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  • EGYPT - Random(?) sampling shows ca. 1.1% of poultry H5N1 positive

    In April(?), ca. 1.1% of poultry (backyard birds? farmed poultry?) tested positive for H5N1 in a random(?) sampling from all 26 governorates....

    Machine-translated from Arabic:

    The highest committee of the bird flu: Training courses to the housewives willing to the poultry breeding
    June 26, 2007

    She wrote - Sanaa Mostafa: The highest committee of the bird flu demanded the presidency of Doctor Hatem the mountain the Minister of Health and the health departments with the distribution of instructions and the health education are on the housewives willing to the poultry breeding in the houses. Also the committee demanded from the organization of training courses in the health units.

    That came through the meeting of the committee, Doctor Abdul Rahman Shahin the spokesman of the Ministry stated that the total of the human conditions of the suspicion by the bird flu disease since the emergence of the disease in the countries they reached 3338 conditions of suspicion.

    The injury of 37 conditions made sure by a virus, its last of the child Emad Al Drmlli from "its critics" in Qena Governorate, and the declaration of the death of 15 conditions as the committee declared the appearance of the influenza virus between the birds in 870 farms and 400 sites between the house birds [backyard poultry], as confirmed the committee that the results of the positive surveillance a month ago last April in 26 governorates it revealed the appearance of 289 positive sites between the birds from 26,048 samples and the continuation of the distribution of the house batteries was decided on the birds educator [aviculturalists] in the houses in the countryside, the governorates and the slum districts and the fortification of an Al Tiorbaltaon now takes place with the veterinary departments in the governorates and the removal of an Al Ashsh from above the houses and cleansing the aviculture places.

    Also holding the laboratory survey was decided on families that have been injury by the bird flu virus to make sure of their safety and the non presence of infectious viruses between the present sound birds in the educators [aviculturalists'] houses.

    Last edited by Theresa42; June 25, 2007, 09:36 PM. Reason: Fixing thread title
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