sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
[h=1]Registration (3) New bird flu infections (H5N8)[/h] In cooperation with the relevant authorities, the Ministry continues its efforts to contain the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8). In the past 24 hours, 3 cases of deryea, damam and hasa were confirmed in traditional breeding grounds.
While the field veterinary teams in the area of Makkah and the provinces of Al-Kharj, Huraila, Al-Ahsa, Buraidah, Bakairiya, Dawadmi, Hawatah Bani Tamim, Al-Aflaj, Thadak and Al-Dir'iyya continue to implement the safe disposal of birds in a number of traditional breeding grounds and projects in the infected areas and the surrounding areas where the infection was discovered and declared. And completion of the control and control procedures at those sites and the investigation of the disease in the vicinity of hot spots radius of (5) km.
On the side of laboratory diagnosis, the Ministry of Veterinary Laboratories has received 2968 samples to examine the disease, all of which were completed. The samples were collected on the basis of citizens' reports and epidemiological survey procedures in the vicinity of infected and non-infected areas to detect any new sick spots early in the Kingdom. Different.
The ministry is also continuing to implement procedures to prevent the movement of live birds without issuing a prior permission to transport. The ministry calls upon the owners of birds and project owners to abide by the ministry's decision to prevent movement between the regions without the prior permission of the ministry as previously announced. 51, 52) of the Executive Regulations of the Livestock Law promulgated by Royal Decree No. M / 13 dated 10/3/1424 H on the right of violators of the decision banning the movement of live birds.
The ministry said that the toll free number of the Central Information and Emergency Unit for Livestock (8002470000) is available 24 hours a day to answer queries, provide guidance to bird breeders in ways that protect them against disease and receive reports of suspected cases of individuals or productive projects. In the last twenty-four hours (14), all of which were initiated, while the number of inquiries about the disease reached (47) inquiries, bringing the total number of communications and inquiries (1427), since the beginning of the discovery of the disease.
In addition to veterinary awareness and guidance, the Ministry continues its efforts to raise awareness of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) in markets and gatherings in all regions of the Kingdom
https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCenter/News/Pages/11-1-2018-3.aspx
While the field veterinary teams in the area of Makkah and the provinces of Al-Kharj, Huraila, Al-Ahsa, Buraidah, Bakairiya, Dawadmi, Hawatah Bani Tamim, Al-Aflaj, Thadak and Al-Dir'iyya continue to implement the safe disposal of birds in a number of traditional breeding grounds and projects in the infected areas and the surrounding areas where the infection was discovered and declared. And completion of the control and control procedures at those sites and the investigation of the disease in the vicinity of hot spots radius of (5) km.
On the side of laboratory diagnosis, the Ministry of Veterinary Laboratories has received 2968 samples to examine the disease, all of which were completed. The samples were collected on the basis of citizens' reports and epidemiological survey procedures in the vicinity of infected and non-infected areas to detect any new sick spots early in the Kingdom. Different.
The ministry is also continuing to implement procedures to prevent the movement of live birds without issuing a prior permission to transport. The ministry calls upon the owners of birds and project owners to abide by the ministry's decision to prevent movement between the regions without the prior permission of the ministry as previously announced. 51, 52) of the Executive Regulations of the Livestock Law promulgated by Royal Decree No. M / 13 dated 10/3/1424 H on the right of violators of the decision banning the movement of live birds.
The ministry said that the toll free number of the Central Information and Emergency Unit for Livestock (8002470000) is available 24 hours a day to answer queries, provide guidance to bird breeders in ways that protect them against disease and receive reports of suspected cases of individuals or productive projects. In the last twenty-four hours (14), all of which were initiated, while the number of inquiries about the disease reached (47) inquiries, bringing the total number of communications and inquiries (1427), since the beginning of the discovery of the disease.
In addition to veterinary awareness and guidance, the Ministry continues its efforts to raise awareness of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) in markets and gatherings in all regions of the Kingdom
https://www.mewa.gov.sa/ar/MediaCenter/News/Pages/11-1-2018-3.aspx