Riyadh - Admitted to the Minister of Agriculture Dr. Fahad Balghunaim, the failure of Poultry Association and the small number of veterinarians, and at the same time assured the poultry farmers that the ministry will replace all of its poultry are executed in the event of discovery of disease as in the case of avian influenza, Rift Valley fever earlier.
And obtained the «life» to the interventions of poultry farmers, during their meeting with the Minister of Agriculture mid-January (January) the past, which uncovered the illegal drugs entering, and investors fear in the poultry sector of the Declaration on diseases that affect chicken flocks for fear of execution. According to the farmers who attended the meeting, they called for the establishment of a central laboratory for the diagnosis of diseases, and provide information on diseases, including working to develop a map of the spread of diseases in the Kingdom is helping to develop a policy to combat these diseases and control of access to various drugs and vaccines.
The farmers that there are poultry farms are still selling live chickens, which are being slaughtered outside slaughterhouses, and that «there are drugs illegal intervention of the Kingdom and indiscriminate use of medicines and vaccines that cause the spread of diseases», but that the minister stressed «the application of a strict policy in importing vaccines».
The poultry farmers of «life» that the minister will also be establishing a factory for vaccines in the UK this year, and will begin production this year as well ».
Farmers also criticized the slow movement of the Preventive Security in the ministry in dealing with communications sick of farms, citing that they are in many visits to the farm at one time. He said these people (who refused to reveal their names) that the Minister of Agriculture approved the low number of veterinarians, and that the Ministry is currently increasing in number, pointing out that «some farmers are averse to the announcement of the disease is not executed until the herd and lose all that they have».
They added that the minister had assured them that «the ministry will ensure fair compensation for each of the flock which to be executed, as happened in the case of influenza, Rift Valley fever previously», pointing out that farmers complained of the lack of proper sauce that causes the loss of them, especially that available in the market is weak immunity.
They pointed out that the minister acknowledged the failure of the Poultry Association, and that he must think of a better way to manage the affairs of its members and to deal with the challenges they face, and discuss the establishment of a new entity for each poultry producers, representing the Ministry of Agriculture. They pointed out that the minister described the efficiency of poultry projects as low and are working on and filed a request for cooperation from investors because ignoring it will be attached to heavy losses for all. He also called for the establishment of some poultry farmers training center for high-veterinarians, and another meeting soon to follow what was discussed during the meeting.
In a related development, a number of poultry producers in the Kingdom of the poultry projects suffer in addition to chronic diseases and administrative problems of rising feed prices is very large, and not decline despite the increase in subsidy input feed, low world prices, in addition to the imposition of factory prices monopoly, as The price of feed tons after 1200 SR reduction, while the price per ton of feed in the silos to 800 riyals, pointing out that feed accounts for 80 per cent of the total operating costs.
They said that what the specialize on the lack of biosecurity preventive poultry projects is a personal calendar is not based on fact, not in line with the efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture since the first case of bird flu efforts are still ongoing to contain the emergence of any disease, as approved and the Ministry of Agriculture penalties of up to project closure contrary to instructions for each of the moderators of the Preventive Security of the Ministry of Agriculture in every region of the Kingdom. The producers of poultry, most of the diseases that have come from President chicks, not farms, they asked the Ministry of Agriculture and the need to tighten control over the suppliers of chicks and sources of supply of mothers.
They warned that the continuation of these problems without finding appropriate solutions to urgent and it will lead to the accumulation of losses for producers and stopped their projects, which lead to serious consequences on the availability of poultry products in local markets.
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