Danger of bird flu to poultry farming of Ukraine – a subject of interview to the acting as the director of the State center of veterinary medicine of poultry farming Victor Stetsem.
- Victor Vasilyevich, situation with bird flu in the world and in Ukraine is how serious?
- From the outbreak of flu any country with the developed poultry farming isn’t insured. According to the International epizootichesky bureau, in 2004 flu was registered in 10 states of the world. This year it is registered already in 15 countries, in particular in Russia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Turkey, Croatia. To their list also our country recently increased.
In Ukraine the second year is conducted monitoring of a wild bird, a bird in a private sector and in poultry-farming farms for timely identification first of all atipovy viruses of flu. In ten months past year the Civil service of veterinary medicine selected over 148 thousand tests of blood of a bird of different types from different regions of Ukraine, on flu of a bird 48 713 tests were investigated. In doubtful cases them send for research in the Central state laboratory of veterinary medicine. Sick or died transfer for research in regional state laboratories of veterinary medicine, interregional state special laboratories of veterinary medicine by diseases of a bird which today it is completely provided with necessary test systems and diagnostikumami.
- How you estimate danger of epidemic to poultry farming?
- If the bird falls ill from the virus H5 or N7, that, according to the existing instruction, for localization of a fire of an infection it is necessary to destroy all livestock in this economy. Clearly, than it can turn back for the enterprises and the consumer market. Everything will depend on a place of outbreak of flu. If it is a private sector in the region where isn’t present industrial poultry-farming farms – this one. In other case the damage can be very big.
- In the press there are data on vaccine creation against flu of a bird…
- According to our data, such vaccine isn’t created yet and in Ukraine it isn’t present. Even when it will create, will put on trial, will register, it will work only against one subtype of a virus. The decision on its application will be accepted by the State extreme epizootichesky commission. Therefore, when we hear about vaccine sale against bird flu, it is a question of usual fraud.
- What becomes for flu prevention?
- The State department of veterinary medicine imposed a ban on importation to Ukraine poultry farming production from the countries where cases of flu of a bird are fixed. Integrated poultry farms are transferred to work in the closed mode, on them veterinary control of work of a sanpropusknik, carrying out disinfection is strengthened. Every day carry out disinfection of overalls and special footwear, action of personal hygiene working, carry out control of transport. Veterinary services of farms supervise observance of health regulations on production. At a face carry out vetsanekspertizu carcasses. Work of farms is looked after by doctors of veterinary medicine; they select tests of meat, eggs and transfer them for researches in the state laboratories of veterinary medicine. Container on production after use wash and disinfect. In trade apply disposable container. Experts of veterinary medicine carry out supervision and of a condition of a livestock of a bird of a private sector: carry out household rounds, conduct explanatory work among the population. Certainly, near each yard you will not put the militiaman or the inspector of veterinary medicine that he looked, whether let out hens in a yard. A lot of things depends on consciousness of the person. But the majority of owners nowadays keep a fowls indoors. Besides, by winter in family households reduce a livestock.
- What actions carry out power structures?
- On borders of the country and a number of areas disinfection points are established. Veterinary survey on frontier is renewed. Under condition of the correct carrying out these actions will have big effect. But the washing of wheels of transport most only can be insufficiently. After all always after transportation of animals cars, cars and planes were subject to complete survey and disinfection.
At emergence of a fire of an infection the State extreme epizootichesky commission will work, in the region will enter a quarantine mode, will create borders, militian posts. Disinfection of places of the maintenance of a bird, yards, ways is provided. Regional managements of veterinary medicine now provide import licenses of a bird and delivery of incubatory eggs to the region only from farms, safe rather infectious diseases of a bird that proves to be true veterinary documents. The delivered bird and eggs put on quarantine during which carry out supervision of a condition of a livestock of a bird.
- What should be preventive actions of the population?
- At emergence of suspicion in a disease it is necessary to report about it to experts of veterinary medicine which is obliged to establish supervision of a condition of a bird and performance of precautionary measures. We ask citizens to send the lost or sick bird in veterinary laboratories for establishment of causes of death or a disease. Thus it is necessary to adhere to rules of a personal security. At least it is necessary to report to service of veterinary medicine of the region about a case of death of a bird that experts could leave into place. Besides, it is possible to address in the State center of veterinary medicine of poultry farming for ph. (044) 554-22-26, 554-22-13, in regional or regional managements of veterinary medicine for receiving consultation or the help.
S. Ponomarev.