CHICKEN CULL AFTER BIRD FLU FIND ON 2 FARMS – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

CHICKEN CULL AFTER BIRD FLU FIND ON 2 FARMS – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

No shortage of ‘foodstock'

KUWAIT CITY, March 13: In a move to contain the spread of bird flu, the Kuwait Municipality and Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) have culled 98,000 chickens infected with the disease, after the cases were discovered on two farms in Al-Wafra and Al-Abdali. This was done upon instructions of the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, the Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Shaya Al-Shaya, and the Director General of the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yusef under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Livestock Affairs, Mishaal Al-Qurayfah. After monitoring the poultry farms 24/7 hours 98,000 birds were culled from two farms.

He added, the Kuwait Municipality and the ministries of Commerce and Health called the bird flu a natural phenomenon that affects poultry, especially during the onset of summer according to the specialists in the concerned authorities, but the temperature gradually eliminates the viruses found near the these farms. PAAAFR confirmed that there is no shortage of food stocks or the white meat such as poultry, as the percentage of surplus is 118 percent, pointing out that the stock is sufficient to last more than six