Center for Health Protection in the evening to send two ambulances to the outbreak of bird flu farms, farm owner Philip and the whole number of workers were taken to hospital for detailed examination. (Yip Hon-hua)
outbreak of the bird flu farms, by the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association chairman Dr whole operation. He was later exclaimed, farm biosecurity measures have been done, even near the migratory season before thickening and the replacement of anti-bird nets, disinfection of farms to strengthen the facilities, but still farms the avian virus Invasion, he puzzled.
Staff separation 7 days
He said the farm was found Monday morning with more than 100 chickens died of the disease, in addition to these "sentinel chickens" death, even playing a vaccine is still a dead chicken, even with his wife from today to accept the 7-day Self-isolation.
Dr the whole farm covers an area of 150,000 square feet, the father of a total of 6-70000 live chickens, mainly for the "three yellow", there is a small portion of the test are cultivated varieties. One morning this week, he found more than 10 dead chickens, including sentinel chickens and ordinary chicken, then immediately report to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. AFCD staff to the scene to investigate, seize-the-spot 3 dead chickens and 120 chicken samples for laboratory testing.
It is reported that the department has long been at the farm last four weeks to deploy until the test results would be an immediate action, rapid test results indicate that the chicken was infected with H5 avian influenza have died, wearing full protective clothing the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and Food Officers immediately entered the chicken, bring along a large garbage bags, disinfectant and carbon dioxide equipment slaughtered chickens. Slaughter of chickens until 20 o'clock, as the night lighting systems do not have enough staff to suspend operations until today to complete the remaining work to kill the chickens.
Sentinel chickens criticized the lack of system
Dr said that life and death, hence making it acceptable to the authorities decided to kill a chicken, but he stressed that he had called on the authorities to respond to a number of bio-security procedures, such as thickening of anti-bird nets, a new disinfectant, health tips to enhance staff, but Baimiyishu still.
He criticized the system of sentinel chickens is still not perfect, as a result of bird flu can be transmitted through the air, do not chicken Sentinel resistance, a real-time incidence of infection will affect other healthy chickens.
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