Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ULAANBAATAR16
2008-01-14 00:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ulaanbaatar
Cable title:
MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU DECEMBER 2007
how-toR 140019Z JAN 08 FM AMEMBASSY ULAANBAATAR TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1803 DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC INFO CDC ATLANTA GA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY SEOUL AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY BANGKOK AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY ASTANA REUCJS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC USDA FAS WASHINGTON DC DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000016
SIPDIS
USDA FOR FAS/DLP, FAS/ITP, FAS/ICD
STATE FOR EAP/CM, OES/IHA, AND CA/OCS
STATE PLEASE PASS TO CDC
STATE PLEASE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE/EA
BANGKOK FOR USAID FOR RDM/A
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU DECEMBER 2007
Ref: ULAANBAATAR 268
CURRENT STATUS
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UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000016
SIPDIS
USDA FOR FAS/DLP, FAS/ITP, FAS/ICD
STATE FOR EAP/CM, OES/IHA, AND CA/OCS
STATE PLEASE PASS TO CDC
STATE PLEASE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE/EA
BANGKOK FOR USAID FOR RDM/A
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU DECEMBER 2007
Ref: ULAANBAATAR 268
CURRENT STATUS
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1. There have been no suspected outbreaks of H5N1 in Mongolia's wild
waterfowl and poultry. There have been no transmissions to humans.
The ban on importing poultry products from China remains in place.
Also, the ban does not include poultry products from third countries
imported through Russia and China.
2. A report from Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-led Avian
Influenza (HPAI) surveillance effort in Mongolia's wild bird
population can be found on the following WCS Global Avian Influenza
Network for Surveillance (GAINS) website: http://www.gains.org/.
Samples collected from wild birds surveyed in Mongolia in 2007 are
currently undergoing testing in the United States. RNA extractions
have been completed on approximately 1,000 samples and are currently
being submitted for RT-PCR at laboratories at the University of
California, Davis. Testing of serum samples will begin in January
at the USDA-ARS laboratories in Athens, Georgia. As results of
laboratory analyses are received these will be shared immediately
with partners at the Mongolian State Central Veterinary Laboratory
and the Mongolian Veterinary Department. With their approval,
laboratory results will then be shared with the wider avian
influenza community through the GAINS website.
3. The first report of the re-sighting of a Bar-headed goose
captured and marked by the WCS GAINS team in Mongolia in the summer
of 2007 was received in December. The male Bar-headed goose was
tagged with the collar E6 on July 19, 2007, in the Darkhad Valley of
Hovsgol aimag (N: 99.41078, E: 51.19736). He was one of 50
Bar-headed Geese fitted with collars in July, and is the first for
which re-sighting information has been received. Based on the
information given, the bird has traveled a direct line distance of
~4,780 km to India.
4. Dr. Tungalag, a Mongolian participant in the International Course
on Trans-boundary Animal Disease (ICTAD) organized by USDA/APHIS in
August 2007, informed the U.S. Embassy that she plans to organize a
Trans-boundary Animal Disease Course including Avian Influenza for
relevant Mongolian government officials and specialists, and
students of the University of Agriculture in March 2008.
GOLDBECK
SIPDIS
USDA FOR FAS/DLP, FAS/ITP, FAS/ICD
STATE FOR EAP/CM, OES/IHA, AND CA/OCS
STATE PLEASE PASS TO CDC
STATE PLEASE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE/EA
BANGKOK FOR USAID FOR RDM/A
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU DECEMBER 2007
Ref: ULAANBAATAR 268
CURRENT STATUS
--------------
1. There have been no suspected outbreaks of H5N1 in Mongolia's wild
waterfowl and poultry. There have been no transmissions to humans.
The ban on importing poultry products from China remains in place.
Also, the ban does not include poultry products from third countries
imported through Russia and China.
2. A report from Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-led Avian
Influenza (HPAI) surveillance effort in Mongolia's wild bird
population can be found on the following WCS Global Avian Influenza
Network for Surveillance (GAINS) website: http://www.gains.org/.
Samples collected from wild birds surveyed in Mongolia in 2007 are
currently undergoing testing in the United States. RNA extractions
have been completed on approximately 1,000 samples and are currently
being submitted for RT-PCR at laboratories at the University of
California, Davis. Testing of serum samples will begin in January
at the USDA-ARS laboratories in Athens, Georgia. As results of
laboratory analyses are received these will be shared immediately
with partners at the Mongolian State Central Veterinary Laboratory
and the Mongolian Veterinary Department. With their approval,
laboratory results will then be shared with the wider avian
influenza community through the GAINS website.
3. The first report of the re-sighting of a Bar-headed goose
captured and marked by the WCS GAINS team in Mongolia in the summer
of 2007 was received in December. The male Bar-headed goose was
tagged with the collar E6 on July 19, 2007, in the Darkhad Valley of
Hovsgol aimag (N: 99.41078, E: 51.19736). He was one of 50
Bar-headed Geese fitted with collars in July, and is the first for
which re-sighting information has been received. Based on the
information given, the bird has traveled a direct line distance of
~4,780 km to India.
4. Dr. Tungalag, a Mongolian participant in the International Course
on Trans-boundary Animal Disease (ICTAD) organized by USDA/APHIS in
August 2007, informed the U.S. Embassy that she plans to organize a
Trans-boundary Animal Disease Course including Avian Influenza for
relevant Mongolian government officials and specialists, and
students of the University of Agriculture in March 2008.
GOLDBECK