Egypt: Lack of Control of Bird Flu in Poultry Sector Increases Prices

16/10/2010
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Recognized government, represented by the Ministry of Commerce, up poultry prices in the second week of Oct. first week compared to the price of live poultry white to 18 pounds during this week, compared with 17.5 in the last week, while poultry prices rose from 21.5 the municipality to 23 pounds .

وتوقع خبراء دواجن ولحوم ارتفاعاً «جنونياً» فى أسعار اللحوم الحمراء مع اقتراب موسم عيد الأضحى بسبب تزايد الطلب على اللحوم والحيوانات مقارنة بالداوجن، بالإضافة إلى عدم سيطرة الدولة على مرض أنفلونزا الطيور فى قطاع الدواجن، مما أدى إلى وجود خلل فى أسواق بيع اللحوم والدواجن.

According to experts, poultry and meat rose «crazy» in the price of red meat with the season approaching Eid al-Adha because of the increasing demand for meat and animals compared Baldaojun, in addition to the lack of state control of bird flu in the poultry sector, which led to an imbalance in the markets selling meat and poultry.

Dr. Mohamed El Shafei, Vice Chairman of the Federation of Poultry Producers, said he expected prices of meat coming period due to lack of supply and the resort of the citizens to consume more meat of poultry, which also contribute to high prices.

وأضاف الشافعى "الأسعار المزرعية للدواجن تصل إلى ١٠.٧٥ جنيه للكيلو القائم، ترتفع إلى ما يتراوح ما بين ١٧ و١٨ جنيها للكيلو المجمد، والمبرد بينما تصل تكلفة إنتاج كيلو الدواجن القائم إلى ١٠.٥ جنيه مطالبا بإعادة هيكلة قطاع الدواجن لتطويره. وأشار إلى أن مرض أنفلونزا الطيور ساهم أيضاً فى زيادة المشكلات التى تواجه المعروض من الدواجن المجمدة فى الأسواق"، مؤكداً أن المرض لم ينحسر حتى الآن.

The Shafei, "prices of farm poultry up to 10.75 pounds per kilogram based, to increase to somewhere between 17 and 18 pounds per kilo freezer, radiator, while up the cost to produce a kilo of poultry-based to 10.5 pounds, demanding the restructuring of the poultry sector to develop it. He pointed out that Bird flu has also contributed in increasing the problems faced by the supply of frozen poultry in the markets, "adding that the disease has not subsided yet.

He pointed out that bird flu has also contributed to the problems faced by increasing the supply of frozen poultry in the markets, adding that the disease has not abated so far, pointing out that it is currently being production of a vaccine to fight the disease strain isolated locally to the virus, being sure of its efficiency and suitability for the immunization in the poultry sector or not, and will be announced officially unfit for circulation or ineffective during the next twenty days.


In a related context, Dr. Majid Othman, Chairman of the Council of Ministers Information Center, Chairman of the Central Chamber of crises to follow developments in the spread of viral influenza in birds and pigs, make periodic follow-up developments of bird flu during the current period.