Two towns are involved in the outbreak of avian influenza in Jingshan, Hubei Province
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Last Update: 2008-11-03
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: the Ministry of Agriculture announced Monday that a highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic occurred in Jingshan County, Hubei Province On November 2, poultry raised by farmers in Jingshan County, Hubei Province died On November 9, the Veterinary Department of Hubei Province initially diagnosed as suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza, and immediately collected the disease materials and sent them to the National Reference Laboratory of avian influenza for diagnosis On November 11, the national avian influenza reference laboratory confirmed the H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza The outbreak involved two townships, a total of 2500 dead poultry After receiving the report of suspected avian influenza in Hubei, the Ministry of agriculture immediately sent a working group to guide the local prevention and control work According to the relevant regulations of the state, the local government organized the departments of agriculture and health to take a series of prevention and control measures such as emergency immunization, blockade, killing and disinfection At present, 31313 poultry have been killed within 3 kilometers around the epidemic site.
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