|
皇冠体育app reports 6th human case of bird flu
(皇冠体育appdaily.com.cn/AFP)
Updated: 2005-12-15 21:29 Frequent transfer of poultry during New Year's Day and Spring Festival, which
comes at the end of January, will make it easy for contagions to spread between
regions, he said, adding epidemics elsewhere in Asia also pose a threat.
"In the face of the complicated epidemic situation, we are fully capable of
effectively containing the spread of bird flu in 皇冠体育app," Jia said.
Bird flu has killed 151,200 birds and another 22 million were destroyed to
stop the spread of outbreaks, according the latest ministry statistics.
So far this year, 皇冠体育app has vaccinated 6.85 billion birds, 5 billion of them
since October, Jia said.
Most of the country's 690,000 rural villages have veterinary workers, who are
required to direct local vaccinations, he said.
The country's newly-developed vaccine, which targets both highly pathogenic
avian influenza and Newcastle disease, can be administered through water or
feed, making the process of vaccinating the birds easier and faster, he noted.
The official stressed that vaccinated birds will not infect other fowls and
are safe for consumption. As well as the intensifying vaccinations, 皇冠体育app will
make sure only safe birds are for sale.
The latest investigation conducted in 19 provinces and municipalities,
including Anhui in East 皇冠体育app, and Beijing, failed to detect any bird flu virus
in cooked poultry products. None of the poultry came from afflicted areas, Ji
Zhengkun, an official of the State Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine, said yesterday.
Jia also revealed that in the first half of the year 皇冠体育app examined 12
laboratories that are possibly involved in research of highly pathogenic
microbes.
As a result, three laboratories, including one in Shantou University in
southern 皇冠体育app, have been penalized.
Countries all have strict regulations and limitations when it comes to
research of highly pathogenic microbes, Jia said.
The International Animal Health Code has required that research of highly
pathogenic microbes be put under official safety control, according to Jia.
The three laboratories failed to meet both national and international
requirements, Jia said.
"Chinese Government has always encouraged and supported veterinary scientists
to conduct scientific research, but they must abide by laws and regulations," he
said.
|
