The Federal Government on Friday alerted thepublic to the outbreak of Avian Influenza or bird flu in the FCT and seven states of the country.
Gideon Mshelbwala, the Director of Veterinaryand Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, raised thealert at a meeting with state Commissioners of Agriculture in Abuja on Friday.
Mr. Mshelbwala listed the states affected by the outbreak to include Bauchi, Kano, Katsina,Nasarawa, Plateau, FCT and Kaduna, which reported a case on May 30.
He said that the disease had spread across 26 states of the federation and the FCT since it started in 2008 affecting 800 farms in no fewer than 123 local government areas.
Mr. Mshelbwala, who said that there were no scientifically proven vaccines for bird flu, noted that the federal government was adopting quarantine, movement control, stamping out, decontamination and bio-security measures to curb the spread.
The director expressed regret over the poor bio-security practices by some poultry farmers, adding that it was the major reason for the continuous spread of the disease
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