Veterinarians warn of the emergence of a new strain of influenza virus

They said that there would be more dangerous than the "birds" and "pigs" ..

Friday, August 14, 2009 - 21:11

Warned Dr Sami Taha, head of the Movement for "veterinarians without borders", the emergence of a new strain of bird flu in Egypt, after the emergence of endemic disease and avian influenza before 3 years, and the emergence of swine flu virus, which infected more than 400 people so far, pointing to the possibility of integration ferrocene to form a new virus may be more serious.

Taha pointed out that the rapid spread of avian influenza viruses, pigs imposed on all officials and private veterinarians to deal with it, such a pandemic, especially since there are more than 20 thousand poultry farms in Egypt, pointing to the need to have all the farm veterinarian.

Questioned the President of the "Veterinary unlimited" in the Government's announcement to get rid of all pigs in Egypt, pointing out that the figures announced by the veterinary services is incorrect, as it destroyed 150 thousand pigs, while the figures stated in the WHO, Egypt with 350 A pig, in addition to the Declaration of the Ministry of Local Development on the presence of 300 heads, wondering, for the difference between the body and the announcement by the Ministry of Development, the World Health Organization.