There have been seven more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Nigeria according to the poultrysite.com, causing another round of fear after a respite of some months.
All the outbreaks occurred on farms, mostly farms with layers and pullets. One farm also held broilers. Some of the poultry was housed in a deep litter system. The outbreaks were of the H5N1 serotype.
Roughly 26,116 birds have been lost to the outbreaks, amounting to reduction in the number eggs, chicken and other poultry products being produced by farmers.
Experts said if measures are not urgently put in place to checkmate the spread, it may worsen the circular flow of income and affect the livelihood of more poultry farming households.
Over 7,000 birds died as a result of these outbreaks, and another 19,116 were destroyed.
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