Bird Flu Hits Kaduna Poultry Farms

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File Photo There is an outbreak of bird influenza, avian influenza, in three city government locations of Kaduna state, leaving poultry birds in danger.The Kaduna State

Government said the illness was threatening an estimated population of 107, 807 birds in farms in three city government locations of the state.The state Commissioner of Agriculture, Ibrahim Hussaini, who revealed this throughout a stakeholders’ conference with the Poultry Farmers Association, stated the impacted city government locations where the farms lay are Chikun, Igabi and Lere.The Commissioner, represented by the Director of Veterinary and Livestock Services in the ministry, Pakachi Zakariya, kept in mind that the tests were carried out by the National Research Veterinary Institute.He added that three farms have actually been depopulated and decontaminated while the

result for the 4th farm was being waited for. ToriNG