Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Egypt: 3 New Provinces With Bird Flu: Fayoum, Qaliubiya & Eastern

Re bird flu appear once again as sources familiar with the Ministry of Agriculture «constitution» for detecting devices of Veterinary Medicine for about 20 new focus infected with the disease although the disease appears and spreads since he entered Egypt in February 2006 in the winter, because the high temperature does not help the virus causing the disease to spread.

The sources added that new infestations were discovered in the governorates of Fayoum, Qaliubiya and Eastern.

Almassard also confirmed that Amin Abaza - Minister of Agriculture - has instructed the General Authority for Veterinary Services to his ministry quickly vaccinating birds against the disease, as well as the application of prohibition on the transfer of live poultry between provinces except licenses issued by the General Authority for Veterinary Services and the slaughter of live poultry outside the massacres.

In a related context, said Dr. Ahmed Fouad Ghoneim - Director of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine Menoufia - The Directorate reported the emergence of «9» hotbeds of new infected with bird flu in the centers of Ashmun and Shebin, the martyrs and the seven pools.

Ghoneim added that those spots have been discovered through tests carried out by the Directorate, pointing out that all the birds are infected domestic birds and poultry farms are not.

He explained that it was the execution of all infected birds and vaccinated birds nearby to prevent the spread of the disease.

For his part, called on Major General Sami Amara - Governor Menoufiya - the need to take a number of measures to prevent the sale of live birds, as well as the lack of inaction in action against the disease, and stressed on the heads of local units to maintain that they turn to face the education at home, which is the main source of infection of avian influenza.

Dr Sami Taha - Member of the Veterinary Association - he stressed that all countries in the world income of avian influenza has succeeded in eliminating him, he said, adding that Egypt, with 5 countries in the world did not succeed in eradicating this disease so far.

He added that the Ministry of Agriculture are still using the same mechanism, which began to resist the disease in 2006, which lacks the presence of bio-security and the absence of any type of veterinary supervision on poultry farms, as well as use the ministry to vaccinate birds against the disease, a vaccine has proved to be ineffective in resisting disease.

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