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Viewing cable 06RANGOON604, OFFICIALS UPDATE VISITING FAS REPS ON AI

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06RANGOON604 2006-05-05 00:55 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Rangoon
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 RANGOON 000604 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS; PACOM FOR FPA; USDA FOR FAS/PECAD, 
FAS/CNMP, FAS/AAD, APHIS; BANGKOK FOR USAID (JOHN 
MACARTHUR), APHIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
SUBJECT: OFFICIALS UPDATE VISITING FAS REPS ON AI 
 
REF: RANGOON 459 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory visit, APHIS Area 
Director Ned Cardenas and FAS Agricultural Attache Russ 
Nicely received an open, thorough update from Livestock 
Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials about 
current GOB efforts to contain the recent Avian Influenza 
outbreak.  LBVD confirmed that it lifted official controls on 
poultry transport and sale in previously affected townships. 
The Director General and his staff outlined LBVD priorities 
in addressing AI in animals: virus eradication, prevention of 
transmission between species, awareness raising, active and 
passive surveillance, and regular testing.  LBVD authorities 
requested international assistance for regional training 
opportunities, farmer compensation, improvement of food 
processing practices, education, and local production of 
protective gear.  LBVD officials candidly admitted 
difficulties, including their lack of good information from 
outside the country and from other parts of Burma.  The DG 
expressed appreciation for USG attention and potential 
training opportunities.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U) LBVD Director General Maung Maung Nyunt, his deputy, 
and four directors met with Ned Cardenas, new APHIS Area 
Director, Russ Nicely, Bangkok Agricultural Attache and 
Econoff on May 1, a Burmese holiday.  The DG told us that 
Burma had entered the second stage of the GOB's AI action 
plan: control after an outbreak.  He outlined current LBVD 
goals, including: eradication of the existing virus; 
prevention of transmission between species; awareness raising 
and education; active and passive surveillance, including 
development of a schedule for continuous testing of birds. 
He reported that authorities destroyed 233,700 chickens, 
166,965 quail and 141,535 eggs in Mandalay Division, and 
93,184 chickens, 150,340 quail and 23,795 eggs in Sagaing 
Division.  According to his calculations, the financial loss 
from culled and sick birds was between $330,000 and $660,000. 
 The outbreak affected 542 households engaged in raising 
poultry.  Authorities suspect that the infection began in the 
Shwebo region of Sagaing Division.  They discussed Burma's 
vulnerability from infected chicks carried across its long, 
largely unmonitored borders with China, Bangladesh and India. 
 
 
3. (SBU) Maung Maung Nyunt said the GOB gave LBVD overall 
responsibility for AI disease control, surveillance, 
protection and eradication. He also said that the GOB 
established Bird Flu Steering Committees in the two affected 
divisions chaired by the divisional SPDC leader, and 
comprised of representatives from LBVD, the Livestock 
Federation, Health Department, GOB laboratory personnel and 
municipal authorities.  Townships have Bird Flu Control 
Committees with LBVD, Health Department, Development Affairs 
Committee, and Livestock Federation members.  The authorities 
lifted the ban on transport and sale of poultry in Mandalay 
and Sagaing Divisions on April 28, he said, because 
authorities knew of no new cases of AI in birds after April 
5. 
 
4. (SBU) Responding to Dr. Cardenas' inquiry about LBVD's 
needs, the DG asked about regional training opportunities; 
assistance with rehabilitation and compensation of affected 
farmers; help in restructuring the food processing system, 
including cold chain, cooking, storage, and other meat 
handling techniques; education of farmers on best practices; 
and help to establish local production of personal protective 
equipment.  Maung Maung Nyunt said GOB officials felt it was 
the government's responsibility to compensate affected 
farmers.  Options LBVD is considering include loans from the 
Livestock and Fisheries Development Bank, at a monthly 
interest rate of 1.2%, and the establishment of new 
livestock/chicken zones, built away from human residences. 
The GOB would then supply chicks from the FAO animal bank, 
and enough feed for one or two months. 
 
5. (SBU) LBVD sees a need for stricter food safety practices 
in the chicken industry, including a system to control the 
movement of poultry products, and enhanced food security. 
LBVD officials plan roundtable discussions with farmers to 
educate, to gain cooperation, and to hear feedback about 
possible remediation efforts.  Cooperation with FAO was key 
to LBVD efforts, he said, so he seconded a veterinarian from 
the field to work in the Rangoon FAO office full time. 
 
6. (SBU) LBVD reps enthusiastically recounted their 
interactions with Dr. John MacArthur from USAID Bangkok 
(whose visits are also mentioned in daily AI updates in 
official media), and were equally open with the FAS visitors, 
even acknowledging that the Embassy's FAS local staff member 
frequently knew more than they did about what is going on 
inside the country.  Dr. Cardenas said that APHIS plans to 
hire a local employee at the embassy to work on AI issues, 
and the DG committed the cooperation of his Department.  At a 
later private meeting, officials acknowledged that they 
expected to see another outbreak during the upcoming rainy 
season because GOB authorities have not enforced biosafety 
protocols. 
 
7. (SBU) Comment: Although the initial AI outbreak in Burma 
seems under control, GOB officials at the technical level 
welcome foreign assistance to prepare for future outbreaks. 
Political will to control any outbreak exists at these lower 
levels, but commitment by the top leaders, including stricter 
enforcement and allocation of resources, is not evident. 
Burma's ability to handle another outbreak will require 
continued technical advice and support from FAO and WHO.  In 
addition, APHIS proposes to hire an additional local staff 
with a veterinary background.  This employee would assure we 
had more complete information about AI developments in Burma 
and GOB actions, as well as support FAO efforts to combat AI 
in animals.  End Comment. 
VILLAROSA