Bird Flu Virus Outbreak Now in 7 Nigerian States
Dr Gideon Mshelbwala, the Director of Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development raised ...
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Dr Gideon Mshelbwala, the Director of Veterinary and Pest Control
Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development raised
the alert at a meeting with state Commissioners of Agriculture in Abuja
on Friday.
According to him, the seven states affected by the outbreak to include:
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Mshelbwala said that the way forward to the containment of the disease was to ban importation of poultry and products, quarantine and bio-security measures, among others.
He also warned poultry farmers against illegal vaccination of birds, saying that it was a deadly alternative to the control of the disease.
According to him, the seven states affected by the outbreak to include:
- Bauchi
- Kaduna
- Kano
- Katsina
- Nasarawa
- Plateau
- FCT
- Kaduna
Mshelbwala said that the way forward to the containment of the disease was to ban importation of poultry and products, quarantine and bio-security measures, among others.
He also warned poultry farmers against illegal vaccination of birds, saying that it was a deadly alternative to the control of the disease.
