Newcastle disease in Israel

ISRAEL - The Israeli veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Newcastle disease in Hadarom.

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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification yesterday, 27 September. The affected population comprises 5 to 7-week-old broilers. The flock has been divided into four pens. All the pens were affected.

A total of 10,5000 birds were found susceptible to the disease, out of which 4500 were identified. A total of 1500 deaths was recorded, and 10,3500 birds were destroyed.

The source of the outbreak remains inconclusive. The epidemiological investigation is ongoing.New outbreaks

Outbreak 1 (Kfar Yeoshua)	Kfar Yehoshua, Yizreel, HAZAFON
Date of start of the outbreak	14/12/2010
Outbreak status	Resolved (22/03/2011)
Epidemiological unit	Village
Affected animals	Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered Birds 43000 9000 1500 41500 0
Affected Population	First outbreak on 14 December 2010 in 29,000 30-day-old broilers.                 Second outbreak on 20 April 2011 in 14,000 33-day-old broilers.
Summary of outbreaks	Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak statistics	Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Birds 20.93% 3.49% 16.67% 100.00% * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Epidemiological comments

All 7,000 birds were grown on one farm. On 11 December, 3,000 birds were moved to an adjacent (200 meters) farm. On 14 December, the farmer reported an increase in mortality. The farm veterinarian visited the two farms. On the first farm there were respiratory signs in all birds and 10 birds exhibited neurological signs. No clinical signs were seen on the second farm. Tracheal and cloacal swabs were submitted to the laboratory for viral isolation and RRT-PCR. All birds on both farms are in the process of being culled. There was no movement of animals or animal products out of the sites.

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Anemia

• Pathology . a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin,often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cellsand causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
• a lack of power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness: His writingsuffers from anemia.

Gengrene

• death of soft tissue due to obstructedcirculation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.

Necrosis   nekros or necro "deadbody" Death: necrobiosis.

• death of a portion of tissue differentially affectedby local injury (as loss of blood supply, corrosion, burning, or thelocal lesion of a disease)
• death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue. 

      natural death of tissue is called necrobiosis  Necrosis may follow a wide variety of   
     injuries, both physical(cuts, burns, bruises) and biological (effects of disease-
     causingagents). The sign of necrosis-dead tissue-is called a lesion; it isoften of 
     diagnostic value. Necrosis is brought about byintracellular enzymes that are activated 
     upon injury and proceedto destroy damaged cells.Death of a circumscribed area of 
     plant or animal tissue as a resultof an outside agent;.

LESION

     The sign of necrosis-dead tissue-is called a lesion.

Phal·lus·es  or Phal·li  (fāl'ī')

1.  The penis or clitoris of vetebrates.

West Bengal culling operation ends

WEST BENGAL, INDIA - Culling operation has been completed in the Betai and Puntimari areas of Tehatta-I and the authorities are now carrying out sanitation work by using bleaching powder and calcium bicarbonate dust for disinfecting those areas from where the birds were collected.

Bird Flu Found at Three More Ostrich Farms

SOUTH AFRICA - Evidence of the bird flu virus has been   

 found at three further ostrich farms in the Western Cape.

The veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No. 7 dated 22 September to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Surveillance has revealed evidence of the bird flu virus – H5 and H6 sub-types – at three further ostrich farms in Western Cape, the same province where previous outbreaks occurred.

According to the report, all three premises were commercial ostrich farms. Farms tested positive on serology during routine surveillance but tested negative on PCR and no virus could be found. Diagnosis only confirmed after several follow-up PCR tests. South Africa only reports outbreaks on confirmation on PCR tests. Initially no clinical signs or mortalities were seen.

Stamping out in positive farms is taking place.

Poultry Vaccination as a strategy for controlling AI in commercial birds

Outbreaks of avian influenza in the poultry industry cause devastating economic losses and is generally controlled through extensive culling of infected birds. Alternative strategies also use vaccination as a supplementary control measure during avian influenza outbreaks.

Advantages of Vaccination

• Vaccination reduces susceptibility to infection.
• A higher dose of virus is necessary to infect the vaccinated birds.
• Vaccinated birds shed less virus.
  - Decreased contamination of the environment.
  - Decreased risk of human infection
• Used strategically vaccination compliments a stamping out strategy by slowing/stopping the spread of the virus

Seminar on Malaysian Standards for Edible-birdnest Industry

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Date 11 October 2011

Venue Glenmarie A,  Holiday Inn Kuala Lumpur Glenmarie, SHAH ALAM

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