worldwide are known to have had the virus but it carries a mortality rate of three in five.

That has got the United States government concerned and it is funding a global vaccine project being trialled in humans.

Newcastle's Hunter Clinical Research is one of the centre that has been chosen to take part.

It is looking for volunteers to undergo human trials of an H5N1 vaccine which could be stockpiled in readiness for a global pandemic.

Principal researcher, Dr Marc Russo, says the vaccine trial is important, despite there being no imminent threat from bird flu.

"The insurance policy is that should there be a mutation in the virus, and the virus does undergo regular mutation," he said.

"If it does mutate and we get human to human transmission then we would be looking at millions of infections and potentially a very large number of deaths."

Researchers are hoping to find out the smallest dose of the vaccine needed for human protection.

They hope to have the results within two years.

Wajah- wajah burung walet

Indonesia will produce about 10 million doses of avian influenza vaccine

INDONESIA - Indonesia will produce about 10 million doses of avian influenza vaccine for ducks in February following the death of hundreds of thousands of the birds in Java island in recent months

Bird flu kills two Cambodian children, taking 2013 toll to four

January 29, 2013 11:59 am

Phnom Penh - Two children have died of bird flu in Cambodia, bringing the number of cases recorded this month to five, officials said Tuesday.

A 17-month-old girl and a 9-year-old girl died Monday after contracting H5N1 influenza, a joint statement from the World Health Organization and Cambodia’s Ministry of Health said.

The children were from villages in the southern provinces of Kampong Speu and Kampot, where recent poultry deaths had been reported, they said.

"I urge parents and guardians to keep children away from sick or dead poultry, discourage them playing in areas where poultry stay and wash their hands often," Cambodian Health Minister Mam Bunheng said.

The Ministry of Health last week confirmed three additional human infections, two of which resulted in death.

A 15-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man both died after contracting avian flu, but an 8-month-old boy survived after falling ill in Phnom Penh.

A total of 26 H5N1 infections have been recorded in Cambodia, 17 of which were in children under 14. A total of 23 people have died from complications of the virus.//DPA

Kelebihan bagi yang berhati besar

Kepada mereka yang berhati besar dan berkeinginan tinggi dalam perladangan burung walet, ini masa yang paling sesuai untuk menambah populasi walet bagi rumah yang sedia ada atau rumah yang baru di bina. Memandangkan persaingan adalah faktor utama menentukan kejayaan memikat burung walet keadaan sekarang memberi kelebihan kepada mereka yang berhati besar. Mojariti mereka yang berhati kecil telah melupakan hasrat untuk membina rumah burung baru  atau menyelenggara rumah burung sedia ada, tindakan ini memberi kesan yang sangat ketara kepada populasi burung walet menginap di dalam rumah burung walet yang diselenggara secara berkala atau yang baru dibina oleh mereka yang berhati besar.
Sepanjang penglibatan saya  dalam industri ini, masa sekaranglah lebih mudah menjana populasi walet dalam RBW baru atau lama. Ayuh kawan- kawan yang berhati besar kita tinggalkan mereka yang berhati kecil jauh kebelakang bagi mencapai kadar populasi yang tinggi dalam masa EMAS ini sebelum mereka terjaga.

Smart guano stirer untuk mereka yang berhati besar

The Citarum river is now considered one of the world’s dirtiest rivers

Back in the 1980s, the Citarum river, was a place where villagers in Karawang distrit visit to bath, wash clothes and catch fish for barbecues 

The 269 kilometres river flows through 12 districts and cities, and into the Java Sea.It supplies 80 per cent of raw water to the capital of Jakarta and generates 1,400 megawatts of electricity.

Sadly, the Citarum river is now considered one of the world’s dirtiest rivers and fish are no longer plentiful.

“Now the water is so dirty we don’t even dare touch it because we’ll get itchy skins,” said 46-year-old Sumiyati, who used to catch fishes at the river when she was younger.

  

It has become a convenient waste dump by factories and residents of the area

Will Governments Get to Grips with Antibiotic Use?

ANALYSIS - The use of antibiotics on farm has been causing concern among consumers, farmers, politicians and lobby groups for some time and it is starting to become a major crusade for some to restrict their use, writes Chris Harris.

Where it was once left to veterinary and medical groups to draw up guidelines over their use, now antibiotics and antibiotic resistance are at the centre of a heated political debate and calls for strict legislation and regulation.

The concern surrounds the liberal use of antibiotics as a blanket measure to prevent disease and in some countries the use as a growth promoter for some animals.

In the US, the campaign to restrict antibiotic use has been led by Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.

In her campaign among politicians and in the food and farming industry Congresswoman Slaughter said: "Very simply, consumers have a right to know what's in their food.

"The US is facing a growing public health crisis in the form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and information about how these companies are contributing to its rise or resolution should be available to consumers."

Flu emergency declared in New York

New York's governor has declared a public health emergency for the state over a flu epidemic ( when an infectious disease  "common disease " is spreading to the majority of the population in a certain area. There are three  Categories of infectious diseases, endemic ( a disease that repeatedly appears in small numbers of a population ),epidemic & pandemic ) that has sickened more than 19,000 people, allowing pharmacists to immunize infants and children. Governor Andrew Cuomo's move on Saturday comes as officials across the US grapple with the worst flu outbreak in several years. There have been at least 28,747 cases reported across the country so far this season, and 20 children have died from the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, the true number of cases is likely far higher as many who fall ill do not go to the doctor to get tested. In hopes of curbing the spread of the potentially lethal virus, Cuomo said it was critical to suspend, for the next 30 days, a legal limit that usually only allows New York pharmacists to administer flu vaccines to patients 18 years of age or older. "We are experiencing the worst flu season since at least 2009, and influenza activity in New York State is widespread, with cases reported in all 57 counties and all five boroughs of New York City," Cuomo said in a statement. "Therefore, I have directed my administration, the state health department and others to marshal all needed resources to address this public health emergency and remove all barriers to ensure that all New Yorkers -- children and adults alike -- have access to critically needed flu vaccines." In New York state alone, 19,128 cases have been confirmed this season, a jump from the total of 4,404 during the 2011-2012 flu season. Large-scale campaign In order to facilitate access to flu shots, the New York Health Department is also launching a large-scale campaign promoting flu immunisation through the media, dedicated websites and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Urging non-immunized New Yorkers to schedule a flu shot "immediately," Cuomo reminded them that "it is NOT too late to get a vaccination". The governor stressed that relatives and caregivers who regularly come into contact with young children or people at high risk should get a shot against the flu virus, which can spread through coughing or sneezing. The virus poses an increased risk for infants and toddlers under the age of two, people over 50, pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems or chronic medical conditions. Flu strikes every year across the United States, bringing chills, sore throats, fever, coughing and achy misery to millions. The number of annual deaths has ranged from a low of 3,000 to a high of 49,000 since 1976, according to the CDC. Most of those deaths were among people aged 65 and older.

Rumah burung walet yang competant

Bagi menjadikan rumah burung  lebih competant wanzulswiftlet mengaktif semua komponan   utama yang dimiliki selama ini bagi  mengembangbiak burung walet dalam suasana IDEAL seperti dibawah :
1.  Smart irrigation system
2.  Smart guano stirer
3.  Smart lighting system
4.  World class sound system
5.  Multiple accessories
6.  Smart management... and one more, Swiftlet Lab.

SGS basic for smart swiftlet farmer

Which step is the most important for you???

WHO Reports 32 Cases of H5N1 in Humans This Year

31 dis 2012

GLOBAL - According to WHO, there have 

been 32 cases of H5N1 flu in humans so

 far this year, 20 of whom have died.

According to the latest figures

, published by WHO on 17 December, most

 of the victims were in Egypt (11

 cases; five deaths) but there were

 also nine cases in Indonesia, four in 


Viet Nam, three in Bangladesh and 

Cambodia and two in China.

Last year, 2011, there were 62 cases,

 of whom 34 died.

Since the emergence of H5N1 influenza

 in 2003, 610 people are reported to

 have become infected, 360 of whom have

 died.

Smart Irrigation system

Satu lagi inovasi yang dihasilkan oleh wanzulswiftlet untuk mengekalkan kelembapan dalam rbw dengan kos penyelenggaraan yang sangat rendah tapi sangat berkesan bagi menyediakan kelembapan ideal untuk rumah burung walet anda. Setelah semua komponen  diaktif ia akan menyediakan sistem pengairan yang berkesan bagi rumah burung walet untuk mengekalkan kelembapan terutama pada musim panas.Ikutilah perkembangan inovasi wanzulswiftlet untuk lebih competant dalam cabaran memikat burung walet terkini

World class swiftlet Sound system

Pelatih muda

Pakar/experter swiftlet sound system




wanzulswiftlet kini memiliki seorang pakar dalam pembikinan sistem suara dalam rumah burung walet. Kemahiran tinggi dalam menyediakan sistem suara burung walet adalah sangat penting untuk mempercepatkan burung walet menginap didalam RBW anda. hubungi wanzul swiftlet

Smart guano stirer ( SGS basic )

Salam and good day, Tahun 2012 adalah tahun yang penuh cabaran yang perlu diharungi oleh ol wanzulswiftlet dan mungkin juga para pemikat walet di luar sana. semasa mengharungi cabaran sudah tentu wujud peluang yang hebat bagi menyelesaikan masalah yang berkaitan dengan teknik memikat burung walet. Hari ini secara rasmi wanzulswiftlet melancarkan Smart Guano Stirer ( SGS Basic ) kepada mereka yang berminat untuk memiliki SGS bagi menghasilkan bauan guano asli mengikut kehendak pemilik. Anda tidak perlu lagi bersusah payah mengacau tahi burung walet, biarkan SGS berkerja untuk anda mengikut citarasa tersendiri.
Sepanjang menggunakan teknik mengacau secara manual, ia pun sudah memberi kesan yang hebat kepada populasi burung walet menginap dan sangat sangat berbaloi apabila beralih kepada SGS bagi menghasilkan bauan guano asli.

Good day All bird lovers
You don't have to take stir birds waste/ faeces, just leave SGS to do the job for you as you please/wish. throughout this stiring process manually ia will give u positive result to the birds population, its really worth your money compare to the amount u spent

      
For those interested to have SGS basic or Guano stirer or need more detail information please  call 013 4419070 - Wan Zul 

Kesan negatif kepada burung walet baru

Bulu pelepah dan sampah sarap di dalam rumah burung walet, menghasilkan fenomena penolakan kepada burung walet itu sendiri kerana aroma yang terhasil memberi matlumat yang tidak baik kepada deria bau burung walet, seterusnya ia hanya datang untuk membuat lawatan saja tanpa ada NAFSU untuk menginap di RBW anda.

Avian Flu H7 Outbreak in Australia

AUSTRALIA - An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the H7 subtype has been confirmed in a free-range egg flock in New South Wales.

The outbreak was reported to the OIE by Dr Mark Schipp, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, Australia.

The outbreak occurred in Maitland, New South Wales.

Five thousand hens of the 50,000-bird flock have died.

The affected birds are free range layer hens. The property has several dams that attract wild ducks.

A restricted area of 3km diameter, surrounded by 7km diameter control area has been established around the property, which is under quarantine restriction.

Tracing is underway. Depopulation has commenced. The N type has not yet been determined.

The last outbreak of HPAI in Australia was in November 1997.

Researchers Uncover Data to Help Fight Avian Flu

SPAIN - A team of researchers from the National Research Council (CSIC) has determined the structure of the complex molecular machine that the influenza virus uses to replicate and express their genetic material.

The results, which are published in Science Express, the online edition of the journalScience, opens the way to unravel some of the crucial steps in the life cycle of these viruses that infect birds endemic also to humans and other mammals.

Researchers have revealed ribonucleoproteins organisation, protein complexes formed by each RNA (ribonucleic acid) associated with the viral polymerase and nucleoprotein, multiple copies of which bind to RNA like beads on a necklace.

"This complex structure actually functions as a molecular machine capable of transcribing the genetic message of self-replication of the virus and the infected cell in order to generate new progeny virus to infect other cells," explains Juan Ortin, CSIC researcher at the National Center for Biotechnology.

Smart guano stirer ( SGS basic )

Salam and good day, Tahun 2012 adalah tahun yang penuh cabaran yang perlu diharungi oleh ol wanzulswiftlet dan mungkin juga para pemikat walet di luar sana. semasa mengharungi cabaran sudah tentu wujud peluang yang hebat bagi menyelesaikan masalah yang berkaitan dengan teknik memikat burung walet. Hari ini secara rasmi wanzulswiftlet melancarkan Smart Guano Stirer ( SGS Basic ) kepada mereka yang berminat untuk memiliki SGS bagi menghasilkan bauan guano asli mengikut kehendak pemilik. Anda tidak perlu lagi bersusah payah mengacau tahi burung walet, biarkan SGS berkerja untuk anda mengikut citarasa tersendiri.
Sepanjang menggunakan teknik mengacau secara manual, ia pun sudah memberi kesan yang hebat kepada populasi burung walet menginap dan sangat sangat berbaloi apabila beralih kepada SGS bagi menghasilkan bauan guano asli.

Good day All bird lovers
You don't have to take stir birds waste/ faeces, just leave SGS to do the job for you as you please/wish. throughout this stiring process manually ia will give u positive result to the birds population, its really worth your money compare to the amount u spent

      
For those interested to have SGS basic or Guano stirer or need more significant information please give me a call 013 4419070 

Newcastle Disease Outbreak in Israel

ISRAEL - An outbreak of Newcastle disease has been reported to world by Dr Nadav Galon, Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Bet Dagan.

The outbreak occurred on the 6 November at a farm in Sede Terumot, Yizreel, Hazafon.

Of the 25,600 birds susceptible, all were slaughtered. The exact number of cases is unknown, as is the source of the outbreak.

Another EU/US Trade War Looming?

ANALYSIS - The first signs are emerging of an impeding trade war between the EU and the US over the use of the growth promoter, ractopamine, which is used in turkeys and other livestock. With low stocks, a poor maize harvest this year look likely to lead to shortages until the next harvest. An outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu has hit a farm in southern India and a village poultry flock in Bhutan.

The EU and US could be heading for another trade war, similar to the one it had over the use of growth hormones in beef cattle but this time, the row is brewing over the use of ractopamine - a beta-agonist - as a feed supplement, which is used for boosting growth and increasing leanness in pigs, cattle and turkeys. 

The latest turn of events in this saga came last week, when the Council of the European Union published its official response to the decision by Codex Alimentarius to set maximum residue limits for ractopamine, thus endorsing its use. 

The decision by Codex was taken after a majority vote by the member nations. The majority was two. 

The anger from the European Union at the Codex decision and the response by the council puts the EU on a collision course with countries such as the US and Canada, where the use of ractopamine is widespread. Some estimates have the use in pig feed of between 60 and 80 per cent of the US herd. 

The European Union has stuck to its policy of refusing access to meat from animals that have been treated with ractopamine and has called for assurances that any meat entering the EU from countries where its use is common has come from animals that are free from the drug. 

The EU stance is also supported by China, where the import of products for animals treated with ractopamine is also banned. 

There is also a divergence between the maximum residue levels that have been set down by Codex Alimentarius and the US. 

The more the two sides dig in, the greater the divergence and hostility will emerge - and all this occurred at a time when the US meat companies were in Paris at one of the largest European food shows, marketing their products that had just been allowed onto the EU market in greater amounts following the compromise in the beef hormone dispute. 

Seminar niaga sarang burung walet

KUCHING 1okt. - Seramai 100 pelajar Sekolah Pengurusan dan Pengajian Profesional (SBMP), Kolej PTPL Sarawak baru-baru ini, menyertai seminar keusahawanan bertajuk Cara Mengendalikan Perniagaan Burung Walet.
Menurut pengarah program itu, Nur Baizura Zainuddin, ia dianjurkan pelajar tahun akhir jurusan Diploma Pengurusan bagi memenuhi syarat bergraduan.
"Program ini memberi pendedahan kepada pelajar secara praktikal cara mengendalikan sesuatu program selain diberi pendedahan akademik secara bertulis.
"Pada masa sama, ia mampu membuka minda pelajar mengenai cara mengendalikan perniagaan burung walet yang merupakan perniagaan semakin popular," katanya.
Penceramah program yang terdiri daripada Sufian Sahari dan Awang Enjah Awang Kepli memberitahu bahawa perniagaan burung walet mampu menjana pendapatan yang lumayan kepada usahawan.
Mereka turut mengesyorkan para graduan menceburinya kerana ia tidak memerlukan modal yang besar.

Are US and EU Heading for Trade War over Ractopamine?

GLOBAL - The EU and US could be heading for another trade war, similar to the one it had over the use of growth hormones in beef cattle, writes Chris Harris.

This time the row that is brewing is over the use of ractopamine - a beta agonist - as a feed supplement, which is used for boosting growth and increasing leanness in pigs, cattle and turkeys.

The anger from the European Union at the Codex decision and the response by the council puts the EU on a collision course with countries such as the US and Canada, where the use of ractopamine is popular. Some estimates have the use in pig feed of between 60 and 80 per cent of the US herd.

The European Union has stuck to its policy of refusing access to meat from animals that have been treated with ractopamine and has called for assurances that any meat entering the EU from countries where its use is common has come from animals that are free from the drug.

While the EU still bans imports of meat from animals that have been reared using one of the six banned hormone growth promoters - estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, melengesterol acetate, trenbolone acetate, and zeranol - in March this year an agreement was reached to go a long way to settle the dispute

Funding Increased to Combat Disease Threats

US - FAO's commitment to fight emerging disease threats in "hotspot" regions worldwide is getting a boost with new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UN agency has announced.

The funding, totalling more than $20 million, will support the ongoing US-FAO partnership against H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and a widening focus on potential emerging pandemic threats.

The continuing threat of bird flu

The US assistance will help strengthen preparedness and response to HPAI in Southeast Asia and bolster laboratory and surveillance capacities in hotspot areas. The majority of the funding will support activities in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia and Viet Nam, which continue to experience outbreaks of H5N1 HPAI in poultry as well as cases in humans, some fatal.

Due to the speed with which animal-origin pathogens such as H5N1, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2003 and the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009, caused by a virus that had combined elements of avian, swine and human origin, USAID launched its "Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) programme.

Export Fears Follow Bird Flu Outbreak

INDIA - An outbreak of avian influenza has been confirmed in a turkey unit of the government-run Central Poultry Development Organisation in Bangalore.

The outbreak has triggered fear among farmers and exporters in Tamil Nadu that poultry products from across the country will be prevented from entering overseas and domestic markets, reports The Hindu.
Secretary of the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD), Government of India, Gokul Chandra Pati confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in a report he submitted to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Friday. He stated that 3,481 turkeys had succumbed to the flu at the farm in the second week of October.
Based on test results from the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal, the department has identified a highly-pathogenic avian influenza virus as the cause of death. The report, however, made it clear that the occurrence was only in a zone or compartment and not the entire country.

H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak in Karnataka

INDIA - Officials are saying that the outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been "nipped in the bud".

With reports about the detection of avian influenza (bird flu) at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) near Hessarghatta here, the State Health Department has stepped up vigil against the dreaded infection, reports The Hindu.
Calling upon people not to panic as the flu was only at the bird stage, M. Madan Gopal, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, told The Hindu on 26 October that "the flu that had made its presence known in a bird a fortnight ago was nipped in the bud".

"While there is no need to panic as the situation is not alarming, we want to assure people that the department is prepared to handle any emergency. We have adequate stocks of Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), the medicine for flu," he said.
"Our doctors will conduct daily medical check-up of those who are involved in the culling operations. We have already started giving them prophylactic doses of Tamiflu as a preventive measure," Mr Madan Gopal said. 

High-Path Bird Flu Strikes Bangalore

29 October 2012

INDIA - Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the H5N1 sub-type has been reported at a government-run poultry farm in Bangalore has been reported .

The veterinary authority in India sent an Immediate Notification dated 26 October 2012 ..The outbreak started on 12 October at the Hessarghatta Turkey Unit at the Central Poultry Development Organization in Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in southern India. Of the 4,265 birds on the farm, 3,481 died and 784 have been destroyed.The source of infection is unknown or inconclusive, according to the report. An epidemiological investigation is ongoing. An intensive surveillance campaign has been launched in a 10-km radius zone. Restocking will be applied in accordance with a specified protocol.

Algae Based Vaccine soon

GLOBAL - DSM Nutritional Products, a subsidiary of Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with Merial Limited under a Development and Option to License Agreement to develop animal health vaccines using DSM's proprietary algal expression system.

For decades, the production of vaccines for both animal and human diseases has relied on the use of complex production processes. Alternative methods, such as the one being explored by Merial and DSM using microbial algae as the growth platform, may present a faster and more efficient production method.

"We are pleased to join with Merial on this important project that we expect will validate the algal expression system as a viable alternative to egg or cell culture-based vaccines, which would offer important benefits for animal vaccine production," said Peter Nitze, President of the Nutritional Lipids division within DSM Nutritional Products. 

Pigeon Deaths Linked to Avian Virus

25 October 2012

US - The recent increase in pigeon deaths in West Texas has been connected to an avian virus that affects pigeons and poultry, according to a press release from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

The virus was discovered during lab tests by the US Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center and US Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

The virus -- pigeon paramyxovirus-1 (PPMV-1) -- belongs to a larger group of viruses -- avian paramyxovirus serogroup 1 (APMV-1).
Though PPMV-1 has never been known to infect humans, some strains of viruses in the APMV-1 group can cause mild conjunctivitis in people who handled large numbers of infected birds, according to the release.

There is no sign of transmission of PPMV-1 to other mammals, such as domestic pets.

Some strains of PPMV-1 have shown signs of virulence in poultry and it is advisable to minimize contact between doves and poultry in affected areas until the dove mortality event has ended, said Annaliese K. Scoggin, private lands biologist.

This is the first time that the virus has been found in white-winged doves, even though Eurasian-collared doves also were involved in this outbreak.

TPWD will monitor the spread of the virus, though it is not considered a significant danger for Texas dove populations.

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