Impact of avian influenza outbreaks in the poultry sectors of five South East Asian countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam) outbreak costs, responses and potential long term control
Impact of avian influenza outbreaks in the poultry sectors of five South East Asian countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam) outbreak costs, responses and potential long term control
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DOI:
10.1079/wps200570
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发表时间:
2005-09-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Mcleod, A
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作者:
Rushton, J;Viscarra, R;Mcleod, A
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), in most cases the strain H5N1, was known to be present in all countries of this study in 2003 and was officially reported by all countries in January 2004 (OIE, 2005; FAO, 2004). The outbreak appears to be most widely spread in Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam, with the latter two countries also reporting human cases and fatalities (FAO, 2005). The importance of this disease is a combination of:• The high levels of mortality with flock mortality rates often above 50%. The highly infectious nature of HPAI also requires severe control methods to restrict an outbreak, which would normally include the culling of apparently healthy birds that have been in contact with infected ones. In addition, some countries have adopted vaccination strategies to reduce the numbers of susceptible birds. The high bird mortality caused by HPAI and the costly control methods will be demonstrated with data from the study countries in this document.• The presence of HPAI restricting international trade in live birds and poultry meat products and affecting tourism. Where poultry export industries have been developed, there are impacts in terms of threats to important investments and employment in the poultry industry and the service sector to this industry. Leslie and Upton (1999) report the positive benefits from disease freedom of livestock product orientated countries.