Iran Successful in Combating Avian Flu

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Iran Successful in Combating Avian Flu

http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2709/html/economy.htm#s188352


TEHRAN, Nov. 15--World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have confirmed Iran?s success in preventing bird flu in the country, ISNA quoted the head of State Veterinary Organization as saying here Wednesday.

Addressing the First Meeting of ECO Veterinary Heads, Hossein Hassani added that in the year after avian flu virus was confirmed in migratory birds of Anzali wetland in Gilan province, Iran undertook effective measures in the affected regions and even the areas bordering the countries where the bird flu was detected and was successful in preventing the spread of virus to other parts of the country.

The official said that Iran performed all the guidelines approved at the first meeting of veterinary experts from Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states in Tehran; for example a preliminary workshop attended by international experts was held on October 30.

?Given that the flu virus poses serious threats to humans and livestock, ECO members should create a regional inspection networks to check animal diseases and diagnose the risky diseases and prevent their spread,? he added.

ECO members have high potentials for livestock trades, so he said that they can undertake special health and quarantine plans to minimize the spread of animal-borne diseases.

He expressed Iran?s readiness to establish standard laboratories for the mentioned tasks.

 

[Gnosis]

Re: Iran Successful in Combating Avian Flu

Yeah, right. These guys do everything right. So far every country that has professed the erradication of the virus is backtracking on those statements as a new round of H5 shows up.

 

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Re: Iran Successful in Combating Avian Flu

Ignorance and failure to prepare will be big time assessments against the population there. As most are under what? 17? it will infect per current numbers 60%-70% of their population and they'll lose 40-60% of those, a reduction in residents by about 1/2.

The piper will collect its children. They're doing nothing; they depend on food imports, right?

Do we expect oil to flow from that place in the face of the numbers above?
I'd say Iran's will be excess capacity anyhow during the pandemic. Without prepping to shut in their fields, they'll degrade production capacity to boot.

They're very successful at waging a political verbal war. We wait and watch.