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Immunisation
By Amina Ahmed
Bauchi, Jan. 25, 2017 (NAN) The Bauchi Area Veterinary Office in Bauchi State has been vaccinating no less than 5,000 birds weekly in other to prevent an outbreak of birds’ related diseases there.
Dr Bashir Rishi,Rishi, the veterinary officer in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday that the exercise was to improve public health .
According to him, New Castle, Fox, Typhoid, Anmbiro and Cholera are the endemic diseases found in the state.
Also, the routine immunization was to provide the birds with the adequate vaccines, he said.
He said that those with 100 birds below converged with their birds at the clinic premises for the immunization.
Those with more than 100 birds have their birds immunized in their farms, he said.
He said that bird flu was not prevalent in the state and no vaccine had been introduced so far.
According to him, measures have been put in place to ensure that bird flu is prevented completely from the state.
“Most members of the public have resulted into poultry as a small scale trade so we need to brace up activities that will prevent the loss of such birds through immunisation.
“Bird Flu has no vaccine, so we put measures in place to prevent it.’’
He appealed to the public to ensure that their birds were immunized against birds’ related diseases.
NAN reports that Wednesday was set aside for the immunisation as many people were seen with their birds formed queues to vaccinate their birds.(NAN)
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Edited by Tola Okinbaloye, Peter Dada