Haitian officials visit

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Officials and technicians from the Ministry of Agriculture of Haiti have been in the DR visiting chicken farms in the Cibao region and taking blood samples from chickens to determine whether there could be more cases of Avian flu in the country after government controls revealed the virus had affected cockfighting roosters in the municipality of Higuey. Northern Region Poultry Producers Association (Asopollon) president Jose Lopez said that the Haitian officials seemed very receptive during their visit. He added that the officials were able to, with their own eyes and techniques, determine that the fears surrounding the recent cases of Avian flu amounted to a false alarm. Lopez hopes that the test results will lead Haitian officials to lift the ban on Dominican chicken exports.

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