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  • China - Poultry prices plummeting in Wuhan, Hubei province due to H7N9 avian influenza - June 21, 2017

    Influenced by the H7N9 flu, poultry product prices are plummeting

    2017-06-21 21:34:01  Source: Changjiang Daily


    1 million chickens farms, can not hear a chicken call, smell a little bit of chicken manure smell
    (Reporter Zhan Haibo correspondent Yin Xu) since January this year, affected by the infection H7N9 flu cases, many people "talk about bird color change", the poultry products "can not eat do not eat." It is estimated that the city's poultry industry every day due to falling prices caused by the loss of more than 360 million.
    June 21, the Yangtze River Daily reporter to follow the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Agricultural Commission, into the Huangpi Mulan Mountain in central China's largest standardization of laying hens farms Wuhan Hong agricultural and animal husbandry Co., Ltd., close visit the poultry product production process.
    In the egg sorting workshop, the workers are busy busy, the conveyor belt eggs through sorting, cleaning, disinfection, grading, weighing, inkjet and other processes, are automatically sent to a different transmission port. Zhang Honglin, the company responsible person told reporters, through the infrared scan, egg shell as long as there is a trace of cracks will be sorted out. The company achieved the process of intelligent environment control, digital precision feeding, automated product collection.
    Reporters learned that 10 houses are equipped with various types of probes, data monitoring ammonia, oxygen and other air quality indicators, through manual observation, data monitoring and accurate monitoring of each chicken's health. Chicken house only managers can enter, the staff are disinfected after the card into the factory. "Here is located in the mountains, precautionary measures, the chicken drink is the sanitation of deep mountain spring water, surrounded by a few kilometers without polluting enterprises, the entire base is full of monitoring, protection is very strict." Zhang Honglin introduction, this year's impact on the poultry industry in Wuhan impact Large, the company 1 million chickens 3 months loss of more than 600 million.
    Data show that, affected by the H7N9 flu, coupled with poor market, weak growth in consumer demand, poultry overcapacity and other reasons, poultry prices since the Spring Festival after the setback. From the market price monitoring situation, in June Wuhan meat and poultry, eggs, egg chicken prices fell 31.3% year on year, 42.9%, 51.9%.
    City Agriculture Committee relevant person in charge, this year H7N9 flu since the occurrence of Wuhan, there is no engaged in livestock and poultry breeding related personnel infection, nor a chicken farm found H7N9 flu. The spread of H7N9 flu is mainly due to migratory birds migrate, and poultry farming and not much relationship.
    Wuhan City Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau official said, the city's animal husbandry and veterinary departments will further intensify efforts to guide farmers to strengthen production management, improve farming efficiency and ensure quality and safety. And said that as long as the purchase through the normal channels, after quarantine qualified poultry meat is safe, you can rest assured that consumption.

    zhttp://www.changjiangtimes.com/2017/06/571075.html
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