Bird flu confirmed in Omsk Region (Russia)
State Scientific Vector Center of Virology and Biotechnology confirmed outbreak of bird flu in Maximovka village of Tyukalinsky district in Omsk Region (Russia), where 86 hens died recently; State Irtysh TV-Channel is quoted by a REGNUM correspondent as reporting on May 16.
The dead poultry’s blood samples were sent for research to Novosibirsk, where specialists confirmed the worst assumptions on the eve. At present, villagers’ households at Maximovka village are being treated by chemical agents, population is medically examined, and homesteads rounds on poultry’s close confinement recommenced.
Nearly 4,000 hens have been vaccinated for bird flu prophylaxis in Maximovka. No poultry deaths were registered during last 24 h.
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14:59 05/17/2006
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