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Philippines detects bird flu outbreak in quail farm

Published 03/16/2020, 03:00 PM
Updated 03/16/2020, 03:08 PM
Philippines detects bird flu outbreak in quail farm

MANILA, March 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines has detected an
outbreak of avian flu in a northern province after tests showed
presence of the highly infectious H5N6 subtype of the influenza
A virus in a quail farm, the country's farm minister said on
Monday.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the bird flu virus,
the same strain that hit some local poultry farms in 2017, was
detected in Jaen municipality in Nueva Ecija province, where
about 1,500 quails had died on one farm alone.
A total of 12,000 quails have been destroyed and buried to
prevent further infections, Dar said, citing field reports.
"We are on top of the situation," he said. "Surveillance
around the 1-km and 7-km radius will be carried out immediately
to ensure that the disease has not progressed around the said
perimeter."
Animal quarantine checkpoints have also been set up to
restrict the movement of all live domestic birds to and from the
quarantine area, he said.
"We would like to emphasise that this is a single case
affecting one quail farm only," Dar said.
Dr. Arlene Vytiaco, technical spokeswoman for avian flu at
the agriculture department, said that while there is a
possibility of transmission to humans through excretion and
secretion, "the chances are very slim".
"There is also zero mortality rate," she said.
Dar said his department and the local government were
jointly conducting an investigation and contact-tracing to
determine the source of infection.
To ensure steady domestic supply of poultry, he said the
transport of day-old chicks, hatching eggs and chicken meat will
be allowed provided the source farms have tested negative for
bird flu.


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