H5-INFECTED CHICKENS FOUND IN TAIPEI WHOLESALE MARKET|北市家禽批發市場5宰體異常 確診禽流感

While bird flu season appears to have passed its peak, 5 chickens in the Taipei poultry distribution market were confirmed to be infected with the H5 avian flu virus on May 6, leading to a culling of more than 300 birds at the scene. The Taipei poultry distribution market was empty of customers. On the evening of May 6 and the early morning of May 7, the market vet found abnormalities in five slaughtered chickens that seemed to indicate avian flu infections. They reported the case immediately. ==YAO LIANG-I Gen-Man. Taipei Livestock Products Marketing Corp.== So far, five slaughtered chickens have been found to be abnormal. However, there was a total of 304 chickens in question. So far, 15 of them were sent to be examined in Freshwater Aquaculture Research Center. We have announced a 24-hour slaughter ban. The Taipei City Animal Protection Office and Taipei Livestock Products Marketing Corp. immediately sent workers to disinfect the market and issued a 24-hour slaughter ban. The office said the five chickens came from Kaohsiung City's Mituo District, Miaoli County's Tongxiao Township, Pingtung County's Zhutian Township and Yunlin County's Yuanchang Township. All were red-feathered, free-range chickens that had swollen eyes and flushed abdomens, feet and wing tips when they were slaughtered. The chickens were also found to be rotting and bleeding internally, which showed signs of avian flu. The samples were collected for examination and 304 chickens in question were frozen. ==HU CHIN-HAO Dir., Q I Sec. Taipei City Animal Protection Office== The five chickens came from different farms. Based on the information we have, the morbidity is about one in a thousand. So this is a isolated case. On the afternoon of May 8, the result was released and according to the Taipei City Animal Protection Office, the five chickens came from different farms and were confirmed with H5 avian flu infections. The 304 frozen chickens in question are to be culled. To date, about 1.27 million birds have been culled at 129 farms across Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY：BRYANT CHANG 台北市再傳禽流感，從前天晚上開始，北市家禽批發市場陸續發現有5隻家禽屠宰體異常，北市動保處立即進行消毒，宣布停止屠宰24小時，下午檢驗結果出爐，確診是H5禽流感，而當時在現場扣留凍存的304隻雞，將全數銷毀。 一早台北市家禽批發市場空空蕩蕩，只有零星的工作人員在裡頭走動，因為就在上週六夜間及週日凌晨，北市家禽批發市場的獸醫師發現，有5隻家禽屠宰體異常，疑似是禽流感病例，立即進行通報。 ==台北畜產運銷公司總經理 姚量議== 目前是發現5隻的屠體 有這樣的狀況 可是這整批有304隻 目前送了15隻 到淡水的試驗所去做檢驗 該線的屠宰線以及交易的行口 都24小時停止作業 北市動保處及畜產公司不敢大意，馬上進行場區擴大消毒工作並將屠宰場的屠宰線停止運作24小時，動保處表示，一共接獲五起禽流感疑似案例通報，分別來自高雄市彌陀區、苗栗縣通霄鎮、屏東縣竹田鄉及雲林縣元長鄉。，通報案例都是紅羽土雞在屠宰時，發現眼周圍腫脹，腹部、雙腳腳脛、翅膀末端皮膚潮紅，並有內臟多發出血、白色糜爛及壞死區等疑似禽流感症狀，已立刻採集送驗，凍存304雞隻。 ==台北市動保處防疫檢疫組長 胡金灝== 這5隻都分別來自不同的禽場 但是其實以目前的資訊看起來 其實牠的發病率 大約都是在千分之一左右 所以算是一個零星的發生 而檢驗結果下午已經出爐，北市動保處表示，這5隻來自不同禽場的雞隻，確診是H5禽流感，將全數銷毀已凍存的304隻雞隻，根據統計，今年至今，全台共有129場養禽場因感染禽流感遭到撲殺，撲殺隻數為126萬8409隻。