Detection of avian influenza virus in Turkey
A newly discovered outbreak of bird flu at a farm in Batman village, southeastern Turkey, confirmed the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture on February 8.
According to Osman Bengi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Turkish experts are conducting further tests to identify the H5N1 strain that killed poultry in Bogazköy village. Meanwhile, a quarantine order within 10 km of the village has been established.
Immediately after receiving information from local authorities that 170/900 village poultry have died, Turkish health authorities have conducted preliminary tests with the results of dead bird flu. Poultry spread from infected migratory birds. Currently, veterinarians begin to kill chickens, thawed westerns, ducks and geese raised in the village. The Ministry of Agriculture has also made recommendations to poultry owners and all residents living in areas where poultry must be vigilant, especially keeping poultry in the barn, reporting to local authorities. in case of dead poultry of unknown origin.
Destruction of poultry in Turkey on January 26, 2007 (Photo: TTO)
Last year, Turkey had more than 8,000 poultry died of bird flu, and more than two million poultry were killed. The government has detected 21 cases of human avian flu, including many deaths, making Turkey the first country outside of East and Southeast Asia to have victims of bird flu deaths and to date. March 31, 2006, the government announced that it had completely eradicated bird flu across its territory.
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