Saturday, October 06, 2007
Azerbaijan releases results of bird flu monitoring
The State Veterinary Service of the Agriculture Ministry of Azerbaijan has released results of the 9th monitoring carried out since September 24.
Samples from 26 wild birds and 727 domestic birds were analyzed in a laboratory.
“All the samples tested negative for bird flu,” said the Veterinary Service. The State Veterinary Service, Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry, Health Ministry and Hunters’ Society have monitored Absheron Peninsula, Pirallahi Island, regions of Devechi, Salyan, Aghjabadi and Lenkeran. No sick birds were found.
The 10th monitoring will start on October 22
Bird flu story source: APA