Identifier
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06ZAGREB459
2006-04-11 12:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Zagreb
Cable title:
CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: APRIL 1
how-toVZCZCXRO2809 RR RUEHAG RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG DE RUEHVB #0459 1011258 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 111258Z APR 06 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5978 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHDC RHEFAFM/CDRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC RUEHRC/USDA WASHDC
UNCLAS ZAGREB 000459
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO DS/DSS, DS/IP, M/MED/JCTRIPLETT
FAS/CMP/DLP WETZEL AND MAGGINNIS
FAS/ITP/EAMED POMEROY AND FLEMING
CA/OCS/ACS DAVID SCHENSTED
USAID FOR E&E/ECA/B/ANNE CONVERY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
SUBJECT: CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: APRIL 1
REF: ZAGREB 358 AND PREVIOUS
ON APRIL 10, THE POULTRY CENTER LAB AT THE CROATIAN
VETERINARY INSTITUTE CONFIRMED TO US THAT A DEAD
SWAN FOUND APRIL 7 NEAR THE SAVA RIVER IN ZAGREB
TESTED POSITIVE FOR H5N1. THE GOC IS APPLYING BIO-
SAFETY MEASURES. NO POULTRY IS LOCATED WITHIN A
THREE-KILOMETER RADIUS OF THE SITE; HOWEVER, THERE
IS ONE POULTRY FARM 10 KILOMETERS FROM THE SITE.
THE GOC IS LOOKING FOR MORE DEAD OR DISEASED BIRDS
NEARBY. THE DISCOVERY OF THE DEAD SWAN HAS NOT
ACTIVATED ANY OF EMBASSY ZAGREB'S TRIPWIRES. THE
HEAD OF THE POULTRY LAB, DR. VLADIMIR SAVIC,
CONFIRMED RECEIPT OF A REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN
REACTION (RT-PCR) MACHINE FROM APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS
LAST WEEK ON A TWO-MONTH TRIAL BASIS. SAVIC SAID
THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IS IN THE PROCESS OF
ISSUING A TENDER FOR THE PURCHASE OF A RT-PCR.
FRANK