November 19, 2010

Armenia registers three cases of chicken fever

Three cases of chicken fever is registered in Armenia's Syunik region, said the Head of State Inspection of Veterinary and Security of Food Products of the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture Grigor Baghyan.

Illness of chicken is registered in three villages of Syunik region - Bardzravan, Balak and Shaghat. In Bardzravan, fever was registered one and a half month ago. In September, signs of chicken illness were registered in Aragatsotn region of Armenia.

"It is ordinary fever by which chicken are infected. The illness can be cured by antibiotics and preventive measures which have positive effect", said Baghyan.

There would not be any need for the farmers to cure the chicken if they had done all necessary injections.

Crisis reduced funding of buying vaccines in the frames of state order by 50%. Out of state order, the medicine remained the same - leptospirosis and leykosis. The farmers have to buy medicine from drug-stores by their own means.

Even in case of vaccination of the infected chicken, the signs are eliminated in some hours. Similar cases are registered also in Lori and Gegharkunik regions. Last time large, epidemic of chicken fever was registered in 2005-2006 in Armenia.

As for Armenian poultry factory, cases of fever are not registered there as all chicken get vaccination against different illnesses in time.