Microbiological Risk Assessment: Meat and Poultry Products

Avian Influenza in India

I ¾ Tremendous loss to poultry Industry
™ Maharashtra and Gujarat 2006

V ƒ 3.45 lakh birds culled
ƒ 6 lakh eggs & 53 MT feed destroyed

R ™ West Bengal and Tripura: 2008
ƒ > 40 lakh birds culled

I ƒ 15 lakh eggs & 80,000 Kg feed destroyed
(10/32008, DAHD, Govt. India Media notification)
™ Assam, West Bengal (Darjeeling) and Sikkim:
2009: Exact estimates not available

I H5N1 02/01/2009 Follow-up report No. 4
V 13/01/2009 Follow-up report No. 5
R 21/01/2009 Follow-up report No. 6
I 02/02/2009 Follow-up report No. 7
19/02/2009 Follow-up report No. 8
04/03/2009 Follow-up report No. 9
16/03/2009 Follow-up report No. 10
30/03/2009 Follow-up report No. 11



Avian influenza in birds

Receptor-Ligand for H5N1

I

V Bird H5N1

R α 2,3 present in human α 2,6
I deep in the lung
Human
Flu
viruses

Phylogenetic analysis of NA gene of H5N1 viruses

I 100 Gs/HEKn/vwirwo2n6m/0e0nt/HK/437-10/99 Ck/V9N9M/2D7k/C0/TV3kCTHN/kIHnAM/VALd//1Nai/4a16oM0/G(/7sK/0/0/s9147A4/61C1N49C9a-/4210km//)/600M/b044oY4dSia/5/2885/80/404 VTM
V 100 99 lineage
R
I 82 9B7HGsB/QHHG/6s5g/Q/r0eH5a/t5Cc91rk/eC00/Ns50kCti1/egYk0de/o0Srggiuajraed/6kba4aen1Zr//tD1/aJ0HCQC7I/D/e6D1Ba8kknak6NBt4//m//a/IIDSF-V0/nny51aTJk6edd/CC/0r0//D0/t1kiiH9kk/-4aa50/I7k1//N7X//MM6/7731L4/C/99480aa/a90k76/54nno805/266DWii/s5pp0////00k036uua/6662Gjrro9//IIY/nn5B//dd4B0ii96Vaa7//M55/099/060050017//0077 Fujian
lineage

Indonesian
lineage

87

WhoospwinagnDC/ksSk/wl/EoCagvrnyeim/pnMtei/ao2a/n27/0g568o30/l-/0ia035//620464/05
Ty/SGuzf/dSaTlk/1a3/1421//0056
cyCgnkCCu/AkksCf//gIcIknnhy/ddgIanininaadui/s/i89sata8/2/I8n2r5a8/441n2//020/9C7606/5k074/6/I0/n06d6ia/8292/06

CCkkC//IIknn/ddIniiaad//i18a33/96726156/03/60/066 Qinghai-like
CCCCCCkkkkkk//////IIIIIInnnnnnddddddiiiiiiaaaaaa//////781991238933677758627669/0//7/0000//66660066 lineage
CCkk//IInnddiiaa//1153077537//0066
CCCkkkC///IIIknnn/dddIniiiaaad///i819a232/159759453/6/003/66096/06

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WHO Food safety information
Avian Influenza

I ¾ Conventional cooking (> 700C) safe : Inactivate
virus

V ¾ In poultry meat: not killed by refrigeration or
freezing

R ¾ Home slaughtering and preparation is hazardous
¾ Eggs contain virus both on outside and inside of

I shell
¾ No evidence of infection: If consumed properly
cooked poultry and eggs

¾ Greatest risk in handling and slaughter of live
infected birds