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Bird flu detected in Tema Metropolis
Date: Jan - 04 - 2022 , 16:07
BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
The Avian influenza H5 subtype has been confirmed in a poultry farm in Community 11 of the Tema Metropolis.
Confirming the case to Journalists in Tema on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, the Veterinary Officer in charge of Tema; Dr Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, stated that following the outbreak of avian influenza, Veterinary Officers moved to the farm to depopulate the birds to prevent further spread as quickly as possible.
Dr Pecku said he received a call from a farmer in Tema Community 11 who reported mortality in the birds adding that the history was sudden deaths.
He said as part of the protocols the team rushed to the location and where samples were taken and laboratory tests were conducted and results showed that the birds were infected with avian influenza...
Bird flu detected in Tema Metropolis
Date: Jan - 04 - 2022 , 16:07
BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
The Avian influenza H5 subtype has been confirmed in a poultry farm in Community 11 of the Tema Metropolis.
Confirming the case to Journalists in Tema on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, the Veterinary Officer in charge of Tema; Dr Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, stated that following the outbreak of avian influenza, Veterinary Officers moved to the farm to depopulate the birds to prevent further spread as quickly as possible.
Dr Pecku said he received a call from a farmer in Tema Community 11 who reported mortality in the birds adding that the history was sudden deaths.
He said as part of the protocols the team rushed to the location and where samples were taken and laboratory tests were conducted and results showed that the birds were infected with avian influenza...
