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| Situation Update No. 2 Ref.no.: BH-20100127-24711-ISR
Situation Update No. 2
On 2010-02-02 at 04:09:41 [UTC]
Event: Biological Hazard
Location: Israel Menashe Regional Council Ein Shemer Situation: An outbreak of bird flu was discovered Tuesday night at a henhouse in Kibbutz Ein Shemer. The disease was found in a henhouse containing about 43,000 hens. Agriculture Ministry workers began Tuesday night marking off the birds to be culled. All agricultural production in the area has been shut down until further notice. The Israeli veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in the country. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an Immediate Notification on 26 January. The outbreak was first confirmed in the birds two days previously. The cause of the outbreak has still not been determined. Seven hundred cases were detected on a farm of 43,000 birds at a farm in Haifa. According to the OIE, the farm has three poultry houses, and the birds are heavy breeder pullets aged 16 weeks. These poultry houses are in a farm under extremely high biosecurity. Clinical signs occurred in only one house. Two tests – pathogen isolation by egg inoculation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) – confirmed the presence of the virus. |  | | | |
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