Egypt: 5.2 billion pound losses "poultry" because of influenza

Friday 01/06/2012

total losses suffered by the poultry production sector in Egypt, 2.5 billion pounds. ‬ ‫

The official report issued by the General Authority for Veterinary Services that the total number of foci of infection with bird flu in 2011 since the start of the revolution on January 25, reached 384 center including 313 in the backyard, "rural" 0.53 focus on poultry farms .16 focus in the markets selling live birds , hotbeds in the massacres of poultry, while the official sources, the Authority described the epidemiological situation of the disease as "critical" and that the disease is endemic in Egypt, "not a political lie". ‬
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Dr. Osama Sulayem, Chairman of the General Authority for Veterinary Services in a press statement yesterday that he decided to form a 297 Task Force to follow up the epidemic situation of the disease in different provinces, in order to achieve disease control and reduce the spread of the virus in the sector poultry pointing to the importance of the role of these committees to educate the citizens the dangers of disease and not to be complacent in the application of safety rules is vital in education, whether rural or poultry farms.