Forum : Diseases and disease agents          Submit New Topic Topic:Australian bat Lyssavirus (ABLV, ABL) Name:R Woods Date:2/04/2007 1:04:23 PM Email:rwoods@zoo.nsw.gov.au Phone: Name Date Of Event Posted Details T Grillo 07/09/2010 07/09/2010 In Defence of the Flying Fox: If you missed this on TV last week - you can download the WMV file from the Catalyst website. T Grillo 07/09/2010 QLD: Guidelines for veterinarians handling potential Australian bat lyssavirus infection in animals. “National policy and approach to ABLV is presented in the AUSVETPLAN (AVP) disease strategy for ABLV. Comprehensive information is provided for the management of animals that have potentially been infected with ABLV. These guidelines provide information based on AUSVETPLAN for the management of bat/animal incidents in Queensland. The scope these Guidelines are specifically intended to assist veterinarians in the safe management of incidents involving contact between domestic animals (cats or dogs) and bats with the resulting potential for these animals to acquire Australian Bat Lyssavirus infection (ABLV).” Guidelines for veterinarians handling potential Australian bat lyssavirus infection in animals - August 2010 version 1: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/doc T Grillo 09/05/2010 18/05/2010 [PUBLICATION]Wibbelt et al., (2010) Emerging diseases in Chiroptera: why bats? Biology Letters. Published online before print April 28, 2010, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0267 http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/04/26/rsbl.2010.0267.full.pdf+html [Full Text link] T Grillo 04/04/2010 21/04/2010 Disease danger prompts warning 8/4/2010 Central Western Daily:http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/news/l ocal/news/general/disease-danger-prompts-warning/1 797392.aspx “Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) has issued a warning to people in Orange not to touch grey headed flying foxes under any circumstances. With a colony of several thousand of the native fruit bats now living in residential areas, GWAHS has reminded people of the potentially life-threatening health risks associated with the animals. All types of bats, including both flying foxes and microbats, can carry potentially fatal diseases such as Lyssavirus……………..” Follow link to read full article. T Grillo 11/02/2010 Australian Bat Lyssavirus AUSVETPLAN 2009 now available on AHA website The Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan, or AUSVETPLAN, is the national contingency planning framework for the management of emergency animal disease (EAD) incidents in Australia. The purpose of AUSVETPLAN is to ensure coherent operations and procedures among national, state and territory animal health authorities, and emergency management organisations in the management of an EAD incident. Each AUSVETPLAN disease strategy is the authoritative reference to the Australian management policies for a particular EAD. It provides sufficient information about: the nature of the disease principles of control and eradication policy and rationale recommended quarantine and movement controls This information allows authorities to make informed decisions about the policies and procedures needed to manage an EAD incident in Australia. Follow link to view the Australian bat lyssavirus Version 3.0, 2009: htt T Grillo 25/01/2010 Queensland DEEDI Updated Australian Bat Lyssavirus Information Queensland’s Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) has recently updated it’s website information on Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) as part of the response to the recent media interest in the ABLV-positive bat at 1770. AUSTRALIAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS IS A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE: Under Queensland legislation, if you suspect that domestic animals may have been infected with this disease, you must report it to Biosecurity Queensland. Call DEEDI on 13 25 23 or Emergency Disease Watch Hotline 1800 675 888. “If it is safe to do so, the bat should be submitted for laboratory testing to establish whether the animal has been exposed to ABLV. In Queensland; the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) should be contacted for help in collecting the bat (contact DERM on 1300 130 372). Avoid handling the bat yourself. You can also contact the AWHN Wildlife Coordinator in your State or Territor T Grillo 19/01/2010 Bats 'very low risk': Biosecurity Qld ABC NEWS: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/201 0/01/08/2787898.htm?section=justin Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) says there is a very low risk that bats will approach people despite an attack on three men in central Queensland this week.” Follow link to read more. T Grillo 07/01/2010 Bat with lyssavirus (ABLV) bites three Qld men 6/01/2010 Yahoo 7 News: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/6649816/bat-with-lyssavirus-bites-three-qld-men/ “Three men will undergo a series of treatments after learning a flying fox that bit them in central Queensland had the potentially-fatal lyssavirus.”…………..”The bat was [euthanased] and testing proved it was positive for Australian Bat Lyssavirus. The three men will be treated with a series of six injections over a month to prevent the virus penetrating their brains through their nervous systems - an invariably fatal development. The treatment - similar to that used to treat rabies overseas - is very effective, Queensland's acting chief health officer, Dr Christine Selvey said. Five similar case last year responded to treatment.”…………………………"The only two known cases of ABL (Australian Bat Lyssavirus) in humans were in the 1990s - 1996 and 1998 - and both were fatal. Since then we have introduced routine prophylaxis for bat bites and s T Grillo 11/08/2009 12/08/2009 New Paper: June 2009: Craig, A. T., et al. (2009). Audit of post-exposure treatment to prevent lyssavirus infection in Sydney South West Area Health Service, 2005 - 2007. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 20(6): 86-89. Follow Link: http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=NB07124 R Woods 27/03/2009 Bat bite sparks health warning http://singleton.yourguide.com.au/news /local/news/general/bat-bite-sparks-health-warning /1465140.aspx 1 2          Submit New Topic

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