Iraq - Media report: FAO warns H5N1 bird flu probable spread to neighboring countries due to lack of border controls - July 28, 2016

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AO: transmission of the bird flu virus to Iraq is very likely, agriculture, did not address the real reasons 11:42:04 p.m. 28/7/2016 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad , the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday the possibility of an outbreak of the bird flu virus in Iraq and promised him it was "very likely", and as pointed to the country 's lack of control measures at the border, confirmed that the Ministry of Agriculture destroyed poultry farms from den addressing the real causes of the disease. the FAO Food and Agriculture projects in Iraq Hilal Mohamed Director in a press statement that " the probability of an outbreak of the bird flu virus (H5 AI) from Iraq to the rest of the neighboring countries is very likely , " pointing to " a lack of commitment from the before the Iraqi side to take precautions against the disease, as well as the lack of a control on the Iraqi border measures, which means that the disease may be a chronic problem in the country and the possibility of incoming outlast. " said Mohammad that" the steps taken by the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture after the verification of the existence of the bird flu virus is destroyed for a number of birds with the closure of poultry farms without addressing the real reasons for this disease. " among Mohammad that" the poultry industry the task of the national economy of Iraq, but the spread of virus strain H5 has caused huge economic losses for the country. " The international Organization for animal Health OIE has It said in a report earlier this week that 11 farms in Baghdad and Wasit province was hit by the outbreak of the bird flu epidemic, which led to thedeaths of more than 500,000 birds, with the destruction of 2.3 million birds last measure to prevent its spread to other areas. Add comment http://www.sotaliraq.com/newsitem.php?id=342221