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Bird Flu: Govt Axes 76 Poultry Farms
From Agaju Madugba in Kaduna, 04.12.2006
Kaduna State Government yesterday said it has pencilled down 76 poultry farms for closure, for contravening its plans to rid the state of the H5N1 Avian Flu.
Government did not however reveal the names of the indicted poultry farms or their locations, but said the farms would undergo extermination and other bio-security measures, as a result of the management lapses detected in their poultry keeping procedure.
Public Relations Officer of the state Bird Flu Response Committee, Mr Samaila Zatto, said in a statement in Kaduna, that the sanction was part of the committee plans to make the state free of the disease.
He said reports from its surveillance team indicated flagrant violation of the stipulated methods for the proper disposal of faeces, feathers and other waste extracted from processed chicken at the farms.
This he said, "poses a threat to the eradication mechanism put in place in the state."
The committee also said it has culled about 45,000 chickens discovered to be infected by the flu virus, and had properly disposed them, adding that machinery had been set in motion for the payment of compensation to victims before the end of the month.
According to him, "a total of 236 poultry farms have been taken account of and their birds certified free from the disease," it said, adding that in the zoning arrangement it made for the fumigation of chicken markets in the state, 67 of such markets have been identified and registered in Kafanchan zone, 108 in Chikun, 10 in Saminaka and 57 in Zaria zones. He urged poultry farmers to avail themselves of the current registration exercise, and warned that refusal by anyone would attract penalties.
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From Agaju Madugba in Kaduna, 04.12.2006
Kaduna State Government yesterday said it has pencilled down 76 poultry farms for closure, for contravening its plans to rid the state of the H5N1 Avian Flu.
Government did not however reveal the names of the indicted poultry farms or their locations, but said the farms would undergo extermination and other bio-security measures, as a result of the management lapses detected in their poultry keeping procedure.
Public Relations Officer of the state Bird Flu Response Committee, Mr Samaila Zatto, said in a statement in Kaduna, that the sanction was part of the committee plans to make the state free of the disease.
He said reports from its surveillance team indicated flagrant violation of the stipulated methods for the proper disposal of faeces, feathers and other waste extracted from processed chicken at the farms.
This he said, "poses a threat to the eradication mechanism put in place in the state."
The committee also said it has culled about 45,000 chickens discovered to be infected by the flu virus, and had properly disposed them, adding that machinery had been set in motion for the payment of compensation to victims before the end of the month.
According to him, "a total of 236 poultry farms have been taken account of and their birds certified free from the disease," it said, adding that in the zoning arrangement it made for the fumigation of chicken markets in the state, 67 of such markets have been identified and registered in Kafanchan zone, 108 in Chikun, 10 in Saminaka and 57 in Zaria zones. He urged poultry farmers to avail themselves of the current registration exercise, and warned that refusal by anyone would attract penalties.
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=45311