Swine Flu Found in Turkeys

INFLUENZA PANDEMIC (H1N1), ANIMAL (04): GLOBAL, UPDATE
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Date: Fri 29 Jan 2010
Source: USAgNet via wisconsinagconnection.com [edited]



France Confirms H1N1 Flu Outbreak in Turkeys
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Turkeys in a farm for Turkey Breeder Hens in
northwestern France were infected with the H1N1
flu virus, authorities in Cote d'Armor department
announced Thursday [28 Jan 2010]. Laboratory
tests have confirmed the virus in turkeys on the
farm, and the infected turkeys have been
quarantined, authorities said in a statement.

If no further spread of the virus was spotted,
the quarantine would be lifted in 7 days, and
there was no need for massive slaughter, the
statement said, citing relevant guidelines issued
by the European Union and the World Health
Organization in case of animal H1N1 flu infection.

Local health officials warned people with flu
symptoms against close contact with any animals.
The virus has been found in animals including
pigs, turkeys, cats, ferrets and dogs in a dozen
of countries [For the actual number of countries,
see commentary]. The possibility for
animal-to-animal transmission of the virus is
very limited with proper preventive measures,
said the World Organization for Animal Health.

According to the [French notification to the OIE, see
],
there have been 3000 cases [in the affected farm,
out of ] 8500 birds [which] have been found susceptible to the disease.

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[France has become 20th country in the list of
those which have notified to the OIE, since May
2009, the identification of "Pandemic A/H1N1
virus (2009)" in their respective animal
populations. In all the cases, the source of
infection in animals, mostly subclinical or
manifested by mild clinical signs, was regarded
or suspected to be human patients. Since the
submission of the French notification on 20 Jan
2010, 2 additional countries, namely Japan and
Serbia, have notified their 1st detected animal
cases. In Serbia, there were, reportedly, 20
cases among 10 830 "susceptible" domestic pigs;
the epidemiological comment further said: "The
disease has been detected on a commercial pig
breeding farm during regular epidemiological
control performed by the veterinary inspection.
Affected animals showed respiratory signs of the
disease and therefore, samples were taken and
sent to the laboratory for further investigation.
The source of infection is unknown."

In Japan, there were, reportedly, 164 cases
among 2445 "susceptible" domestic pigs; the
epidemiological comment said: "A worker found the
animals, which showed poor appetite, fever and
cough in the farm occasionally, and reported them
to the Livestock Hygiene Service Centre in
Yamagata prefecture on 12 Jan 2010. 10 animals
which showed clinical signs were sampled. 5 of 10
samples were found to be influenza A positive by
rapid test on 12 Jan 2010 and 7 of 10 samples
were influenza A positive by PCR on 13 Jan 2010.
There were some workers who had been infected
with influenza A virus before the outbreak. On 20
Jan 2010, the virus strains detected from 4
samples were confirmed as pandemic influenza H1N1
2009 by the National Institute of Animal Health
(NIAH). The affected farm is being under
voluntary movement restraint. Epidemiological investigation is continuing."

The full, accumulated list of countries which
have sent at least one notification to the OIE
since May 2009, counts -- as of 31 Jan 2010 --
includes 22 countries. The dates of their 1st notifications are as follows:

1. 5 May 2009: A/H1N1 influenza, Canada (Immediate notification)
2. 31 Jul 2009: Influenza A subtype H1, Australia (Immediate notification)
3. 21 Aug 2009: Influenza A H1N1, Chile (Immediate notification)
4. 18 Sep 2009: Pandemic Influenza A H1N1
(2009), United Kingdom, North Ireland (Immediate notification)
5. 29 Sep 2009: Pandemic A/H1N1 2009 virus, Ireland, (Immediate notification)
6. 12 Oct 2009: Pandemic A/H1N1 2009 virus, Norway, (Immediate notification)
7. 21 Oct 2009: Pandemic Influenza H1N1 (2009),
Japan, (Immediate notification)
8. 23 Oct 2009: Pandemic H1N1 2009, Canada, (Immediate notification)
9. 27 Oct 2009: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus,
Iceland, (Immediate notification)
10. 26 Nov 2009: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1, Indonesia, (Immediate notification)
11. 30 Nov 2009: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009,
Finland, (Immediate notification)
12. 30 Nov 2009: 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza
virus, United States of America, (Immediate notification)
13. 04 Dec 2009: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy, (Immediate notification)
14. 07 Dec 2009: 2009 Pandemic H1N1 influenza, Mexico, (Immediate notification)
15. 14 Dec 2009: Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009,
Thailand, (Immediate notification)
16. 23 Dec 2009: Pandemic influenza H1N1, Korea
(Rep. of), (Immediate notification)
17. 23 Dec 2009: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009,
Russia, (Immediate notification)
18. 09 Jan 2010: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1
(2009), Denmark, (Immediate notification)
19. 12 Jan 2010: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy, (Immediate notification)
20. 20 Jan 2010: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus (2009), France, (Immediate notification)
21. 20 Jan 2010: Pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009),
Japan, (Immediate notification)
22. 25 Jan 2010: Pandemic Influenza A H1N1
(2009), Serbia, (Immediate notification).

A Joint statement of the FAO, WHO and OIE,
originally issued on 30 Apr 2009, said:

"Influenza viruses are not known to be
transmissible to people through eating processed
pork or other food products derived from pigs.

"Heat treatments commonly used in cooking meat
(e.g., 70 C/160 F core temperature) will readily
inactivate any viruses potentially present in raw meat products.

"Pork and pork products, handled in accordance
with good hygienic practices recommended by the
WHO, Codex Alimentarius Commission, and the OIE,
will not be a source of infection.

"Authorities and consumers should ensure that
meat from sick pigs or pigs found dead are not
processed or used for human consumption under any circumstances."

The OIE encouraged members to carry out
surveillance and reporting of the presence of all
epidemiologic events of significance in animals
due to influenza viruses, as well as any other
emerging pathogen.It further stated that "it was
indicated that no evidence has suggested that
animals play any particular role in the
epidemiology or the spread of the pandemic H1N1
2009 virus among humans. Instead, investigations
led by competent national authorities point to
possible human­to­animal transmission in most
cases. For this reason, the OIE considers that it
is sufficient to certify the healthy state of
animals for international trade during the
relevant period before their exportation and
maintains its position that no specific measures,
including laboratory tests, are required for
international trade in live pigs and other
susceptible animal species and/or their products." - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Influenza pandemic (H1N1), animal (03): Denmark, porcine 20100111.0128
Influenza pandemic (H1N1), animal (02): USA, turkey 20100108.0087
Influenza pandemic (H1N1), animal (01): China, porcine, canine 20100101.0014
2009
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Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (42): USA (NC) swine 20091228.4372
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (41):
Russia (CV) swine, OIE 20091226.4353
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (40): USA (NY) canine 20091222.4305
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (39): Germany, swine, OIE 20091211.4220
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (38): Mexico, swine, OIE 20091211.4214
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (37): USA (OR, CA) feline 20091211.4213
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (36): USA (CO) 20091209.4192
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (35): Italy, swine, OIE 20091205.4144
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (34): UK (England) 20091204.4141
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (33): USA (VA, CA) 20091204.4139
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health
(31): Finland, swine, OIE 20091201.4106
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health
(29): Indonesia, swine 20091127.4071
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (24): USA, OIE 20091107.3857
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (23): Taiwan, OIE 20091106.3840
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (22): USA, swine 20091106.3834
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (19): Iceland swine, OIE 20091028.3737
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (17):
Japan (OS) swine, OIE 20091022.3635
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (13): USA swine, conf. 20091020.3600
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (12): USA swine, susp 20091019.3592
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (11): Norway 20091019.3589
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (10): Ireland 20091002.3427
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal (09): UK (NI) swine, OIE 20090918.3280
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health
(08): Singapore, swine 20090904.3114
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health
(06): Canada, swine 20090828.3027
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health
(05): Austr., swine 20090826.2999
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health
(02): Austr., swine 20090820.2951
Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health: Canada (QC) 20090729.2661
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (17), Argentina, OIE 20090703.2401
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (16), Argentina, swine, OIE 20090626.2322
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (13) swine,
Canada, origin, RFI 20090615.2215
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (12) swine trial inf. 20090605.2088
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (11) swine trial inf. 20090604.2067
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (10) swine, Canada, cull 20090514.1813
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (09), swine, Canada 20090513.1790
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (08), food safety, FAO/OIE/WHO 20090507.1710
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (07), swine, Canada, OIE 20090506.1691
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (06), Canada, OIE 20090505.1683
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (05), swine, Canada, FAO 20090505.1680
Influenza A (H1N1): animal health (04), infected swine, Canada 20090502.1653]
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