Chinese poultry imports checked over bird flu concerns
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Chicken and eggs imported through Myanmar-Chinese border area will be analysed over bird flu concerns starting this month.
Myanmar’s Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD), in co-operation with UN’s World Food Programme, will inspect all poultry products for bird flu imported through trade routes along the border till the end of the year.
The imports of poultry products and the effects of the bird flu will be studied to prepare for countermeasures.
The officials from the Ministry of Health, poultry suppliers and dealers will also join hands in inspecting the imported poultry products.
“Firstly, we will analyse and study the causes of the disease. Then preventive measures will be prepared. The knowledge of how the poultry products enter our country is vital to set up the countermeasures,” said Dr Kyaw Naing Oo from the Research and Disease Control Division, LBVD.
Currently, the new strains of bird flu detected around the world and the neighbouring countries like China and India have struggled with the flu last year.
According to the statement of World Organisation for Animal Health, the bird flu hit Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao, Nepal, Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia, Italy and Germany in 2014.
