Bird flu flap

[NewsWhore]

Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez is assuring the public that the authorities are handling the registered cases of bird flu correctly and that the DR is negotiating with Venezuela and other countries as possible new markets for Dominican chickens. Jimenez says that the DR has had an epidemiological monitoring system in place since 2005 in order to control any bird flu outbreak. He pointed out that the original bird flu cases were detected in Higuey in December 2007 thanks to this system. Angel Faxas, director of the Livestock Department, said that no new cases of bird flu have been detected in the last two weeks and that farms are being monitored daily in order to tackle any situation. He added that out of 13,000 tests carried out, only eight cases have been confirmed. Listin Diario writes that in order for the DR to be considered free of bird flu, the country needs to go through a two-month period without any new cases.

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