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"Virulent" bird flu spreads across in west and central Africa
14.07.2016 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Governments across west and central Africa need to be vigilant as the highly infective H5N1 bird flu spreads across the region, UN Radio says referring to the
the Food and Agriculture Organization report.
As to the report, the bird flu outbreak has been registered in Cameroon. It is to be admitted, the strain can infect and cause death in humans and kills poultry at a high rate.
Reportedly, this is the first the disease has been found in Central Africa since 2006, bringing the total number of countries that have battled the bird flu to six.
These countries are Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon.
It is to be reminded, Nigeria continues to be the most affected with the total number of outbreaks exceeding 750 with nearly 3.5 million birds dead or culled.
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