الاثنين، 22 أبريل 2013

#libya More than 50,000 poultry dead from ‘Newcastle disease’

The detection of a virus, the Newcastle disease, among poultry in Tobruk has resulted in the death of more than 50,000 birds in the last four days.
Farmer owners have complained of a lack of resources and inability to fight off  the ‘Newcastle disease’ in the eastern area, addressing the problem to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Poultry farmers are appealing for an immediate intervention from the Ministry to halt the spread of illness. The extermination of the birds has caused great economic loss and severely harmed the local market in the area.
In a statement made to the Libyan News Agency, public service workers claimed to have found a large quantity of chicken carcasses on the roadside in the Sidi Fredj area of Benghazi.
They said they sprayed the dead animals with chemicals to prevent the spread of disease in the area.
The disease is extremely contagious between birds, and can also be passed onto humans. Conjunctivitis and influenza-like symptoms are common if a human contracts the Newcastle disease. Cleanliness is the only way to prevent any contraction, as the NDV does not have a vaccine available.
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