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Avian flu is decimating entire farms in the Coyah area
By LEDJELY.COMFriday, May 20, 2022 at 3:36 PM
The government spoke about it in the Council of Ministers this Thursday, May 19. But the rather terse communication that was reserved for the subject was certainly below the damage that the bird flu virus causes among many farmers. In the Coyah area, by far the most affected, we are told that entire farms have been decimated. Leaving the farmers in disarray, because suddenly ruined.
Despite the magnitude of the losses they have suffered, the farmers do not seem to want to communicate on the subject. According to our information, in this, they would comply with an instruction from the Ministry of Agriculture and its services. This is how the rare few who agreed to tell us something about it absolutely requested anonymity. One of them just specified: “ For the moment, it is our colleagues located on the side of Wonkifong going towards Maférinyah who are the most affected ”. Another to add: “ It is true for the moment, those who evolve on the axis which leads to Kindia are spared. Similarly, those of Dubréka have not yet notified a case ”. And to contain the virus, the farmers stopped dating. " We even joined hands to stop a culled chicken delivery truck in the Enta neighborhood. To prevent the chickens in question, possibly contaminated, from returning to Conakry ,” a source told us.
But precisely, the story of this truck sufficiently illustrates the anguish in which the victimized farmers find themselves. Indeed, in order not to resolve the loss of all their chickens, “ some of our colleagues were quick to sell these chickens. But the risk was such that we stopped the process ”. According to our information, in some farms, all the chickens died. Veterinary services even intervened in incineration sessions, certainly in order to limit the risk of spreading the disease.
But assuming that we succeed in stemming the spiral, the victims are already asking questions: what fate will be reserved for them? Will they be compensated by the authorities? For the moment, no response. However, one of them finds that the option of compensation would only be a fair remedy. Especially since, he underlines: “ We think that this virus arrived in Guinea with the imported cells. We particularly suspect cells arriving from Morocco or Europe. However, more than once, we have warned of the risks associated with this import. Unfortunately, we weren't listened to ."
The first cases were notified, we are told, just after the Ramadan holiday, i.e. the first days of May.
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Health alert: Avian flu is wreaking havoc in Coyah and Forécariah...
Guinea
FORÉCARIAH/COYAH-The situation is very serious! For the past two weeks, the bird flu disease has been wreaking havoc on several poultry farms located in Coyah and Forécariah, two prefectures, close to the Guinean capital, Conakry. Among the farmers, it's on the alert. The subject was debated on May 19 at the Council of Ministers. Faced with the extent of the disease, Mamoudou Nagalen Barry, expressed his deep concern.
Already several thousand hens have been killed by this disease on farms in Forécariah and Coyah. Questioned by our editorial staff, a victim farmer told us that the disease is far from being under control. According to this Farmer, the official results of the examinations on the disease are not yet available. However, we are talking about avian flu. But what type? The results of the samples taken and sent to Italy did not deliver their verdict.
A highly contagious variant
"The authorities took samples which were sent to Italy. Indeed, they confirmed that it is avian flu but there are several types. So they did not detect the variant first. But the variant which is there is highly pathogenic, because when it enters a farm, in the space of three days, it can finish decimating all the hens that are there" , he explained.
For the past ten days, the farmers have been witnessing a real disaster. The speed of spread of the disease is such that they are unable to make a precise exhaustive assessment of the losses suffered so far. However, what is certain, the devastation is significant.
"For the moment we do not know the number of hens who died. Before the arrival of the veterinary teams, there were many farms which were affected. But already, according to the estimates of each other, the hens which are dead before the arrival of the intervention teams are twice as high as the hens that have been slaughtered by the veterinary services. hens. They are all wearing coveralls. They grab the hens to put them in bags and then suffocate them. Then they dig holes to bury them ," the victim told us, before appealing to the authorities.
Havoc continues on farms
"We are asking the State to take steps like in other countries to compensate poultry farmers because the losses are enormous. Imagine, it takes nearly 100 million gnf to feed a farm of one thousand (1000) hens until the laying. And if we now have hundreds of thousands of hens, how much are we going to spend? I inform you that until now the disease continues to wreak havoc on the farms " warned this Farmer who requested anonymity.
8,639 hens slaughtered and 12,247 eggs crushed
According to the explanations of our informant, the teams of the veterinary services which are currently on the ground worked in eight (8) farms in total in several localities in Forécariah and Coyah. These are Wonkifon, Moribayah, Koulakoya and Kakoulimaya.
“Until yesterday Saturday May 21, 2022, the veterinary teams slaughtered 8,639 hens and destroyed 12,247 eggs. But the hens that had already died before the arrival of the team are not part of this number of 8,639. large-scale vaccination, consultations are underway because it is in the field of veterinary medicine and it is a first in Guinea" , added this Farmer.
During the Council of Ministers this week, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock shared his concerns about the threats posed by the outbreak of avian flu to food security and public health in Guinea.
Salon Mamoudou Nagnalen Barry, "the intervention of his teams made it possible to control the situation in Forécariah". But, on the other hand, he adds, "the crisis appears particularly acute in Coyah".
Questioned this Saturday, May 21, 2022 by Africaguinee.com, he announced a press release next Monday. "We will make a press release on Monday. And we are waiting for the results of the analysis which makes it possible to confirm or invalidate in an official and public way" , underlined the Minister of Livestock and Agriculture.
File to follow!
Oumar Bady Diallo
For Africaguinee.com
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