Study of Avian Flu Preventive Practices among Home Poultry Breeders in Rural Egypt

• Main Authors: Ferial A. Aly, Manal A. Oueda, Houaida A. Helal, Abeer A. M. Madian
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Avian flu
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.389.7624; http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj17(8)12/14.pdf

Abstract: Recently, avian influenza require a worldwide attention. The documented cases in human with avian influenza infection, associated with severe diseases and several fatalities, raised serious concerns about a pandemic potential of avian influenza H5N1 strain. Avian flu is viral infection of domestic poultry that has the ability of infecting human being in direct contact with infected birds or in contact with an environment where the virus is present. In Egypt, 4.5 to 7 million families raise poultry in their backyards and are at great risk to avian influenza. Therefore the aim of the present study was to assess the preventive practices among rural poultry breeders in El- Beheira Governorate. Thirty clusters were selected from 84 local rural units in El- Beheira Governorate Within each cluster, seven houses were selected. Thus the total number of the houses included in the sample reached 210. It was concluded from the study that the rural populations in Egypt are facing a lot of interrelated factors which affect their health and make them prone to the risk of acquiring infection with the presence of poultry at their homes. Key words: Bird Flu Prevention H5N1