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Added on June 22, 2015
Media urged to create awareness of bird flu outbreak
Dr Mathias Kojo Ayensu, Northern Regional Veterinary Officer, has urged the media and other stakeholders to create public awareness, to reduce health risks of large outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in birds.
?An immediate priority is to half further spread of epidemics in poultry populations to reduce opportunities for human exposure to the virus.? He said
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He said the vaccination of persons at high risk of exposure to infected poultry, using existing vaccines effective against currently circulating human influenza strains, could reduce the risk that genes would be exchanged.
He said workers involved in the culling of poultry flocks should be protected by proper clothing and equipment, against the infection of the disease, adding that farmers should also receive antiviral drugs as a prophylactic measure, to reduce likelihood that the deadly disease strain would emerge.
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He said farmers should also prevent other animals, such as cats, dogs, vultures and crows, from getting access to the dead birds.
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http://vibeghana.com/2015/06/22/media-urged-to-create-awareness-of-bird-flu-outbreak/
Media urged to create awareness of bird flu outbreak
Dr Mathias Kojo Ayensu, Northern Regional Veterinary Officer, has urged the media and other stakeholders to create public awareness, to reduce health risks of large outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in birds.
?An immediate priority is to half further spread of epidemics in poultry populations to reduce opportunities for human exposure to the virus.? He said
...
He said the vaccination of persons at high risk of exposure to infected poultry, using existing vaccines effective against currently circulating human influenza strains, could reduce the risk that genes would be exchanged.
He said workers involved in the culling of poultry flocks should be protected by proper clothing and equipment, against the infection of the disease, adding that farmers should also receive antiviral drugs as a prophylactic measure, to reduce likelihood that the deadly disease strain would emerge.
...
He said farmers should also prevent other animals, such as cats, dogs, vultures and crows, from getting access to the dead birds.
...
http://vibeghana.com/2015/06/22/media-urged-to-create-awareness-of-bird-flu-outbreak/