Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RANGOON551
2007-06-08 02:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rangoon
Cable title:
AI OUTBREAK IN BURMA'S BAGO DIVISION
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UNCLAS RANGOON 000551
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS; USDA FOR FAS/PECAD, FAS/CNMP, FAS/AAD;
BANGKOK FOR USAID/RDMA: JMACARTHUR, APHIS: NCARDENAS, REO:
JWALLER; PACOM FOR FPA
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
SUBJECT: AI OUTBREAK IN BURMA'S BAGO DIVISION
UNCLAS RANGOON 000551
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS; USDA FOR FAS/PECAD, FAS/CNMP, FAS/AAD;
BANGKOK FOR USAID/RDMA: JMACARTHUR, APHIS: NCARDENAS, REO:
JWALLER; PACOM FOR FPA
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
SUBJECT: AI OUTBREAK IN BURMA'S BAGO DIVISION
1. (U) Summary: PCR tests conducted on June 4 confirmed
that avian influenza caused thirty chicken deaths at an
army farm in Bago division, 40 miles north of Rangoon. The
chickens started to die on June 1, and Livestock Breeding
and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials culled the
remaining 970 birds and disinfected the farm. No human
cases are suspected. End summary.
2. (U) LBVD informed Embassy APHIS employee that chickens
at the 77th Light Infantry Division chicken farm in Bago
Division, 40 miles north of Rangoon, began to die on June
1. The farm housed 1000 eleven-month-old layers in battery
cages. The army requested LBVD assistance on June 3.
Rapid Test Kit and PCR tests at the Central Lab confirmed
H5N1 on June 4. The Division Commander gave the order to
cull all remaining 970 birds. LBVD officials, assisted by
Bago Division Rapid Response team members, began control
measures, including depopulation and disinfection on June
4.
3. (U) Authorities did not impose restrictions on the
movement of poultry in the area. Officials do not suspect
any human cases.
4. (SBU) Comment: This is the second case we know of in
which the army gave access and cooperation to civilian
authorities, despite previous concerns that the military
would opt for secrecy over civilian response efforts. So
far, the value of coordinating with international
organizations and preventing further spread of AI in an
already weakened poultry industry has overcome the
military's preference for privacy. End comment.
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS; USDA FOR FAS/PECAD, FAS/CNMP, FAS/AAD;
BANGKOK FOR USAID/RDMA: JMACARTHUR, APHIS: NCARDENAS, REO:
JWALLER; PACOM FOR FPA
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
SUBJECT: AI OUTBREAK IN BURMA'S BAGO DIVISION
1. (U) Summary: PCR tests conducted on June 4 confirmed
that avian influenza caused thirty chicken deaths at an
army farm in Bago division, 40 miles north of Rangoon. The
chickens started to die on June 1, and Livestock Breeding
and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials culled the
remaining 970 birds and disinfected the farm. No human
cases are suspected. End summary.
2. (U) LBVD informed Embassy APHIS employee that chickens
at the 77th Light Infantry Division chicken farm in Bago
Division, 40 miles north of Rangoon, began to die on June
1. The farm housed 1000 eleven-month-old layers in battery
cages. The army requested LBVD assistance on June 3.
Rapid Test Kit and PCR tests at the Central Lab confirmed
H5N1 on June 4. The Division Commander gave the order to
cull all remaining 970 birds. LBVD officials, assisted by
Bago Division Rapid Response team members, began control
measures, including depopulation and disinfection on June
4.
3. (U) Authorities did not impose restrictions on the
movement of poultry in the area. Officials do not suspect
any human cases.
4. (SBU) Comment: This is the second case we know of in
which the army gave access and cooperation to civilian
authorities, despite previous concerns that the military
would opt for secrecy over civilian response efforts. So
far, the value of coordinating with international
organizations and preventing further spread of AI in an
already weakened poultry industry has overcome the
military's preference for privacy. End comment.