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The Executive Director, National Veterinary Research Institute, Dr. Mohammed Ahmed, says more than 1.4 million birds were destroyed to curb bird influenza that hit poultry farms early this year.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, Dr Ahmed said 18 states were affected by the flu whose last case was reported on May 28 while 800 suspicions were diagnosed in the institute’s laboratory out of which 500 tested positive to the disease.
The NVRI boss said that compensations for the destroyed birds were already being paid by the Federal Government.
Dr Ahmed disclosed that another poultry disease, known as Newcastle disease, was being zeroed in for eradication by the international community through vaccinations like Thermostable and MDV12 that is usually targeted at poultry farmers in the hinterlands.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, Dr Ahmed said 18 states were affected by the flu whose last case was reported on May 28 while 800 suspicions were diagnosed in the institute’s laboratory out of which 500 tested positive to the disease.
The NVRI boss said that compensations for the destroyed birds were already being paid by the Federal Government.
Dr Ahmed disclosed that another poultry disease, known as Newcastle disease, was being zeroed in for eradication by the international community through vaccinations like Thermostable and MDV12 that is usually targeted at poultry farmers in the hinterlands.
