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"Taiwan to ban slaughter of poultry at traditional markets
2013-04-17
Killing poultry in Taiwan's traditional markets will be banned entirely from June 17 amid the rising number of cases of H7N9 avian flu in China, the Central Epidemic Command Center said Tuesday.
However, if migratory birds or livestock in the country are found to be carrying H7N9 or if local human cases of infection are found, the date of implementation will be brought forward by the Council of Agriculture, the command center said.
The center will also watch closely for any signs of migratory birds moving south sooner than usual.
A total of 20,000 chickens are killed in traditional markets in Taiwan each day, a relatively small number compared to the number of birds butchered in the 79 licensed poultry slaughterhouses around the island, said Huang Kuo-ching, deputy director of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine under the agriculture ministry.
Veterinarians are employed at the slaughterhouses to examine the poultry, Huang noted...".
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"Taiwan to ban slaughtering poultry at markets
2013-04-17
Concerns about the H7N9 bird flu have prompted Taiwan to impose a ban on slaughtering live poultry at traditional markets from June 17.
The move is a preventive effort aimed at limiting contact between human beings and poultry, and live poultry will be sent to designated slaughterhouses, Huang Kwo-ching, an official with the island's agricultural authority, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Huang said the ban could be imposed earlier than planned, depending on the spread of the H7N9 virus, which has led to the deaths of 14 people on the mainland as of Tuesday.
So far, no cases have been confirmed on the island, he said.
The island's disease control authorities said Tuesday that Taiwan will soon obtain samples of the H7N9 virus from the mainland that could be used to develop vaccines.
Chang Feng-yee, chief of the island's disease control authority, said the mainland has set the virus delivery date, which Chang refused to reveal...".
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2013-04-17
Killing poultry in Taiwan's traditional markets will be banned entirely from June 17 amid the rising number of cases of H7N9 avian flu in China, the Central Epidemic Command Center said Tuesday.
However, if migratory birds or livestock in the country are found to be carrying H7N9 or if local human cases of infection are found, the date of implementation will be brought forward by the Council of Agriculture, the command center said.
The center will also watch closely for any signs of migratory birds moving south sooner than usual.
A total of 20,000 chickens are killed in traditional markets in Taiwan each day, a relatively small number compared to the number of birds butchered in the 79 licensed poultry slaughterhouses around the island, said Huang Kuo-ching, deputy director of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine under the agriculture ministry.
Veterinarians are employed at the slaughterhouses to examine the poultry, Huang noted...".
xhttp://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130417000079&cid=1103&MainCatID=0
Also:
"Taiwan to ban slaughtering poultry at markets
2013-04-17
Concerns about the H7N9 bird flu have prompted Taiwan to impose a ban on slaughtering live poultry at traditional markets from June 17.
The move is a preventive effort aimed at limiting contact between human beings and poultry, and live poultry will be sent to designated slaughterhouses, Huang Kwo-ching, an official with the island's agricultural authority, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Huang said the ban could be imposed earlier than planned, depending on the spread of the H7N9 virus, which has led to the deaths of 14 people on the mainland as of Tuesday.
So far, no cases have been confirmed on the island, he said.
The island's disease control authorities said Tuesday that Taiwan will soon obtain samples of the H7N9 virus from the mainland that could be used to develop vaccines.
Chang Feng-yee, chief of the island's disease control authority, said the mainland has set the virus delivery date, which Chang refused to reveal...".
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