Egypt - 21 foci of bird flu H5N1 poulty infections in 14 provinces in 1st week of January 2015

[sharon sanders]

Agriculture: the emergence of a new focus of 21 infected with bird flu in 14 provinces

1/6/2015 0:00 a

Revealed Dr. Suhair Abdul Qadir chairman of the Central Administration of Preventive Medicine of the General Authority for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, the emergence of 21, the focus of new infected with influenza B 14 provinces during the first week of January, and has control over all the affected spots, saying that he is being active of inquiry farms or areas may spread by private intensive poultry farming areas of the disease, and are fortified local vaccine made ​​against the disease only after the emergence of foci satisfactory. The head of Preventive Medicine of the General Authority for Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, said he is coordinating with the Ministry of Health and the directorates of the "body" in the governorates, to report immediately for any suspicion of bird flu, in addition to that there is coordination between the central laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and districts, stressing that all infected foci have been discovered through the teams' Alkaho ", and upon discovery of an infected case of bird flu being traced and find out where reared, and immediately be fortified to space extend to ten kilometers around the outpost sick. At the same time work "body", to intensify campaigns active of inquiry to limit the movement of birds between the provinces and the continuous monitoring of poultry farms to tighten oversight and review of bio-safety rules for poultry farms provinces of the Delta and Upper Egypt and stop the farm offense run to protect public health and the environment and track the status of poultry slaughter and massacres of the slaughter of animals and comprehensive immunization of backyard birds and nurseries nationwide for free.

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