Study on Avian Influenza in Egypt

Avian influenza become a global disaster threatens poultry industry as well as international trade during the last 10 years, especially after the high economic losses and the repeated human cases which reported all over the world, so that the economic, puThe surveillance during the period of 1/6/2003 – 10/2/2006 was carried out on both clinically diseased and apparently health commercially and backyard flocks.We examined 12772 serum samples and 8561 swabs (cloacal and tracheal) from 496 flocks; 34, 206, 167, 18, 8, 12, 4 of grandparent, broiler breeder, broiler, turkey, ostrich, pigeon and quail flocks respectively for presence of AI in 19 provinces. The resul