Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Kaduna dismisses news of bird flu outbreak
2014-02-24 15:15
- NAN
Kaduna - The Kaduna State Government on Sunday in Kaduna dismissed as untrue news of an outbreak of bird flu in the state.
Francis Kambai, the Desk Officer, Avian Influenza (Bird flu), Department of Veterinary and Clinical Services, Kaduna state Ministry of Agriculture, disclosed this.
Kambai said the ministry was yet to even hear of any suspicion regarding bird flu outbreak in some poultry farms in the state.
He said any bird flu case must be ascertained clinically, and has to be tested and proven otherwise.
"The current case of flu being noticed in some farms or homes may be a different epidemic, but not necessarily bird flu, until investigation is concluded.
"It can be another disease or epidemic, but bird flu is not common here. We have to actually do a laboratory diagnosis, before we can say `yes, we have it?. and they have not reported any to us," the official said.
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http://m.news24.com/nigeria/National/News/Kaduna-dismisses-news-of-bird-flu-outbreak-20140224
Kaduna had an outbreak in 2006 - Ro
NIGERIA: First confirmed cases of killer bird flu in Kaduna
Abuja, 8 February 2006 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of chickens have died of the killer bird flu virus in northern Nigeria, the first confirmed cases of H5N1 in the country, the International Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday.
Tests revealed that 40,000 birds had died of the H5N1 virus at a poultry farm in a village in the northern state of Kaduna, Maria Zampaglione of the Paris-based OIE told IRIN by telephone.
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http://www.irinnews.org/report/58083/nigeria-first-confirmed-cases-of-killer-bird-flu-in-kaduna
2014-02-24 15:15
- NAN
Kaduna - The Kaduna State Government on Sunday in Kaduna dismissed as untrue news of an outbreak of bird flu in the state.
Francis Kambai, the Desk Officer, Avian Influenza (Bird flu), Department of Veterinary and Clinical Services, Kaduna state Ministry of Agriculture, disclosed this.
Kambai said the ministry was yet to even hear of any suspicion regarding bird flu outbreak in some poultry farms in the state.
He said any bird flu case must be ascertained clinically, and has to be tested and proven otherwise.
"The current case of flu being noticed in some farms or homes may be a different epidemic, but not necessarily bird flu, until investigation is concluded.
"It can be another disease or epidemic, but bird flu is not common here. We have to actually do a laboratory diagnosis, before we can say `yes, we have it?. and they have not reported any to us," the official said.
...
http://m.news24.com/nigeria/National/News/Kaduna-dismisses-news-of-bird-flu-outbreak-20140224
Kaduna had an outbreak in 2006 - Ro
NIGERIA: First confirmed cases of killer bird flu in Kaduna
Abuja, 8 February 2006 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of chickens have died of the killer bird flu virus in northern Nigeria, the first confirmed cases of H5N1 in the country, the International Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday.
Tests revealed that 40,000 birds had died of the H5N1 virus at a poultry farm in a village in the northern state of Kaduna, Maria Zampaglione of the Paris-based OIE told IRIN by telephone.
...
http://www.irinnews.org/report/58083/nigeria-first-confirmed-cases-of-killer-bird-flu-in-kaduna