Detection and Prevention of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Communities with High Poultry Disease Burdens
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2010Author
Cardona, C J
Byarugaba, D
Mbuthia, P
Aning, G
Sourou, S
Bunn, D A
Msoffe, P L
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The implementation of strategies to detect, prevent, and control highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in
developing countries presents several challenges, one of which is the presence of other diseases in poultry populations. Training
workshops in developing countries using the Avian Flu School have revealed that in areas with heavy Newcastle disease burdens,
smallholder poultry keepers do not recognize HPAI as an immediate threat. We have developed a strategy to address the more
proximal needs and priorities of communities with free-ranging poultry flocks as a means to create value in poultry, and thus to
improve disease detection and prevention overall. To this end, we have created the Poultry Health and Well-Being for Development
project, which trains graduate veterinarians and paraprofessionals in poultry disease diagnosis, control, and treatment. These trainees
then serve their local communities to improve poultry health and to implement disease detection and management programs.
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1637/8811-040109-Reg.1http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/14171
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Avian diseases 54:754–756, 2010Publisher
American Association of Avian Pathologists Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi