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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="580"> <tbody><tr><td class="text" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 0);">Morocco prepared to face bird flu
</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text" style="color: rgb(116, 116, 116);">September 16, 2006, 18 hours, 31 minutes and 18 seconds ago.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 0);"> By Motshidisi Baloyi </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Johannesburg (AND) Morocco has announced that it is better prepared to face the bird flu threat.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text">Maghreb Arabe Prese has reported that Morocco has been implementing, for one year, a bird flu prevention program without discontinuity. The director of the animal husbandry department, Hamid Benazzou, pointed out that the program was created on the basis of recommendations issued by the International Office of Epizootics, the World Health Organisation and Food and Agriculture Organisation, and the experience of bird flu-stricken countries, notably France, Holland and Belgium.
Avian influenza was first detected over 100 years ago during an outbreak in Italy. Once domestic birds are infected, avian flu outbreaks can be difficult to control.
The disease can cause major economic impacts for poultry farmers in affected countries, since the mortality rates are high and infected fowl generally must be destroyed in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
Johannesburg Bureau, AND
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</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text" style="color: rgb(116, 116, 116);">September 16, 2006, 18 hours, 31 minutes and 18 seconds ago.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 0);"> By Motshidisi Baloyi </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Johannesburg (AND) Morocco has announced that it is better prepared to face the bird flu threat.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text">Maghreb Arabe Prese has reported that Morocco has been implementing, for one year, a bird flu prevention program without discontinuity. The director of the animal husbandry department, Hamid Benazzou, pointed out that the program was created on the basis of recommendations issued by the International Office of Epizootics, the World Health Organisation and Food and Agriculture Organisation, and the experience of bird flu-stricken countries, notably France, Holland and Belgium.
Avian influenza was first detected over 100 years ago during an outbreak in Italy. Once domestic birds are infected, avian flu outbreaks can be difficult to control.
The disease can cause major economic impacts for poultry farmers in affected countries, since the mortality rates are high and infected fowl generally must be destroyed in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
Johannesburg Bureau, AND
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