In response to the reported human infections with H7N9 virus, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China expanded and enhanced surveillance in live bird markets and poultry farms, as well as in swine farms and slaughterhouses, across the whole country, particularly in the affected region and surrounding provinces of southern China.
If you do, however, avoid contact with live poultry and wild birds, don't go to live animal markets and poultry farms, avoid contact with surfaces contaminated with animal droppings/faeces, and maintain preventative hygiene as instructed above.
23 As of the end of May, China's poultry industry suffered direct losses amounting to ¥7.75 billion (US$1.24), including the cost of closing live poultry markets and slaughtering poultry in the 10 affected provinces.
Poultry carrying the H9N2 virus are likely the incubators for the establishment of novel human-infecting avian influenza viruses, so that the live poultry markets and live poultry trade need to be extensively controlled (Gao, 2014; Liu et al., 2014).
During the 12-year period of surveillance, several interventions were implemented by the Hong Kong government in response to outbreaks of influenza virus (H5N1) in live poultry markets and on poultry farms.
Closing of the live poultry markets and culling of poultry in infected live poultry markets are important events in the prevention of further dissemination of nH7N9 infection.
H7N9 was first identified in April, when a series of deaths prompted officials to shut down meat markets and slaughter poultry in several mainland Chinese cities.
Small farms, live and wet markets, and many poultry shows provide abundant opportunities for interactions among free ranging and domestic species which may result in transmission and perpetuation of AIVs, particularly when ducks are involved.
Before development, Hamersley was a remote district covered in jarrah, marri, banksia and other vegetation typical of the Swan Coastal Plain, with small areas cleared for small-scale agriculture such as market gardening and poultry farming.
Sixth, we considered only direct losses from closing down live poultry markets and large-scale poultry slaughter, which could be estimated accurately and quickly.
1 5 As a result, closing down the live poultry markets and slaughtering the poultry were the main interventional measures in the affected areas of China.
