The State Forestry administration strengthens the monitoring and control of migratory bird epidemic focus

Introduction: at present, it is in the migration season of birds in autumn and winter Birds from domestic and foreign bird flu epidemic areas may become the vectors to spread the disease during the migration, which increases the risk of outbreaks Lei Jiafu, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration, said Tuesday that the competent forestry authorities at all levels should further set up a number of monitoring stations in the natural reserves, wetlands and other migratory bird habitats, migratory habitats, foraging areas or centralized activity areas, improve the layout of the monitoring system, and strive to improve the coverage of monitoring and control Leigafu said that each monitoring and control station should strengthen the patrol of the monitoring area and the observation of wild animals such as migratory birds, timely grasp the basic information of wild animal activities, clusters, epidemic situation, and effectively prevent personnel, livestock and poultry from entering the relevant areas to contact or engage in interference activities with wild animals In patrol monitoring, all localities should make sure to monitor frequently, find out early and control strictly, find out in the first time and control on the spot In case of abnormal death or disease of migratory birds and other wild animals, make early isolation and on-site records immediately, organize collection of samples to be sent to the specified animal quarantine agency for testing, report to the local government and animal epidemic prevention authorities in time, and report to the superior forestry authorities Leigafu stressed that under the leadership of the local government, we should actively cooperate with the competent animal epidemic prevention department to do a good job in emergency response The determination and release of major epidemics such as highly pathogenic avian influenza shall be strictly in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, and shall be handled by the competent animal epidemic prevention department under the centralized management, and shall not be released without authorization Leijiafu also said that it is necessary to check the epidemic prevention measures of the wild animals domesticated and bred by the local wildlife rescue and breeding center, provenance breeding base and other units, especially the rare and endangered birds such as cranes and pheasants, supervise and do a good job in the health prevention work of the domestication and breeding places and facilities, and implement strict control measures in the disinfection and epidemic prevention of the places, garbage disposal and other links to prevent and control the epidemic Stop the possible infection and spread of the disease Zero distance contact between unnecessary people and wild animals is prohibited to prevent the cross transmission and infection of epidemic diseases between people and wild animals.