Outbreak on a poultry farm [i.e. not backyard poultry] in Sharqia governorate -- second outbreak in the last 6 months on this farm....
Google-translated from Arabic:
The focus of a new bird flu in one of East [Sharqia Governorate] Farms
Dec 9, 2007
Written by Mitwalli Salem 9/12/2007
Dr. Hamed Samaha, Chairman of the General Authority for Veterinary Services, the emergence of cases of bird flu disease in a farm poultry farms supplied "Kohia" Eastern Province [Sharqia Governorate], pointing out that the execution of all poultry farm, in accordance with the requirements of veterinary infection inside the center, to a distance of up to 15 km with a comprehensive clearing work within the farm and its surrounding areas.
His Eminence, in a press statement yesterday, it was decided to close the farm according to the Ministerial Decree No. 560, especially as the situation repeated infection on the farm itself twice during 6 months, which confirms the existence of an imbalance in the vital safety procedures poultry farm in question.
He explained that the tolerance will be an urgent memo to Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture, to issue a new resolution allowing the Assembly of the Veterinary Services oversight and control over the operations of immunization birds in poultry farms in various provinces, and to ensure the implementation of the immunization program, which according to the JEMB for this purpose.
He pointed out that he decided to intensify traffic on poultry farms and rural education nationwide, to ensure the application of the safety of this vital farm and the immediate closure of poultry farms which do not apply these rules aim to besiege disease avian influenza.
Google-translated from Arabic:
The focus of a new bird flu in one of East [Sharqia Governorate] Farms
Dec 9, 2007
Written by Mitwalli Salem 9/12/2007
Dr. Hamed Samaha, Chairman of the General Authority for Veterinary Services, the emergence of cases of bird flu disease in a farm poultry farms supplied "Kohia" Eastern Province [Sharqia Governorate], pointing out that the execution of all poultry farm, in accordance with the requirements of veterinary infection inside the center, to a distance of up to 15 km with a comprehensive clearing work within the farm and its surrounding areas.
His Eminence, in a press statement yesterday, it was decided to close the farm according to the Ministerial Decree No. 560, especially as the situation repeated infection on the farm itself twice during 6 months, which confirms the existence of an imbalance in the vital safety procedures poultry farm in question.
He explained that the tolerance will be an urgent memo to Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture, to issue a new resolution allowing the Assembly of the Veterinary Services oversight and control over the operations of immunization birds in poultry farms in various provinces, and to ensure the implementation of the immunization program, which according to the JEMB for this purpose.
He pointed out that he decided to intensify traffic on poultry farms and rural education nationwide, to ensure the application of the safety of this vital farm and the immediate closure of poultry farms which do not apply these rules aim to besiege disease avian influenza.
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