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  • EGYPT - "Agriculture declares success of national campaign of vaccination against AI"

    Google-translated from Arabic:

    Agriculture declares success of the national campaign of vaccination against avian flu disease
    Sept 26, 2007

    Cairo - Confirmed reports received by Amin Abaza, and Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the success of the national campaign of vaccination against avian influenza illness and that he did not show any positive cases of the disease among birds during the period from last [this past] June and to date. [Except, of course, for that one outbreak in poultry (connected to a human case?) in Dakahlia(?) in August -- but who's counting....]

    This was announced by Abdul Hamid Oft Samaha Chairman of the General Authority for Veterinary Services following the meeting of the Board of Directors of the body which has been evaluating the results of the national campaign of vaccination against avian flu disease, which started in June 24 last month and entered the fourth this week.

    Samaha said that this indicator of the success of the national campaign of vaccination against avian flu disease, explaining that he had been vaccinated 70 million birds in the education sector home addition 22 million Nestling Omar day from various species (chickens, ducks, geese and Rumi), indicating that the campaign will continue until the completion of all vaccinated birds living in the villages, according to the Middle East News Agency.

    He added that the Authority has prepared new permits for the transport of live birds between provincial and poultry farms and massacres competent, and this permits forgery-proof and farms places will be transferred from birds and Couser competent as a result of laboratory testing poultry.

    Samaha noted that these actions are within an integrated plan to combat avian flu disease with more than 2400 doctor working veterinarian.

    ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

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    Re: EGYPT - "Agriculture declares success of national campaign of vaccination against

    Originally posted by Theresa42 View Post
    Google-translated from Arabic:

    Agriculture declares success of the national campaign of vaccination against avian flu disease
    Sept 26, 2007

    Cairo - Confirmed reports received by Amin Abaza, and Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the success of the national campaign of vaccination against avian influenza illness and that he did not show any positive cases of the disease among birds during the period from last [this past] June and to date. [Except, of course, for that one outbreak in poultry (connected to a human case?) in Dakahlia(?) in August -- but who's counting....]

    (...)

    http://www.masrawy.com/News/2007/Egy...6/birdflu.aspx
    In fact, according to the Egyptian government's own bf website, there were 3 outbreaks of bf in poultry in August alone:

    National Campaign succeeded in reducing bird flu infection
    Fortification of 75 million birds against bird flu virus

    30/8/2007

    Dr. Hadmid Samaha, head of the General Authority for Veterinary Services in Agriculture Ministry, affirmed that the national campaign for confronting bird flu, which continues all through three months, succeeded in reducing the rate of bird flu infection among the domestic birds, as during the current month of August, 3 positive cases only appeared.

    In his speech that he made in the opening session of the Future Vision for Fighting Bird Flu symposium, Dr. Samaha referred to the disappearance of infection in the farms till this month of August.

    He said that the copy that was isolated of the immigrant birds was found in the area of Al-Kassaseen, and that it is very weak and is not dangerous on humans or animals.

    He also confirmed that organic technology is used now for solving the mystery of hereditary change of the virus, as well as the followed means to evaluate the fortification capability, and measuring the immunity level after the fortification.

    ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

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      Re: EGYPT - "Agriculture declares success of national campaign of vaccination against

      also, it's summer. Well, formally autumn but flu seems to have
      a delay - we also often get the season peaks in spring.

      what strain are they using for the vaccine ?
      Could the vaccine also be used by humans ?
      I'm interested in expert panflu damage estimates
      my current links: http://bit.ly/hFI7H ILI-charts: http://bit.ly/CcRgT

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