Peoples Gazette
An outbreak of bird flu has been reported with an estimated population of 107,807 birds, in farms across three local government areas in Kaduna.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Ibrahim Hussaini, during a stakeholders’ meeting with the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) on Tuesday, said the affected farms were located in Chikun, Igabi and Lere local government areas.
Represented by Pakachi Zakariya, the director, Veterinary and Livestock Services, in the ministry, Mr Hussaini said the tests were conducted by the National Research Veterinary Institute and were positive to highly pathogenic AI.
He added that the three farms had been depopulated, decontaminated, and awaiting the result of the fourth farm as efforts were in place to contain the situation.
“We have discovered that wild birds are the primary hosts of Avian Influenza. We suspect that these wild birds may have gotten in contact with some birds in the poultry and that may have been the genesis of the outbreak,” he stated.
