# 4981
Overnight a number of bird flu reports have been posted by newshounds on the major flu forums, and by bloggers in Flublogia. Once again it is Indonesia which is seeing the most activity, but we’ve fresh reports coming out of Vietnam as well.
Since Indonesia has been getting most of the attention these past few weeks, we’ll start with reports from Vietnam posted by Managing Editor of FluTrackers, Sally Furniss.
First from the Voice of Vietnam, this translated article on outbreaks in Ha Tinh province.
Updated at: 9:29 PM, 13/10/2010
Appearance of avian influenza H5N1 in Ha Tinh GUIs
(VOV) - After 3 days of an outbreak, nine households have poultry and water fowl infected with a total of 3,000 children, including the destruction of 2,745 chickens, ducks and geese.
Avian influenza H5N1 appeared in rural China Southern, Cam Thanh, Cam Xuyen district of Ha Tinh when many parts are focused on handling environmental hygiene, especially carcasses following the recent floods.
To encircle, control services, Animal Health Branch of Ha Tinh province coordinated with local authorities to promptly provide a ton of lime powder, 130 liters of chemical disinfection, and also founded 4 pin to control the killing operation, trade, movement of poultry, waterfowl in the area.
However, the mob, controlling epidemic facing many difficulties because there are no drugs to vaccination.
Sally as also posted 3 more news reports in this thread on an outbreak in Dak Lak province.
Re-appearance of H5N1 avian influenza
thesaigontimes.vn - 13-10-2010 16:48
Earlier, a flock of nearly 500 households in eight villages, Hoa Son commune with the phenomenon of a number of seizures, difficulty breathing, green manure, white, die-off and reported to local animal health. Through testing the samples were determined ducks were H5N1 avian influenza, has conducted all destroyed.
Provincial Animal Health Department also directly examine two other ducks breeding establishments in the district with more than 1,500 children have symptoms similar to H5N1-infected ducks, said the movement's destruction and prevent spread.
According to VNA Original Source
The always reliable Dutchy has posted a number of reports coming out of Indonesia, including starting this thread on outbreaks occurring in four sub-districts of Bengkulu, Sumatra.
Bird Flu Outbreak Threatens to Spread
Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:13:49
Related to this, the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (Distannak) BU should immediately anticipate. If not the plague would spread to other districts in the BU.
Addressing the issue, Kadistannak BU Ir Batman Meiry Arsyad says bird flu case in Lais is likely to spread to the City of Arga Makmur and the surrounding district.
For that it had to anticipate. Among them spraying disinfectant in affected areas suspect bird flu.
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Meanwhile, in Putri Hijau , hundreds of chickens owned by residents in the Village Like Medan also died suddenly. the community is worried by the incident.
But so far there has not been to Like Medan related officials who fall to do the checking, Kamto said Wibowo, a resident Like Medan Putri Hijau subdistrict.
Ida at the Bird Flu Information Corner has another report on this outbreak.
Kaur, Bengkulu ::: Bird flu spreads in four sub-districts
Posted by Ida on October 14, 2010
Bengkulu – Livestock Service of Bengkulu stated emergency to four sub-districts (kecamatan) in Kabupaten Kaur, Bengkulu. They are Kecamatan Luas, Kelam Tengah Kaur Selatan, Padang Guci Hulu and Tetap.
This is reported by Participatory Disease Surveillance and Response (PDSR).
Even though, until now Disease Control Center (LDCC) has not issued extraordinary-event (Kejadian Luar Biasa/KLB) status to Kabupaten Kaur.
So far, the disease has not spread to human.
Source: Indonesia local newspaper, Bengkulu Ekspress. http://www.bengkuluekspress.com/ver3...21&artid=22391
Dutchy also has a report on a small outbreak near Bandung, the capital of West Java Province, and a follow up to yesterday’s report of H5N1 bird deaths in Banyumas, Central Java.
Arkanoid Legent has another report from a different source on the Central Java outbreak mentioned above.
Indonesia : A number of chickens died of bird flu suspected
Machine translated report from Wawasan Digital :
" SRAGEN : Outbreaks of Avian Influenza virus or better known as bird flu, allegedly rampant in Hamlet Karangasem RT 02/RW V, Kelurahan Karang Tengah, Sragen District Municipality. At least 6 kinds of bangkok chickens, died suddenly. The death of the chickens are only lasted 12 hours, since the first symptoms appear.
And finally, from the current Indonesian thread on the Flu Wiki we get (among other reports), another story that states that the bird flu vaccine upon which Indonesia (and other Asian countries) depend so heavily may no longer be effective.
This report (one of several overnight) was relayed by dbg to bgw in MT.
October 14 2010
Bird Flu Was Followed By The Other Illness [Central Java]
The Vaccine Has Not Been EffectivePurwokerto - The bird flu Illness that attacks the poultry in the Banyumas territory up to now was still being difficult to be controlled. The problem, the cause virus of this illness had the trend be mutated as well as brought the other prospective illness.
That was revealed by Chairman Council Ekonomy Livestock Central Java, Gembong Heru Nugroho, responded to the case emergence of bird flu in Banyumas.
"Till now the bird flu illness is still continuing to be available. Moreover, this illness emergence was precisely followed by the other illness or happened the complication with the other illness like ND (New Castle Deseases-Red) or the bronchitis infection," said he, yesterday.
According to Gembong, bird flu unlike previously again that could be handled with giving of the vaccine and spraying of disinfectant. Now the vaccine is not effective any more.
The diminishing effectiveness of bird flu vaccines in poultry has been a subject of considerable debate over the past few years, and has been covered extensively in this blog - including:
A Roundup Of Indonesian Reports
Egypt’s Plan To Fight Bird Flu
Indonesia: Changes In The H5N1 Virus
Food Insecurity And The Control Of Bird Flu
The upshot is that the OIE (World Organization For Animal Health) has maintained a long-standing position that vaccination of poultry cannot be considered a long-term solution to combating the avian flu virus.
They have repeatedly urged nations to develop an `exit strategy’ away from vaccines, and move towards humane culling for the control of avian influenza.
A difficult sell, however, to countries where food insecurity is a daily reality and where poultry serves as both an important part of their diet and provides a bit of income and/or wealth for a largely poor population.
