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Poultry imports banned

04/03/2015

Poultry imports banned Measures of precaution

The government on Friday banned the import of poultry from Nigeria and Burkina Faso. A measure that follows the re-emergence of H5N1 avian influenza. Togo has experienced two outbreaks in 2007 and 2008.

The threat is real because the level of wild imports is important . Togo has made more widely provisions to prohibit the importation of poultry from countries in the region.