Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Egypt: Panic among people fearing an outbreak of avian influenza Menoufia

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 - 20:54

Seen some of the villages and the villages of central Quesna Menouf Menofia, the case of mass deaths among domestic birds in the past three days, began the emergence of symptoms peculiar to the presence of chicken blue color known as the chicken and turn to black, followed by the death of birds.

Serious threat is the people's dumping dead chickens in large quantities in the vicinity of their homes, and on the edge of canals, putting children at risk of bird flu.

Dr. Ahmed Fouad, General Manager of Veterinary Medicine Menoufia, it was a medical team to go to the villages which have had cases mortality, to ensure the quality of the disease, whether it is bird flu or not, and in if you are sure will be culling all domestic birds in houses and cleared and then bury the dead them in safe places Sahara, appealing to citizens of the need for the immediate reporting of mortality until they are disposed so as not to return again after the disease have been eliminated.

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