Joseph Domenech
Joseph Domenech
animal challenge country facing health outside require
The animal health infrastructure in the country is facing a big challenge and will require outside assistance.
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It's a very worrisome situation because it's in a big country with a lot of poultry farms. It has good conditions to have several outbreaks.
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There is ample evidence that the Nigerian bird flu situation is difficult and worrisome.
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Given that it is a highly contagious disease, we were sure it could spread from one region to another, either through wildlife or through trade and movements of products. So this happened and we are not surprised at all.
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If a poultry epidemic should develop beyond the boundaries of Nigeria the effects would be disastrous for the livelihoods and the food security of millions of people.
toward western
It is going more and more toward the Western part of the world.
admit although currently
We are the first to admit that there could be outbreaks there, although there are currently no indications.
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Wild birds seem to be one of the main avian influenza carriers, but more research is urgently needed to fully understand their role in spreading the virus,
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Today there are far more questions than answers.
best control disease
The control of avian disease is the best way to control a pandemic.
access
We'd like to have more access to their data.
among birds recently worried
We've recently started to become more worried about transmission in the wild, particularly after the big outbreak among migratory birds in Qinghai,
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There is still a window of opportunity for substantially reducing the risk of a human pandemic evolving from H5N1 by controlling the virus at its source, in animals.
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FAO is concerned that poor countries in southeast Europe, where wild birds from Asia mingle with others from northern Europe, may lack the capacity to detect and deal with outbreaks of bird flu.