No. 1 Big Poultry Province: Input 100 Million RMB Against Fowl Influenza; Shandong Poultry Industry Resume Gradually
Information from the High Lethal Fowl Influenza Control Situation Exchange Meeting showed that in order to prevent the occurrence of the high virulent fowl influenza, up to now, the province has prepared 104 million RMB prevention fund, and up to now there is no occurrence of the high virulent fowl influenza. At present, the production situation of poultry husbandry and processing industries is stable, and poultry consumption is gradually increased.
According to investigation, the market price of poultry has recovered to the level in January, the poultry rearing households and enterprises have recover production, the price of broiler chick has increased to about 1.8 RMB per bird, and seed poultry production enterprises have resumed hatchery work.
Mr. Mo Yongtai, Director of the Provincial Livestock Office said that since the appearance of high virulent fowl influenza epidemics, the whole province has hold tightly the traffic passes, stopped the disease entry from elsewhere. In February, the highway livestock inspection stations have checked and disinfected 20078 vehicles, 550000 heads of livestock and 548000 poultry. Meanwhile, they have undertaken free of charge disinfecting work in key regions and sites. At present, the whole province has completed a disinfecting area of 750 million spare meters. In addition, such work has gone deep into the rural areas, husbandry households, strengthened epidemic monitoring. Up to Feb. 25, the whole province has surveyed 511 seed poultry farms, seed poultry 13.01 million birds and monitored 300000 poultry.
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