Bird Flu: Govt warns against spread

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Bird Flu: Govt warns against spread

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The Federal Government has sent warnings to the public on Friday concerning the outbreak of Avian Influenza (bird flu) in the FCT Abuja and seven states of the country.Director of Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Gideon Mshelbwala, made this known at a gathering with state commissioners of Agriculture in Abuja.According to Mshelbwala, the affected states include Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa, Plateau, FCT and Kaduna, where a case was reported in May 30.He stressed that the flu had dispersed to 26 states including the FCT since its outbreak in 2008 recording about 800 affected farms in no less than 123 LGAs.Since there is no sure vaccines for bird flu, Mshelbwala, offered that the FG was trying other methods like quarantine, movement control, stamping out, decontamination and bio-security precautions to stop the spread.However, the director said the ineffective bio-security methods adopted by some poultry farmers are responsible for the constant spread of the disease.

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