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Xiangtan Peace Park Zoo strengthen avian bird flu epidemic phenomenon does not appear unnatural deaths

Time :2014-02-17 16:35:39 Source: Tan Information Editor: Ouyang Xing
　　
"Please try not to direct contact with birds." Recently, Xiangtan Peace Park Zoo staff to persuade tourists to visit the park. As one of the city's 14 wild animal epidemic disease monitoring point, the zoo is in direct contact with wild animals public places. To actively combat avian flu, in addition to persuade visitors, the zoo has taken a number of precautionary measures, scientific prevention and control of avian flu, to ensure the healthy growth of the garden variety of birds and safety exhibition.
　　
According to Liu introduced veterinary, poultry birds in the zoo promenade, waterfowl Island, Tree Birds and other areas of more than 30 species, about 400 only. Because each region has isolated network, the park's bird bird among themselves and with the outside world and not too much direct contact with staff weekly activities on birds and disinfected once outside the exhibition, and in bird food added vitamins. "In theory, it should be vaccinated against avian influenza vaccines to all poultry in fact, a few years ago, we had to carry out vaccination, but a high mortality rate vaccinated poultry vaccines." Dr. Liu said that this phenomenon is due to the Compared with poultry, wild birds stress response is too large, the situation after the death of a lot of stress compulsory vaccination, so the current zoo did not conduct vaccination of poultry against avian influenza vaccine.

For the current situation, in weather conditions allowed, the staff will increase weekly disinfection to three times, and adjust the feed formula, the daily feeding of all poultry foods, adding Radix antiviral drugs, enhanced Animal disease resistance. In addition, the staff at strengthening the monitoring of poultry animals on the basis of arrangements for staff advise visitors not to focus on direct contact with birds and animals to prevent contact with tourists bidirectional infection.

Up to now, the zoo animals showed normal poultry, poultry phenomenon does not appear unnatural deaths.

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