At the end of October inhabitants of the Mensky region of Chernigovshchina found 27 it is not known from what the died birds. They lay nearby one from one in landing at the road that conducts to one of area villages. People immediately called by phone in regional management of veterinary medicine and reported about a find. Experts established that …
Experts established that it were canaries whom, possibly, someone simply threw out. A dangerous virus of bird flu at them, fortunately, didn’t reveal.
- The example with canaries testifies that people became more vigilant and active in the prevention of distribution of bird flu – the head of department of the state veterinary medicine of Mensky of the area Alexander Belashko tells. – I consider that it was assisted by explanatory work among people which we will see off through the regional newspaper: card instruction distribution, carrying out conversations, in particular, with hunters (after all threat is represented by wild migratory birds who can be carriers of a dangerous virus). Meeting people, we tell about how it is necessary to behave in case of identification of the patient or the died bird, where and as it to deliver. Besides, we recommend to shut poultry and not to let out it on open reservoirs for prevention of contacts of poultry from the wild.
To be convinced of how Mena’s inhabitants listen to recommendations of veterinarians, the author of this material walked her silent small streets. In a local reservoir the fattened house wefts, as always, lapped, in the kitchen gardens cleaned for the winter hens freely rowed, and towards evening one of the central streets slowly went home the tabunetsgusy. Everything testified that any panic concerning possible "invasion" of bird flu among local population isn’t present. It was confirmed also by Alexander Belashko, having supported the words with such data: for all October in the central market of the district 54 chicken carcasses, for the last Sunday of month, only in one day – already 22 carcasses were sold. Anybody from sellers didn’t incur any chicken back home.
The awareness of the population that all hens who have been taken out on the market, pass necessary vetsanekspertizu, and a dangerous virus of bird flu perishes at temperature of 65-70 degrees, does the work in Maine and doesn’t lift a usual vital rhythm. However, it would be wrong to say that the "Olympic" rest of the population is caused only by his awareness. Not the last value has also the mentality which manifestations are expectations that God will send and unwillingness to take precautionary measures, already while as speak, not pripechet.
- Now our people already you will frighten of nothing – the chief of ecological inspection of the Mensky area Valery Kvashuk tells. – They already passed both the Crimea, and Rome, and copper pipes. When I advise to them not to let geese to be grazed freely, they speak: And what to us to do? It is necessary to feed the shut bird with something and so it eats. And, as earlier, release it for borders of settlements, on rates and lakes…
It is necessary to tell that the small town of Maine is located in 70 km from Chernigov. As if it is a little, and a difference in behavior of the population the big. It and isn’t surprising, after all the regional center – is many people, it is a lot of contacts, and therefore also a great opportunity for distribution of any infection. Therefore, having had heard plenty about bird flu, chicken meat here treat more carefully. As the deputy chief of department of management of the state veterinary medicine in the Chernigov area Nikolay Zakharchenko reported, volumes of sale of chicken carcasses in two greatest markets of Chernigov decreased more than four times. If in 2004 in the first days of their November 159 pieces, in the 2005th year during the similar period – only 37 pieces were realized. It is felt that inhabitants of the regional center are afraid to trust production which has been grown up in family households, contrary to any vetsanekspertize. Cases of addresses of the population to management of veterinary medicine became frequent also. And, if earlier, bringing there dead chicken, people spoke: It is not known that to it occurred, now ask specifically: And suddenly it is bird flu? That is, they understand gravity of a situation and keep on the lookout. However shut poultry not only because are careful of its contact to migratory birds and and because the poultry from time to time becomes object of hunting. Hunters shoot known cases when, without having found wild production, on lakes of house birds.
Internal concern concerning a possible pandemic of bird flu is the general for mood both rural, and urban population. To it testify the interrogation, published by local mass media. People understand that with completion of flight of wild birds a problem for Chernigovshchina not disappeared. The spring will come, birds will start to fly with the South where the dangerous disease is fixed – here then only all and can begin…
N. Potapchuk.