Hong Kong confirmed that no avian influenza virus was detected in chicken farms (11.24)

OA show ('918 '); China News Agency, Hong Kong, November 20 - the agriculture, fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong confirmed today that no avian influenza virus has been isolated from a chicken farm in Yuen Long, and the Department has lifted all prohibitions on the farm Liao Jijian, assistant director of the Hong Kong Fisheries and Conservation Department, said today that the Department had not isolated H5 avian influenza virus from a large number of samples taken from the chicken farm and all age groups for testing Previously, it was found that chickens had antibodies indicating that they had been exposed to H5 avian influenza virus, but the virus did not affect chickens and failed to survive in the farm, which was totally different from the H5N1 avian influenza virus in 1997 Liao Jijian said that since the samples collected by the chicken farm on October 19 showed a suspicious positive reaction to H5 avian influenza virus, the Department immediately conducted an in-depth investigation with the University of Hong Kong, and then took 1700 samples for virus isolation and 3000 serum tests In the course of the investigation, chickens on the farm were kept healthy and there were no unusual deaths Liao said the case proved the need to closely monitor local farms and imported chickens to test the presence of avian influenza virus The Department will continue to test all local poultry before launching the market China feed industry information network GGD (author:)