Rural Development has announced
new cases of Avian Influenza
otherwise known as Bird flu in Nigeria.
Avian influenza is a type of viral
disease affiliated to birds only and is an infectious disease. In a statement released yesterday
January 15th, the ministry said that
there has been an increasing number
of deaths of poultry animals in two
poultry farms and live bird markets in
Lagos and Kano. Test conducted on the dead birds at
the National Veterinary Research
Institute showed the birds were
infected with H5 Strain of Avian
Influenza virus, otherwise known as
bird flu. The ministry says measures have been
put in place to contain the spread of
the deadly virus as the poultries and
market where the disease was first
identified has been quarantined. The Ministry instructed all state Ministry
of Agriculture and its agencies to be
on the alert for any new case of the
disease. "All state Directors of Veterinary
Services and the Federal Capital
Territory, Poultry Association of
Nigeria and other stakeholders have
been informed and advised to be on
alert with intensified bio-security measures to avert possible spread of
the disease to other states. The World
Organisation for Animal Health and
Inter African Bureau for Animal
Resource and development partners
have been appropriately notified in compliance with our statutory
international obligations."
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