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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Delta State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the State, with 164, 173 birds reported dead.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Julius Egbedi, made this known while addressing newsman on Wednesday in Asaba, NAN reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment has taken action to curtail the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, some poultry farms across seven local government areas of the state have been affected by the flu.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith reported figures put at 164,173, we know it may be more than this, but this is the official number from the reported cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn June 22, we got a call from some poultry farms in Ughelli on birds dying in their numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe dispatched our team of veterinary experts to the farms and they collected samples which we sent to the Veterinary Institute in Gwon, Jos for analysis.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, when the result came out, it confirmed a case of the Avian Flu Influenza,\u201d Egbedi said.<\/p>\n

The commissioner said the affected farms are located in Sapele, Udu, Ughelli North, Ughelli South, Oshimili South and Okpe LGAs.<\/p>\n

Egbedi advised residents of the state not to panic, saying that the government is working round the clock to ensure the disease is curtailed.<\/p>\n

Bird flu outbreak: Bauchi, Toro LGAs identified as epicentres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Delta State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the State, with 164, 173 birds reported dead. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Julius Egbedi, made this known while addressing newsman on Wednesday in Asaba, NAN reports. \u201cGovernment has taken action to curtail the spread of the disease. \u201cSo far, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":48892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,5209,449,254],"class_list":["post-48893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-avian-influenza","tag-delta","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nAvian influenza hits Delta, kills 164,173 birds - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Delta State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the State, with 164, 173 birds reported dead ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Avian influenza hits Delta, kills 164,173 birds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Delta State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the State, with 164, 173 birds reported dead ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-25T13:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-25T13:48:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-61264a1e8a612.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Avian influenza hits Delta, kills 164,173 birds\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-25T13:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-25T13:48:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-61264a1e8a612.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Avian influenza\",\"Delta\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/avian-influenza-hits-delta-kills-164173-birds\",\"name\":\"Avian influenza hits Delta, kills 164,173 birds - 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