ABUJA: Azerbaijan has imposed a temporary restriction on import of poultry products from several regions of Russia, the State Veterinary Control Service under Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Agriculture reported on December 14. The restriction was imposed upon the information spread by the World Organization for Animal Health on November 24 and December 9 that highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5) is spread among poultry in two settlements of Yashaltinsky district of the Republic of Kalmykia and in one settlement of Kharabalinsky district of the Astrakhan province of the Russian Federation.
To protect the country from infectious and exotic diseases from other countries, a temporary restriction was imposed on import of poultry products to Azerbaijan from Kalmykia and Astrakhan province. The import of poultry products were also restricted from the included in the risk zone Dagestan Republic, Volgograd, Rostov, Stavropol regions and the Circassian municipal district. Azerbaijan’s State Veterinary Control Service gave appropriate orders to its units in connection with the veterinary and sanitary measures to protect the country from the avian influenza. The State Veterinary Control Service recommends the poultry farmers and the population to contain the birds in a closed environment in compliance with veterinary and sanitary requirements.
