Iraq - Government confirms poultry bird flu in Diwaniya province - January 31, 2016

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And al-Badri said in an interview with Alsumaria News for, "bird flu appeared in one of the neighborhoods of the city of Diwaniya areas," noting that "the injury appeared after the import of animal products from Turkey through the territory of Kurdistan

He added that, "veterinarians diagnosed the situation and confirmed the injury," calling on the federal government and the concerned authorities to "take the necessary measures to prevent the spread of influenza."


Supreme Committee for the fight against bird flu announced on Monday (January 25 2016), preventing eggs and poultry from the Kurdistan region to enter the rest of the provinces, pointing to the occurrence of bird flu in the region.

The bird flu, is a viral disease fatal affects animals in general and birds in particular, since the virus is spreading in the blood of birds and saliva and intestines and noses come out in their droppings which dry to turn into atoms volatile dust inhaled by the chicken and human, and is considered geese and turkeys, ducks and chickens most affected by the virus


http://www.alsumaria.tv/news/158385/...9%81%D9%84/ar#

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Iraq - Transportation of poultry and eggs from Kurdistan province to the rest of Iraq prevented due to avian influenza - strain not mentioned - January 25, 2016