Via Kuensel Online, excerpt :
" A total of 83 poultry birds were culled and 139 eggs disposed on the night of February 1 after a bird flu outbreak was confirmed in Kamji and Bunagu villages in Phuentsholing, Chukha.
On January 30, the investigation team in Phuentsholing received a report of three poultry birds’ death in Kamji and Bunagu GREF camp.
The birds tested positive for H5N1 and was confirmed by the National Centre for Animal Health in Serbithang in Thimphu.
The culled birds belonged to 26 poultry owners in both the villages. Ten coops were also destroyed.
Bird flu focal person Dr Tashi Dorji said the source of infection is still not confirmed."
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bhutan : Bird flu detected in wild birds
Via Kuensel Online :
" After chickens, the contagious bird flu has now been detected in wild birds.
Investigations will begin tomorrow in Phuentsholing to find out if the flu would affect the wild bird population in the country.
The investigation is carried out after the National Incident Command Centre (NICC) for bird flu received reports of some 18 wild birds death that died simultaneously over the last week.
First, about 15 “house crows” were found dead on January 19 near the junction of Rabten workshop and GREF camp. House crows are a species that are found in sub-tropical areas like Phuentsholing.
The satellite veterinary laboratory officer in-charge Tuku Rai said all 15 crows had decomposed and could not be used for laboratory investigation. “But we managed to find a sick crow from the same area,” Tuku Rai said. “The sample tested positive for H5 and influenza “A” virus during the filed investigation."
" After chickens, the contagious bird flu has now been detected in wild birds.
Investigations will begin tomorrow in Phuentsholing to find out if the flu would affect the wild bird population in the country.
The investigation is carried out after the National Incident Command Centre (NICC) for bird flu received reports of some 18 wild birds death that died simultaneously over the last week.
First, about 15 “house crows” were found dead on January 19 near the junction of Rabten workshop and GREF camp. House crows are a species that are found in sub-tropical areas like Phuentsholing.
The satellite veterinary laboratory officer in-charge Tuku Rai said all 15 crows had decomposed and could not be used for laboratory investigation. “But we managed to find a sick crow from the same area,” Tuku Rai said. “The sample tested positive for H5 and influenza “A” virus during the filed investigation."
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Bhutan : Bird flu possibly wiped out Chukha poultry farm
Via Kuensel Online, excerpt :
" The national centre for animal health in Serbithang, Thimphu, is suspecting a bird flu or H5NI outbreak as the cause of death of all the 87 birds in a private poultry farm in Chukha.
The birds, in the farm in Bjacho gewog, died between December 30 and 31.
Dr Tashi Dorji from the livestock division of the centre said polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine proved that the birds died because of H5N1. However, a team from the livestock division and Bhutan agriculture food regulatory authority (BAFRA) are still investigating the detail source of infection.
The disease, Dr Tashi Dorji said, is under control and no people or other poultry farms were affected.
“We’re still doing the investigation and surveying neighbouring villages,” Dr Tashi Dorji said.
“Continued surveillance is also being done, since the ban on poultry import, three months back.”
A team compromising officials from BAFRA, livestock department, health and police are carrying out the investigation.
Doctor Tashi Dorji said the fatal death of birds is a major and an emergency disaster, where, if it communicates to human, 60 percent of disease would result in death.
All the 87 birds were scientifically disposed off and prevented from being spread The outbreak was restricted to only one farm belonging to a farmer, Lhamo, who reported the deaths to livestock officials in Chukha.
According to Lhamo, the first two birds died on the morning of December 30, after showing symptoms like dropping head, slight outflow of fluid from the mouth, anus and diarrhoea."
" The national centre for animal health in Serbithang, Thimphu, is suspecting a bird flu or H5NI outbreak as the cause of death of all the 87 birds in a private poultry farm in Chukha.
The birds, in the farm in Bjacho gewog, died between December 30 and 31.
Dr Tashi Dorji from the livestock division of the centre said polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine proved that the birds died because of H5N1. However, a team from the livestock division and Bhutan agriculture food regulatory authority (BAFRA) are still investigating the detail source of infection.
The disease, Dr Tashi Dorji said, is under control and no people or other poultry farms were affected.
“We’re still doing the investigation and surveying neighbouring villages,” Dr Tashi Dorji said.
“Continued surveillance is also being done, since the ban on poultry import, three months back.”
A team compromising officials from BAFRA, livestock department, health and police are carrying out the investigation.
Doctor Tashi Dorji said the fatal death of birds is a major and an emergency disaster, where, if it communicates to human, 60 percent of disease would result in death.
All the 87 birds were scientifically disposed off and prevented from being spread The outbreak was restricted to only one farm belonging to a farmer, Lhamo, who reported the deaths to livestock officials in Chukha.
According to Lhamo, the first two birds died on the morning of December 30, after showing symptoms like dropping head, slight outflow of fluid from the mouth, anus and diarrhoea."
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Bhutan : Flu-like outbreak
Via Kuensel Online :
" South-Central Bhutan 24 July, 2010 : The H1N1 virus is now suspected to have surfaced in southern central part of the country, with two schools closed for a week in Tsirang and Dagana.
With about 175 students suffering from headache, high fever and throat pain in Daga HSS, Dagana dzongkhag declared a break for a week for the 503 students since July 22.
The vice principal of the school, Loden, said that, as a preventive measure from spreading the disease, the students from nearby areas are sent home, while those from Drujeygang and Lhamoizingkha are kept in the hostel, separate from the affected students. “The sick students, about 50 boys and 26 girls, are kept in classrooms and hostels,” said the vice principal.
Loden said that the sick students are given porridge and horlicks to supplement their diet.
But it is not confirmed whether it is H1N1 or not. “But it definitely is an outbreak of something, since 175 students got sick,” said the district health officer (DHO), Gunja Raj Gurung.
He said that about 11 students reported to the Dagana BHU complaining of fever, headache and throat pain on July 18. Since then the numbers kept rising.
But the dzongkhag could not communicate and send the blood samples to Thimphu to confirm if it was H1N1 outbreak because of roadblocks, erratic power supply and network connection problems. “We had to request the police hilux to get the doctor from Dagapela to Dagana,” he said."
" South-Central Bhutan 24 July, 2010 : The H1N1 virus is now suspected to have surfaced in southern central part of the country, with two schools closed for a week in Tsirang and Dagana.
With about 175 students suffering from headache, high fever and throat pain in Daga HSS, Dagana dzongkhag declared a break for a week for the 503 students since July 22.
The vice principal of the school, Loden, said that, as a preventive measure from spreading the disease, the students from nearby areas are sent home, while those from Drujeygang and Lhamoizingkha are kept in the hostel, separate from the affected students. “The sick students, about 50 boys and 26 girls, are kept in classrooms and hostels,” said the vice principal.
Loden said that the sick students are given porridge and horlicks to supplement their diet.
But it is not confirmed whether it is H1N1 or not. “But it definitely is an outbreak of something, since 175 students got sick,” said the district health officer (DHO), Gunja Raj Gurung.
He said that about 11 students reported to the Dagana BHU complaining of fever, headache and throat pain on July 18. Since then the numbers kept rising.
But the dzongkhag could not communicate and send the blood samples to Thimphu to confirm if it was H1N1 outbreak because of roadblocks, erratic power supply and network connection problems. “We had to request the police hilux to get the doctor from Dagapela to Dagana,” he said."
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