NO BIRD FLU IN ARMENIA: STATE VETERINARY INSPECTION
ARKA
March 12, 2008
YEREVAN, March 12. /ARKA/. Situation with the bird flu is stable in
Armenia, according to Grisha Baghyan, head of the State Veterinarian
Inspection, RA Ministry of Agriculture.
"Armenia is able to resist the bird flu, as our country has gained
considerable experience in this field for the past three years,"
he said.
Armenian laboratories can diagnose the disease in some 10-15 minutes
and undertake preventive measures, according to Baghyan.
On January 19, 2006 the RA Government approved the bird flu
counteraction national program to prevent the disease in Armenia.