bard flu in bangladesh

#. Introduction: The Bird flu (Avian influenza) which spreading so fast in Bangladesh recently has so far affected more than 40 districts out of 64 of the country.

According to the latest statistics 560000 poultry birds of 228 poultry farms in so many districts have been culled across the country since the detection of the bird flu in Bangladesh in March last year.

#. Problem: In the present time bird flu is one of the most talking issues to everybody. This bird flu virus destroyed all the poultry sectors and this might be a curse for our country. It has already crashed many of our poultry

related people and so many whom were related with that business.

#. History/Arrives of bird flu: On 22 October 2005, a parrot was found dead in quarantine premises in the UK. The death of a parrot would not normally be big news, but this parrot’s demise made all the front pages in the UK and topped the TV news instantly. The parrot of course, the UK’s first confirmed victim of Avian influenza type H5N1 or bird flu as it’s more popularly known. Suddenly this caught everyone’s attention. It was

no longer something remote, happening to chicken’s in Asia.

#. How it affects: Touching or eating sick poultry is the most common way to become infected by H5N1 bird flu virus that has killed more than 220 people globally since 2003.

So far human infections have been reported in Bangladesh, a densely populated nation with millions of backyard poultry and thousand of chicken firms. Yet this virus has spread of nearly 100 poultry firms in Bangladesh. More than 350000 chickens and ducks have been culled since march last year.

#. How bird flu attract to our country: The bird flu virus was first detected in February 2007, at a poultry in saver from near the capital. This might be a safe place for thousand of guest who flew here for the cold of their country. Since then authorities have slaughtered more than 300000 chickens- including 19000 killed during another outbreak earlier that month - at about 90 farms across the country. Nearly 360000 eggs have been destroyed.

Bird flu has killed at least 217 people worldwide since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003. It remains hard for people to catch, but experts hear it well mutate into a form that spread easily among human, potentially sparking a pandemic. So far most human cases have been linked to contact with infected birds.

#.The effect of bird flu: Bird flu pushes Bangladesh’s poultry industry into a brink of collapse as it with hit ford the export potential pf the poultry products.

Our poultry industry faces possible peril as bird flu spreads throughout the country. As the statement by the newspaper more than 40 districts out of 64 in the country are facing with bird flu virus. The industry is now confronted with its greatest challenge since large scale poultry farming was first introduced in the 1980s.

The authority have already culled over a half million chickens at 175 poultry farms across the country, including 136 commercial farms and 39 backyard farms. The spread of deadly bird flu in Bangladesh has forced the closure of 40 percent of the nation’s poultry farms and left half a million poultry workers jobless.

Bangladesh poultry industry is one of the largest producing 220 million chickens and 37 million ducks annually.

Also the bird flu virus creates a great damage to all the poultry related business people. All of them become hopeless and frustrated about their economical power. Many of those business people throughout from their position. They have lost all of their capitals and their business environment.

I was talking some of the people who’s are doing this business,

but at this situation they are fallen in danger. All of them have lost

their cash-capital also their employee. A small retail seller of chickens had invested 50000 tk for shop, but he has lost his all

that money. He has to cut of his salesman, also now he is leading

a very poor life with his family.

#. How to solve/protect bird flu: There is currently no vaccine to protect avian influenza, but the experts discover a drug named “Tamifu” in limited amount. Which is very costly and

not available, but the drug is highly effective to protect this disease. But we may have these steps to reduce this virus not to spread all over the country.

#. In each and every winter season different types of migratory birds visit in some lakes and beels in Bangladesh mainly from Siberia and China. So we have to be careful about those migratory birds not to come closer to our domestic or poultry birds.

#. Strictly ban to hutering migratory birds.

#. If a bird died in any place we should have to burn/grave that in the earth without any delay.

#. We should avoid to touching off infected poultry or contaminated surface.

#. Wearing mask, washing hand, of possible bathing should

be done after caring the poultry.

#. To keep safe distance poultry farm from migratory birds.

#. To prohibited importing poultry, even pet birds from bird flu infected country.

#. Our Govt. should take more care of this virus. They need to take care about those poultry farm which are already affected by bird flu.

#. Also they should have to make people conscious about this virus.

#. But the most appropriate step is that not to spread up this virus to among the people. Immediately they need to produce or import some vaccine to protect this disease.

#. Conclusion: Now a days this bird flu is the only a great restrict for our country’s development. So all we and the Govt. should have to stop this now. This is our country so we need to protect our country by ourselves. If we protected this virus from our country definitely we can assume our poultry will find its own glory again.

#. Reference: All the information collects from Google and “The daily Star”. Also I have collected some information from my daily consult with other people of different types.