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Southern duck farms to be tested for H7N9 influenza
RISK ASSESSMENT:Experts said that the risk of H7N9 avian flu transmission from birds to humans has dropped as migratory birds move toward their summer breeding grounds
By Alison Hsiao
All duck farms in Chiayi County, Greater Tainan and Greater Kao-hsiung are to be tested for H7N9 avian influenza, instead of being randomly sampled, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday, as past monitoring of migratory birds has shown that wild ducks tend to have the highest number of virus carriers among migratory birds and mostly fly to the southwestern part of the nation.
Local authorities and government agencies are strengthening their monitoring activities by expanding the range of surveillance, to require samples from all duck farms in the three southern counties, where migratory ducks are seen most, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Deputy Director Huang Kuo-ching (黃國青) told a press conference.
“We will do what is necessary if a virus genetically similar to the one in China is found in local poultry farms, including a cull,” he said.
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RISK ASSESSMENT:Experts said that the risk of H7N9 avian flu transmission from birds to humans has dropped as migratory birds move toward their summer breeding grounds
By Alison Hsiao
All duck farms in Chiayi County, Greater Tainan and Greater Kao-hsiung are to be tested for H7N9 avian influenza, instead of being randomly sampled, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday, as past monitoring of migratory birds has shown that wild ducks tend to have the highest number of virus carriers among migratory birds and mostly fly to the southwestern part of the nation.
Local authorities and government agencies are strengthening their monitoring activities by expanding the range of surveillance, to require samples from all duck farms in the three southern counties, where migratory ducks are seen most, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Deputy Director Huang Kuo-ching (黃國青) told a press conference.
“We will do what is necessary if a virus genetically similar to the one in China is found in local poultry farms, including a cull,” he said.
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