Egypt: Charge Abaza disable decision control of poultry farms

Sunday, February 14th, 2010 - 10:46


Dr Sami Taha criticized member of the union not to activate the veterinary Amin Abaza to implement the ministerial decree issued by Dr. Youssef Wali, former Minister of Agriculture No. 58 of 1982 concerning the conditions for the establishment of livestock farms and poultry.

Came in response to the outbreak of rinderpest in Egypt, who is in the fourth article in the imposition of Veterinary Medicine departments limited and registration of poultry farms on the ground instead of issuing Resolution No. 1002 to close more than 12 thousand poultry farm allegedly not licensed.

He added that the lack of control on the farm led to the diversion of infected birds to farmers proving that the third of the number of farmers with rural education.

He pointed out that ignoring the Minister of Agriculture of the resolution led to the spread of avian flu and swine to announce the World Health Organization, Egypt during the coming period will witness the marriage of genetically to avian influenza virus with swine is the most serious of its kind over the last four years at a time when the government announced the formation of the Committee National Anti-bird flu, and chaired by more than 3 Ministers of Health and through the beginning of agriculture and ends of local development.

Taha accused the businessmen and importers to disrupt the implementation of the resolution, especially with the high value of exports of poultry meat after a wave of bird flu to 10 billion pounds a year instead of 5 billion, and accused them of inciting Most commented poultry farms on the General Union of Poultry Producers Association and veterinary reference resignation of Dr. Nabil Darwish Thahlp to his views on the resolution.

He warned of the danger of resorting to import meat from abroad, which threatens the emergence of new strains of FMD in addition to the fears of the spread of fever Allatp days in Australia, pointing out that the lack of implementation of the resolution led to the collapse of investment poultry in excess of 20 billion pounds, the displacement of more than 2 million factor.