Iraq - Avian Flu in Kurdistan Region

[Gert van der Hoek]

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[TD="colspan: 2"]Department of Agriculture Veterinary Department confirmed that the Kurdistan region is the epicenter of bird flu.

He stressed, Director General of the Veterinary Department Salah Fadel Abbas, in response to the news prevent the entry of eggs and all poultry products and live birds from all neighboring countries through the Kurdistan region because of the presence of the hotbeds of the disease in the region.

He added that implementation of those resolutions, the constituency has instructed all quarries and detachments to prevent the entry of such materials and destruction if tuned as the cost of all checkpoints in Kirkuk and Diyala provinces adjacent to the region to prevent the entry of these products into central and southern governorates, stressing adjust the number of trucks that crossed the checkpoints as laden with fruits and managed detachments Veterinary stopped and searched and she appeared laden with tons of table eggs and poultry meat, where the burning and destroying them as assets and controls in place.[/TD]
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[sharon sanders]

Looks like a continuing outbreak.


Please also see:

Iraq - Government confirms poultry bird flu in Diwaniya province - January 31, 2016

Iraq - Transportation of poultry and eggs from Kurdistan province to the rest of Iraq prevented due to avian influenza - strain not mentioned - January 25, 2016

 

[sharon sanders]

Kurdistan officials go to Bagdad for meeting on bird flu.




delegation from the government of Kurdistan up Baghdad for a meeting with the Higher Committee to combat bird flu in Iraq

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Twilight News delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government / arrived on Tuesday in the federal capital Baghdad for a meeting with the Supreme Committee for the fight against bird flu in Iraq, according to a statement issued by the Office of the President Fuad Masum, who met that delegation.
The statement said the delegation, which was received by the infallible at the Peace Palace in Baghdad, consisting of Dr. Recot Hama Rashid, Minister of Health in the province of Kurdistan and Abdul Sattar Majeed, Minister of Agriculture in the province, their accompanying delegation.
The statement added that the infallible said during the meeting the importance of these visits and continue to overcome the existing problems and find practical solutions to them, stressing the need for concerted efforts to overcome the obstacles to the development of positive relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government federal government, as well as work to sustain coordination between them on service at all levels for the sons of the homeland of all its components.
For his part, the delegation of the Kurdish government, said the goal of their visit to Baghdad is meeting with the Higher Committee to combat bird flu in Iraq and finding ways to resolve the problems related to Bmelvi health and agriculture.
Called on the ministers of health and agriculture, the federal government to shoulder its responsibility towards the huge numbers of displaced people who tax burden on the region of the humanity, service and health

http://www.iraqakhbar.com/iraq-news/162391.html

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