Iraqi Province Orders Stop To Poultry Production For 3 Months To Halt Bird Flu - H5N1? - July 6, 2016 - Kurdistan refuses

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[h=2]Thursday, July 07, 2016[/h] [h=3]Report: Iraqi Province Orders Stop To Poultry Production For 3 Months To Halt Bird Flu[/h]

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Although we've seen sporadic, often vague, media reports of avian flu activity coming out of Iraq since 2005, last April's OIE Notification Of Multiple H5N1 Outbreaks In Iraq,was the first official acknowledgment of H5N1 in that country we'd seen in nearly a decade.

The matter was officially closed on May 5th when Iraq filed a final report with the OIE listing 6 outbreaks which occurred between December 2015 and February of this year.​

But Arabic media reports of newer, large poultry die offs continued to come in, such as this report picked up by Sharon Sanders of FluTrackers last April.

Iraq - Unknown disease killed at least 60,000 poultry causing price rise in several provinces including Muthanna
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Last week FluTrackers picked up reports of large poultry die offs in Kirkuk - attributed to infectious bronchitis (a common malady of poultry) - and in late June Tetano posted Iraq: Media report: 200 thousand chickens culled in the district towns due to H5N1 bird flu.

Despite no official reports from the Iraqi government since April, these reports would suggest Iraq's avian flu problem is far from contained.​

Over the past 24 hours Iraqi media has carried multiple reports indicating that - in order to bring avian flu under control - one province is taking the dramatic step of ordering a halt of all poultry production for a period of three months.

The location provided (`the province of Diwaniyah') is a bit confusing, since Al Diwaniyah is actually the capital of what is now Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, but parts of which were once called ad-Diwāniyah Governorate.​

Despite this discrepancy, and the mangled syntax inherent in machine translations, here is of one of those reports:

Turn off broiler rearing three months to control bird flu ​

Wednesday July 6, 2016 - 18:09

Cultivation of the province of Diwaniyah Director Safaa al-Janabi announced a decision by the Minister of Agriculture to stop breeding and production of chicken meat in all poultry farms in the province for a period of three months, attributing the cause to Avlonza control of bird flu and who needs this time to eliminate it.

He said al-Janabi told Radio tow that poultry production will return again after three months from the date of implementation of this resolution, which was to begin its implementation during the current month, in addition to the rest of the provinces of Diwaniyah.

Al-Janabi added that this decision affects the economy of the province and the country as a push for import of chicken meat from outside Iraq throughout this period and the depletion of hard currency to pay to the exporting countries as well as to stop the work of investors in poultry farms and thus get an economic imbalance in the project​

This report doesn't specify the type of avian flu, although HPAI H5 seems likely given the region's history. Hopefully we'll get an OIE reports clarifying matters.


Posted by Michael Coston at 8:39 AM

 

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[h=1]Kurdistan refrain from implementing the decision of Baghdad and warns of its effects on the region[/h] Saturday 09-07-2016 | 10:34:42







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Twilight News / is scheduled to pay a delegation of special entitlements peasants in the Kurdistan Regional Government visit to Baghdad, while cautious, Minister of Agriculture of the provincial government on the decisions handed down by the federal government to shut down all the poultry farms in the country, stressing that the decision will not be implemented in Kurdistan. The Iraqi Agriculture Minister Falah Hassan had visited the Kurdistan Region said in a press conference that he has been to find a solution on farmland with the Kurdistan Regional problems were agreed upon.
And on the financial entitlements of wheat crop farmers in the province of Kurdistan he said the agricultural minister of Iraq said that after his return to Baghdad will ask Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi make an appointment to visit the agriculture minister in the provincial government to Baghdad to talk about the fulfillment of financial receivables for the peasants of the region for the past years.
And on the reasons for the delay this money, Hassan said that the drop in oil prices was the main reason behind the delay in the financial dues.
The Minister of Agriculture of Kurdistan, Abdul Sattar Majid at the same news conference that they held intensive meetings and reached a number of decisions, including the decision to form a permanent joint committee between the two sides.
He noted Abdul Majid that needed to be to have the province involved in any decision taken by Baghdad may not be unique to the federal government to issue decisions.
He added that at present due to the spread of bird flu Baghdad had resolved to close all poultry farms in the region and Iraq for three months, pointing out that this decision means the elimination of domestic production as a whole.
He warned glorious in this regard by saying that the disease is prevalent in Iraq does not exist in the region, pointing out that his government would not comply with this decision in any way.
And on the dues peasants of the province, Majid said in Baghdad said $ 800 million of receivables peasants of the region, pointing out to make a number of proposals on how to pay them.

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[h=1]Wasit prevent the entry of live chickens to maintain because of the spread of bird flu[/h] WORLD NEWSToday6 hours ag

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(Encyclopedia of the Day News | Iraq News ) - from the archive The Governor Wasit owner behind the valley, to prevent the entry of live chickens and eggs to maintain at the present time because of the spread of bird flu in the areas south of Baghdad.
He said in a statement the valley Radio tow received a copy of it, he "met with the cell's bird flu crisis, after receiving information and reports indicate the exposure of a number of citizens in the areas south of Baghdad Kalmdain and hand the unit neighborhood for this disease."
He added that "the governor has taken preventive procedures prevent the entry of live chickens and eggs to maintain at the present time," noting that "the inspection teams deployed at the entrances to the province on a daily basis through its cooperation with the health of Wasit, Agriculture and Environment Department."
Pointing out that the ministerial delegation from before planting will take a number of precautions in northern Wasit. "
The valley and called on "all citizens to caution and cooperation to limit the spread of this phenomenon and report reviewing the nearest health center across the districts and areas of the province."
The director of the farming province of Diwaniyah Safaa al-Janabi said in a July 6, 2016 for a decision by the Minister of Agriculture to stop breeding and production of chicken meat in all poultry farms in the province for a period of three months, attributing the cause to control Avlonza bird flu and who needs this time to eliminate it

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10:10:00 7/15/2016 | (Voice of Iraq) - Wasit face of the governor of Wasit owner behind the valley on Thursday , security forces in all theexternal checkpoints at the entrances of the province to prevent the entry and exit of all kinds of infected birds epidemic of bird flu and confiscation with tighter control at the entrances to the production ofmeat companies and poultry farming areas which recorded cases of the epidemic recently. valley and said in a statement that the governor held an expanded meeting of the crisis cell problem to cope with the disease, was recommended to intensify field follow - ups by the relevant departments of the fields of poultry and domestic markets and companies for the production of poultry meat and raising the daily reports on everything monitored by these committees in order to deal with them to serve the public interest and maintaining the health of the citizens. He pointed out that the crisis cell will work side circles concerned in theframework of the processing of suspicious cases and detect early and treat it ensures the safety of everyone. appealing to all poultry farms and businesses owners to cooperate with the competent committees to curb the spread of the epidemic. The number of poultry farms north of Wasit province have registered wounding large numbers of poultry epidemic of bird flu, prompting the authorities concerned to destroy large quantities of them. http://www.sotaliraq.com/newsitem.php?id=340511 ​

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