African Swine Fever detected in the North West
Zeerust in the North West has reportedly been hit by an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. It was reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday, according to the Department
Avian Flu
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Govt to earmark Rs 6b for agriculture
The government has proposed to earmark around Rs 6 billion for the Ministry
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Call to prevent bird flu thru bio-security
Participants in a workshop on Wednesday urged the poultry farm owners to take adequate bio-security measures to check spread of bird flu. The avian flu can be checked only by ensuring bio-security at poultry farms, they told the workshop held at Natore civil surgeon
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PPA for more laboratories to diagnose avian flu
Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has demanded that in addition to the existing reference laboratory at NARC Islamabad, other two laboratories such as National Veterinary Laboratory (NVL) Islamabad and Microbiological Laboratory at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore should be considered and included in the project document for Diagnosis of Avian Influenza.
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Bird flu strain in India, Bangladesh similar
Dhaka Finally Shares Genetic Data Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The bird flu virus, that caused India's worst Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak this year, has been found to be "a lot similar' to the one that created havoc in Bangladesh. This has been confirmed by Indian scientists after it studied the genetic make-up of Bangladesh's H5N1 virus strain.
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Location of the epicentre of avian bird flu might determine the rapidity of its spread in India
<p>In the recent outbreak of avian bird flu (H5N1) in West Bengal during January-February 2008, the Government responded promptly by distributing equipment for culling operations and Tamiflu, which resulted in effective control of the outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) rightly issued a warning notice that the outbreak in West Bengal was severe in comparison with the earlier outbreak in Manipur during July 2007.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_095_03_0314_0315_0.pdf" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
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Cure for bird flu likely
New York: Researchers have taken a big step closer to a cure for the most common strain of avian influenza, or "bird flu,' the potential pandemic that has claimed more than 200 lives and infected nearly 400 people in 14 countries since it was identified in 2003.
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Vety camps to curb bird-flu conclude at Goalpara dist
A training camp to train up veterinary doctors, field assistants and Rapid Response Team members of all the veterinary dispensaries of Goalpara district on bird-flu ended at Goalpara on July 4, said Veterinary Officer of the district Dr K K Dutta. The Government of India-sponsored training camp was joined by three experts from the Khanapara-based North Eastern Regional Disease Diagnosis Laboratory as resource persons.
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A new DNA weapon against avian flu
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new weapon against avian flu. Researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus by delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse. Such an approach could allow for the build up of vaccine reserves that could be easily and effectively dispensed in case of an epidemic.
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Migratory birds responsible for bird flu: Study
Migratory birds are mainly responsible for the outbreak of avian influenza (AI) or bird flu in the country, according to a study report. The report said that migratory birds might be responsible for initial introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), Bangladesh Agriculture University, Chittagong Veterinary University, Department of Livestock Service and Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) jointly conducted the study from February to June this year.
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Official made scapegoat in bird flu controversy
The provincial government has transferred an official of the livestock department from Swabi to Mardan as punishment for allegedly disclosing that H5N1 strain of bird flu influenza had been detected in a poultry farm of the district, sources told Dawn. They claimed that on the advice of a local MPA, who favoured the poultry farm owners, Basic Livestock Officer Mohammad Ibrahim was made a scapegoat for revealing the information and "transferred within a day as the process usually takes a month'.