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 :
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2.  Smart guano stirer
3.  Smart lighting system
4.  World class sound system
5.  Multiple accessories
6.  Smart management... and one more, Swiftlet Lab.

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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.