Nigeria - The Lagos State Government on Friday acknowledged the reality of the bird flu outbreak in the state which it said had killed more than 2,000 birds in a poultry farm in Badore. However, the state government said it had commenced intensive surveillance, which would focus on all poultry farms in the state in order to prevent spread of the deadly disease. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal, disclosed the bird flu outbreak at a news conference he addressed alongside his health counterpart, Dr. Jide Idris in Alausa, Lagos. At the conference, the commissioner said the name of the poultry farm would not be disclosed for security reasons, adding that because of the outbreak of the flu, 2,000 birds have been depopulated from the farm while the entire farm had been quarantined.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 23:58:01 +0000
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