NKR MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE, HEALTH CARRY OUT EXPLANATORY WORK TO PREVENT BIRD FLUE

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 21 2006

STEPANAKERT, March 21. /ARKA/. Specialists of the NKR Ministry of
Agriculture and Ministry of Health have carried out explanatory
work in a number of villages of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)
to prevent bid flue.

The NKR Ministry of Agriculture reports that the specialists visited
the borderline villages of Nadagis and Talysh, Martakert region,
NKR, where they carried out explanatory work and gave professional
recommendations.

The reason for the visit is the information recently reported by
Azerbaijan mass media that bird flue cases were recorded in the
Mirbashir region of Azerbaijan. After talking to local residents,
specialists found it that no mass cases of death of wild birds or
poultry have lately been recorded.