Joseph Domenech
Joseph Domenech
further movement poultry spread strongly trade
The movement and trade of poultry have strongly contributed to the further spread of the virus.
easy lost percent point population poultry promote since understand view
It's easy to understand the point of view of the Netherlands, since they lost 50 percent of their poultry population in 2003. But do we have to promote this for all countries? At this point, we are not sure.
birds movement poultry remains trade unclear
It remains unclear if the outbreak has been triggered by migratory birds or by the trade and movement of poultry or poultry products.
conditions country good poultry several situation
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.
bird cycle flu infection occur poultry winter
the cycle of bird flu infection that will occur in poultry this winter will not be stopped.
beyond boundaries develop disastrous effects epidemic food millions nigeria poultry security
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.
birds difficult risk wild worrying
This is a very worrying situation, and the risk from wild birds is a very difficult questions,
contagious disease either given happened highly movements region spread sure surprised trade wildlife
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.
africa services
In Africa in general, the veterinary services are understaffed and under-budgeted.
african against animals based bird build campaigns concerned countries defense due east eastern efficient flu infected line middle northern run situation various
The Middle East and northern African countries should be able to build up a line of defense against avian influenza. FAO is more concerned about the situation in eastern Africa, where veterinary services, due to various constraints, should have more difficulties to run efficient bird flu campaigns based on slaughtering infected animals and vaccination,
period specific spread time
Every time there is a specific festival, which has a consequence of movement, it is a period where the spread of pathogens is higher.
birds domestic efforts recognized widely wild
The need to keep domestic birds away from wild birds has been widely recognized and efforts to do so have been implemented in many countries.
days respond situation three week
The situation is very worrying... If you respond in two or three days that's different but if a week passes, that's another thing.
crisis exactly happening stop
In 2004 we said it will be an international crisis if we don't stop it in Asia, and this is exactly what is happening two years later.