Saudi Arabia approves H5N8 bird influenza outbreak
Saudi Arabia has approved an outbreak of highly contagious bird influenza in Riyadh which led to the culling of almost16,000 ducks. Bird influenza strains have shock poultry flocks in a number of countries across the world in recent years, by some types of the illness too causing human contagions & dyinges. Saudi Arabia this year imposed restrictions on poultry imports from countries like Bulgaria in an effort to protect the illness spreading. The Saudi ministry of environment, water & agriculture has too taken other preventive measures including collecting samples for Analyzing & preparing an contingency outline. Avian or bird influenza is caused by a type of influenza virus which is hosted by birds however probably infect various species of mammals, including horses, seals, whales, pig & humans.![Saudi Arabia confirms H5N8 bird flu outbreak](https://www.thenational.ae/image/policy:1.690035:1514070548/image.jpg?a=191%3A100&q=0.6&w=1200&$p$a$q$w=e3c1d56)
UAE bans poultry imports from Saudi Arabia next bird influenza outbreak - Xinhua
as declared in Source: Xinhua| 2017-twelve-24 22 |54 |22|Editor: Mu XuequanVideo Player CloseDUBAI, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported Sunday a ban on poultry imports from Saudi Arabia next a reported outbreak of a bird influenza in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. The UAE ministry added which the untreated products shipped prior to Dec. one, 2017 are continue permitted next a verification of the accompanying certificates. The heat-treated poultry products - flesh & eggs - are too cleared for importing from Saudi Arabia. In doing Extremely , the ministry wishes to protect the bird influenza virus' influence on the country's poultry health & security, in addition to preventing public health & well-being, it added. Bird influenza strains have shock poultry flocks in various countries across the world in recent years, by some types of the illness causing human contagion & dyinges.collected by :Lucy William