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(24 Aug 2009)
La Calera, Chile - 21 August 2009
1. Fence, sign pointing to Sopraval turkey plant where birds were found to have swine flu
2. Tyres of truck where turkeys were transported being sprayed down
3. Plant worker brushes dirty water down drain
4. Workers spraying down truck where turkeys were transported, pull out
Rome, Italy - 24 August 2009
5. Wide shot exterior of Food and Agriculture Organisation headquarters
6. Close up plaque on wall reading: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
7. Close up United Nations flag
8. Medium shot Doctor Juan Lubroth, the head of infectious diseases for FAO in Rome, in his office
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doctor Juan Lubroth, head of infectious diseases, Food and Agriculture Organisation:
"The H1N1 virus that has been detected in Chile in turkeys for the first time, shows very mild disease, whereas the H5N1 virus that we have seen affecting poultry around the world has been a very severe disease, so although they're both influenza viruses, they're acting very differently."
10. Close up computer screen, information re H1N1
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor Juan Lubroth, head of infectious diseases, Food and Agriculture Organisation:
"No I think there's no reason to be in alarm, I think what we need to do is to have a good veterinary surveillance system to be picking up these events, and I'm calling them events, I'm not calling them outbreaks. These events we could therefore understand a bit more how viruses move around the world and be able to intervene a bit better. But to be able to have the proper surveillance I need strong veterinary services, I need competent laboratories and in most countries of the world I do not have that. So there are a lot of question marks."
12. Medium shot Dr. Juan Lubroth working on his computer
La Calera, Chile - 21 August 2009
13. Various of turkey farm workers, wearing masks and gloves, filmed inside plant through glass
14. Turkey feathers on the floor
15. Various of worker burning feathers with blow torch
STORYLINE:
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Monday that the H1N1 swine flu virus that has been detected in Chile in turkeys for the first time, was manifesting itself in very mild symptoms, in contrast to the H5N1 bird flu virus which has been "a very severe disease".
Doctor Juan Lubroth, head of infectious diseases at the FAO, said at the headquarters in Rome that the Friday's discovery in Chile was "no reason to be in alarm."
"I think what we need to do is to have a good veterinary surveillance system to be picking up these events, and I'm calling them events, I'm not calling them outbreaks. These events we could therefore understand a bit more how viruses move around the world and be able to intervene a bit better," Lubroth added, but said that unfortunately good veterinary services and competent laboratories were not universally available.
Chile announced on Friday that tests showed that swine flu had jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic.
Top flu and animal-health experts at the FAO, and at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, were monitoring the situation, but said the infected turkeys have suffered only mild effects, easing concern about a potentially dangerous development.
Chile's turkey meat remains safe to eat, the experts said, and so far there have been no signs of a deadly mutation.
None of the birds have died from this flu, according to the owner of the farms, Sopraval SA.
Sopraval alerted the agriculture ministry after egg production dropped at the farms this month.

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