"Veterinarians Without Borders" accused "Agriculture" to obfuscate the spread of diseases Delta

Friday, May 14th, 2010 - 15:45

Attacked the movement "Veterinarians Without Borders," blackout imposed by the General Authority for Veterinary Services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation for detection of animal diseases prevalent in the provinces of Western, Menoufiya.

The group said in a statement today, Friday, the Veterinary Services Authority still insists denied the existence of plague in Gharbia, despite the recognition of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine to maintain its existence, as well as multiple complaints of breeders and farmers from the deaths of some infected animals.

And warned of the seriousness of the government are dim and there are some diseases that affect animals and humans together, which I did in 2006 when an outbreak of avian influenza, announced after months of emergence.

And demanded the necessity to declare the General Authority for Veterinary Services of the fact of diseases in the provinces Kalprossela and tuberculosis, plague, and also called for the need to activate the role of the central laboratory for examination and sampling, as well as laboratories for the manufacture of vaccines and serums.

For his part, denied Dr. Mohamed Mostafa El Garhi Chairman, General Authority for Veterinary Services, the absence of disease or spread of the plague in some counties, but he acknowledged the existence of patients with brucellosis and tuberculosis in Egypt since a long time.

The Garhi in a special statement for the seventh day that TB cases that were discovered Menofia individual does not live up to be a phenomenon, stressing that the vaccination campaigns continued throughout the year, which was rejected by the movement of "Veterinarians Without Borders," which questioned the immunization campaigns, and she wondered why in the emergence of the disease despite immunization.


[I found this description of "Veterinarians Without Borders".
Vets Without Borders is a fraternity of veterinarians and Volunteers from all over the world. Our work is exclusively in the countries whose economies, cultures and human inhabitants are accustomed to maltreating their household pets, their agricultural animals, wild animas who compete with them for habitat as well as commercial and "entertainment" species. We accept licenced veterinarians, fourth year veterinary students and lots and lots of volunteers. http://vetswithoutborders.net/ ]