Gert van der Hoek
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New Bird Flu Cases Discovered in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Dec 12 (KUNA) -- The Saudi Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday the emergence of a new high-intensity avian influenza, or bird flu, (H5N1), at a farm for producing eggs south of Riyadh.
The ministry said in a press release the farm in Alsahba area in Al-Kharj governorate consists of eight barns accomodating 400,000 hens, adding that all preventive measures have been taken to execute all birds in the project through proper methods, sanitize the site and close it.
It stressed that all people working were at the farm were not infected with bird flu.
The ministry called on poultry producers and farm owners to intensify preventive and precautionary measures and to notify the authorities of any suspected bird flu cases.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1867901&Language=en
RIYADH, Dec 12 (KUNA) -- The Saudi Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday the emergence of a new high-intensity avian influenza, or bird flu, (H5N1), at a farm for producing eggs south of Riyadh.
The ministry said in a press release the farm in Alsahba area in Al-Kharj governorate consists of eight barns accomodating 400,000 hens, adding that all preventive measures have been taken to execute all birds in the project through proper methods, sanitize the site and close it.
It stressed that all people working were at the farm were not infected with bird flu.
The ministry called on poultry producers and farm owners to intensify preventive and precautionary measures and to notify the authorities of any suspected bird flu cases.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1867901&Language=en