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World Bank registers 234 farmers to check Avian Influenza in Yobe
June 19, 2009 11:34AMT
The World Bank Avian Influenza Control Project in Yobe State said on Friday that it had registered more than 234 poultry farmers as a surveillance team against the outbreak of the disease.
The Desk officer of the project, Iliyasu Maina, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the registration was a strategy to monitor and check the attack of the diseases in the state.
Dr. Maina said that 34 of the poultry farms in the state had been identified as potential risk areas with their variety of birds and other animals.
"It is our deliberate strategy to keep records and sustain the fight against the spread of the disease in the state,'' he said.
Dr. Maina said that the office had also disinfected some communities, markets
and poultry farms with sprayers to arrest the likely outbreak of the diseases.
He said that as part of the surveillance strategy, the office had recently trained 17 local government desk officers on the new sprayer system to be carried out in selected markets in the 17 local government areas.
"We are providing the sprayers free of charge pending when farmers and marketers can afford the spray price next year,'' Dr. Maina said.
The desk officer, however, described the fight against the disease as successful in the state since its first discovery in Potiskum and Fika Local Government Areas in December 2006 and January 2007 respectively.
He said that subsequently, there were reports of outbreaks in Jaskuskum, Nangere, Yunasari and Fune but which were later discovered to be Newcastle disease similar to the influenza.
"We also have a reported case in Gulani and Tarmuwa Local Government Areas but this could not be verified,'' he said.
The desk officer complained of non-financial support from the state government, while saying that the success of the fight against the disease required collective effort.
He said that it was the first time in Nigeria an outbreak of disease was fought and finished within a short time and urged people to cooperate with the project for sustainable progress.
World Bank registers 234 farmers to check Avian Influenza in Yobe
June 19, 2009 11:34AMT
The World Bank Avian Influenza Control Project in Yobe State said on Friday that it had registered more than 234 poultry farmers as a surveillance team against the outbreak of the disease.
The Desk officer of the project, Iliyasu Maina, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the registration was a strategy to monitor and check the attack of the diseases in the state.
Dr. Maina said that 34 of the poultry farms in the state had been identified as potential risk areas with their variety of birds and other animals.
"It is our deliberate strategy to keep records and sustain the fight against the spread of the disease in the state,'' he said.
Dr. Maina said that the office had also disinfected some communities, markets
and poultry farms with sprayers to arrest the likely outbreak of the diseases.
He said that as part of the surveillance strategy, the office had recently trained 17 local government desk officers on the new sprayer system to be carried out in selected markets in the 17 local government areas.
"We are providing the sprayers free of charge pending when farmers and marketers can afford the spray price next year,'' Dr. Maina said.
The desk officer, however, described the fight against the disease as successful in the state since its first discovery in Potiskum and Fika Local Government Areas in December 2006 and January 2007 respectively.
He said that subsequently, there were reports of outbreaks in Jaskuskum, Nangere, Yunasari and Fune but which were later discovered to be Newcastle disease similar to the influenza.
"We also have a reported case in Gulani and Tarmuwa Local Government Areas but this could not be verified,'' he said.
The desk officer complained of non-financial support from the state government, while saying that the success of the fight against the disease required collective effort.
He said that it was the first time in Nigeria an outbreak of disease was fought and finished within a short time and urged people to cooperate with the project for sustainable progress.