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Bird flu situation more serious this year
Winny Wang
2006-06-15
MORE species of migrant birds have died in China this year from the bird flu, national chief veterinary officer Jia Youling said today, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Ministry of Agriculture said 1,168 migrant birds were found dead from the H5N1 bird flu strain in Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region, including egrets, widgeons, snipes and crows, which are the newest species to die from the epidemic disease.
Jia, also the director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau under the Ministry of Agriculture, said the ministry will strengthen inspections along the migrant birds' main flight routes in China, from East Africa to West Asia.
The ministry will also send inspectors and experts to monitor the epidemic situation. These groups will be in charge of handing the deceased birds and sterilizing the contaminated areas.
So far, thirty-one expert groups have gone into rural areas to immunize poultry in contaminated areas.
Jia said the Ministry of Agriculture will cooperate with the Ministry of Forestry to analyze some of the migrant birds to offer insight into the diseases origin and to improve the control of the deadly strain, especially in autumn, the peak season when migrant birds fly through China.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/06/15/283259/Bird_flu_situation_more_serious_this_year.htm
Winny Wang
2006-06-15
MORE species of migrant birds have died in China this year from the bird flu, national chief veterinary officer Jia Youling said today, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Ministry of Agriculture said 1,168 migrant birds were found dead from the H5N1 bird flu strain in Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region, including egrets, widgeons, snipes and crows, which are the newest species to die from the epidemic disease.
Jia, also the director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau under the Ministry of Agriculture, said the ministry will strengthen inspections along the migrant birds' main flight routes in China, from East Africa to West Asia.
The ministry will also send inspectors and experts to monitor the epidemic situation. These groups will be in charge of handing the deceased birds and sterilizing the contaminated areas.
So far, thirty-one expert groups have gone into rural areas to immunize poultry in contaminated areas.
Jia said the Ministry of Agriculture will cooperate with the Ministry of Forestry to analyze some of the migrant birds to offer insight into the diseases origin and to improve the control of the deadly strain, especially in autumn, the peak season when migrant birds fly through China.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/06/15/283259/Bird_flu_situation_more_serious_this_year.htm