No bird flu danger in Azerbaijan

He said that monitoring concerning bird flu is held twice a month, APA reports.

The results of the monitoring show that there is no bird flu in Azerbaijan. Ismayil Hasanov said that they analyzed 2250 samples during the first and 37 dead birds and 3723 blood samples during the second monitoring. "The analyses show that there is no bird flu danger in Azerbaijan," he said.

The service chief said that they have all necessary equipment and technical means to struggle against bird flu.

"Now we can analyze and diagnose concerning bird flu during two days. The birds died in Berde and Jalilabad have nothing to do with bird flu. Generally the situation connected with bird flu in the world is more satisfactory this year compared with last year. The ban imposed on fowl hunting still remains effective," Ismayilov said.