Commonground Commentary: Egypt's Poultry Problem

Egypt has ongoing problems with bird flu.

And confirms that there rate deficit in production of between 20 and 25% especially as the conditions of heat and past led to major losses, although the summer reduces the incidence of the virus, but the heat with affected poultry and spends many of them as a result of this shortage...
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Now, Ramadam is here. They cut of electricity to all shops selling live poultry in Cairo:

Cairo decided to cut off all the facilities for stores that sell live birds in the month of Ramadan
http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2010/08/egypt-cairo-cuts-off-all-facilities.html

But, there is a shortage of poultry during Ramadam. So they will import:

The study showed that in the first week of Ramadan, Egyptians eat a loaf of around 2.7 billion and 10 thousand tons of fuel and 40 million chickens,…

Shafei solution, saying we have a temporary solution markets is a shortage in the supply of poultry must be opened for imports to fill the current gap to be done to stop this import or reduce the quantities with the increase of the local product we have an important industry investments of about ‮ ‬ 25 million pounds and employs labor-intensive can be opened for import being of poultry, chicks and for frozen if we import to cover part of the deficit and for the current crisis and the month of Ramadan, says the Federation's deputy We have signed a protocol with the General Company for Food Industries to supply ‮ ‬ 1200 ‮ ‬ tons poultry frozen from local companies at ‮ ‬ 15 ‭. ‬ 70 ‮ ‬ pounds per kilogram to put in the pools during the holy month of Ramadan as a contribution of companies to solve the problem…
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There seems to be a problem with the previous vaccine:

It was also noted that major companies and most poultry production in order the application of biosecurity suffered injuries severe enough to stop production altogether with high mortality rates and very heavy losses.

I also affirm the continuing mutation of the virus with the availability of scientific reasons to mutate, especially the extensive use of vaccines inactive and silent infection of the birds vaccinated and contrary actually quite for investigation announced it is already clear that the bird flu virus is endemic which call for comprehensive changes to disease resistance thought.....
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So, Egypt will be producing a new vaccine, and a mapping program:

The Union of Poultry Producers has warned of bird flu mutates, ‮ ‬ announced the start of the experience of a new vaccine will be imported during the month after testing...
http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2010/08/egypt-bf-virus-mutates-new-vaccine.html