Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Egypt: new twist to the H5N1 avian flu virus to 32 focus confuse the officials of Agriculture

March 20, 2012

A state of extreme anxiety and anticipation among the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, veterinary services and small livestock keepers and poultry, after some hesitation the emergence of rumors 27 cases infected with Rift Valley fever on some cattle in a number of provinces, raising concern small-scale breeders.

According to the reports of the Institute of Animal Health, the "virus" is transmitted by mosquitoes, sharp, and affects humans and animals, in addition to the appearance of the center of 32 infected with the H5N1 avian flu, which is the most dangerous type of flu.

Said Hatem Farraj, Assistant Minister of Agriculture of Veterinary Medicine's "seventh day", after the appearance of these rumors, we have to take samples, and analyzed by the Institute of Animal Health, which has demonstrated that the sample is negative, there is no fever, Rift Valley, in addition to observing i'tikaaf veterinary laboratories to traverse results of the samples, and the work of local institutes vaccine manufacturing vaccines to contain the situation of-mouth disease Hamma SAT 2, and we are going to import the vaccines after the appearance of the final sample of Reference Laboratory for FMD Brbright "to determine the facsimiles to improve the infected cattle.

For his part, said Essam Abdel Shakur, Chairman of the Central Veterinary Quarantine for guidance, it's already there was one case of suspected Rift Valley fever injuries, a sample was taken, and confirm the analysis at the Institute of animal research that the result is negative.

In a related context An official source at veterinary some poultry farms experiencing a shift fierce bird flu virus H5N1 in 32 focus on a number of provinces, which is the most dangerous types of influenza, due to the conversion speed and its ability to acquire new genes to mix with other viruses, in addition to its ability to survive migratory birds, the disease is transmitted to humans, according to reports of health experts.

Experts forecast poultry diseases and epidemics, veterinary services, the transmission of the virus and increase its activities, coming across the Israeli border, after Israel announced the transformation of H5N1, and cause the execution of 51 thousand birds in the town of Halomh, and some farms Asklan according to a newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

In a related development, announced the Ministry of Agriculture of the Veterinary Services, the number of cattle infected with FMD SAT 2 at the level of the Republic according to the reports of the Directorates of Veterinary Medicine, amounted to 40 thousand and 222 suspected cases of being infected, while the cases of dead 4 thousand and 658 the case of dead.

The last report received by Engineer Mohammad Reza Ismail, Minister of Agriculture, that the suspected cases and deaths were concentrated in four provinces, especially the province of the Western, which scored the proportion of suspicion amounted to 17 thousand and 678 suspected cases and 1876 if dead, while they recorded Dakahlia 5426 suspected cases and 439 case dead , followed by suspicion of the lake 2284 suspected cases, 304 cases, Menoufia dead.

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