China urgently provides technical and material assistance for avian influenza to Mongolia

Introduction: at the request of Mongolia, China's Ministry of Agriculture recently sent relevant experts to Mongolia for technical assistance in avian influenza prevention and control, and on behalf of China, presented assistance materials such as avian influenza vaccine to Mongolia The Mongolian government thanks me for my great assistance and hopes to further strengthen technical cooperation and exchange in animal epidemic prevention and control On August 2, 2005, four swans with verrucous noses were found dead in the lake of kusugur in the northern Mongolian province They were diagnosed as influenza A in the laboratory Since then, the epidemic has spread to Cante lake, Burgan Province, south of kusugur In order to control the further spread of avian influenza, the Mongolian government has requested urgent technical and material assistance from China From August 25 to September 2, 2005, the Ministry of agriculture of China sent two experts from the National Reference Laboratory of avian influenza to Mongolia for technical assistance in the prevention and control of avian influenza, on-site guided the Mongolian side to carry out the diagnosis of avian influenza, and on behalf of China, presented assistance materials such as avian influenza diagnostic reagents, avian influenza vaccine and protective articles to Mongolia According to my expert's diagnosis, the epidemic situation in Mongolia is H5N1 subtype avian influenza At present, the prevention and control of avian influenza in Mongolia is proceeding in an orderly manner.