Without financial incentives, people will probably continue to hide outbreaks and sell infected poultry.
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus poses a very serious threat to animal health in West Africa. If a poultry epidemic should develop beyond the boundaries of Nigeria the effects would be disastrous for the livelihoods and the food security of millions of people.
With the recent multiplication of outbreaks in China they have now decided on countrywide vaccination, but at this point we cannot say if such a massive program is either possible or advisable, China can do it.
We'd like to have more access to their data.
Pure stamping out will not control the epidemic.
FAO is concerned that poor countries in southeast Europe, where wild birds from Asia mingle with others from northern Europe, may lack the capacity to detect and deal with outbreaks of bird flu.
Every time there is a specific festival, which has a consequence of movement, it is a period where the spread of pathogens is higher.
It's a very worrisome situation because it's in a big country with a lot of poultry farms. It has good conditions to have several outbreaks.
We are the first to admit that there could be outbreaks there, although there are currently no indications.
We've recently started to become more worried about transmission in the wild, particularly after the big outbreak among migratory birds in Qinghai,