Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TOKYO353
2007-01-25 08:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 25
how-toVZCZCXRO7820 PP RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB DE RUEHKO #0353 0250842 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 250842Z JAN 07 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0097 INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 9661 RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA 9125 RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA 2137 RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 3125 RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO 0671 RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC 8421 RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS TOKYO 000353
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA COMELLA
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 25
REF: A. 05 STATE 153802
B. TOKYO 224 AND PREVIOUS
UNCLAS TOKYO 000353
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA COMELLA
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 25
REF: A. 05 STATE 153802
B. TOKYO 224 AND PREVIOUS
1. No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the
period from January 18 to 25.
--- Another Suspected AI Outbreak in Kyushu ---
2. On January 23, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry of
Fisheries (MAFF) and the Miyazaki Prefectural Government announced
that an avian influenza outbreak is suspected at another poultry
farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, 60 km from the farm in Kiyotake where
H5N1 was confirmed last week. The deaths of about 570 chickens were
reported on January 22 and 23 at a farm in Hyuga City that raises
about 50,000 chickens. According to the Miyazaki Government, a
preliminary test on 11 birds indicated that one was positive for
avian influenza and four others were suspected to be positive. Once
the Miyazaki Government succeeds in isolating the virus, samples
will be transferred to the National Institute of Animal Health in
Tsukuba for further investigation. The government has quarantined
SIPDIS
the remaining chickens at the farm and requested farms in the area
to refrain from transporting chickens and eggs. An official of the
Miyazaki Government commented that there is probably no relation
between the suspected outbreak in Hyuga City and the previous
outbreak in Kiyotake, as the Hyuga cases have occurred a full week
after the Government completed sanitization of the affected farm in
Kiyotake.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA COMELLA
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 25
REF: A. 05 STATE 153802
B. TOKYO 224 AND PREVIOUS
1. No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the
period from January 18 to 25.
--- Another Suspected AI Outbreak in Kyushu ---
2. On January 23, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry of
Fisheries (MAFF) and the Miyazaki Prefectural Government announced
that an avian influenza outbreak is suspected at another poultry
farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, 60 km from the farm in Kiyotake where
H5N1 was confirmed last week. The deaths of about 570 chickens were
reported on January 22 and 23 at a farm in Hyuga City that raises
about 50,000 chickens. According to the Miyazaki Government, a
preliminary test on 11 birds indicated that one was positive for
avian influenza and four others were suspected to be positive. Once
the Miyazaki Government succeeds in isolating the virus, samples
will be transferred to the National Institute of Animal Health in
Tsukuba for further investigation. The government has quarantined
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the remaining chickens at the farm and requested farms in the area
to refrain from transporting chickens and eggs. An official of the
Miyazaki Government commented that there is probably no relation
between the suspected outbreak in Hyuga City and the previous
outbreak in Kiyotake, as the Hyuga cases have occurred a full week
after the Government completed sanitization of the affected farm in
Kiyotake.
SCHIEFFER