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  • Egypt - Bird flu: Poultry industry lost 18 billion pounds from 2006 to 2010

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    Losses of 18 billion pounds, "Egypt" of bird flu
    Sunday, 13/11/2011

    Mohammed Hefni - Cairo

    Dr. Mohamed Abdel Hamid Shafei, Vice Chairman of the Division of Meat and Poultry Chamber of Egyptian food that economic losses from bird flu that killed 35 million chickens in Egypt amounted to 18 billion pounds in the period from 2006 to 2010 and has about two million workers in this sector and jobs. He stressed that the areas most affected by these losses are the poor areas in villages and rural Egypt, where the population in these areas to various types of poultry farming to achieve self-sufficiency and excess discharge of the cities. He noted that Egypt's production of poultry was one year before the crisis, some 95 million birds, representing 85% of the total production of birds,

    Which prompted the Egyptian government to export to the Arab countries after the industry achieved self-sufficiency in poultry meat, noting that the spread of the disease led to the decline of demand for poultry, which had a negative impact on the industry and service sectors associated with it. The deputy chairman of the Division of Meat and Poultry:The process of vaccination against avian influenza is not feasible, along with the difficulty of accounting the rural sector in poultry, in addition to the lack of agricultural extension in Egypt to a high degree of professionalism and responsibility, and the weakness of the role of media in raising awareness of assets farming and the poultry industry .

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela
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