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AVIAN INFLUENZA (BIRD FLU): THE IMPLICATIONS FOR NIGERIA

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Abstract

The Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) had held sway in the course of time and had been the major acute and fatal disease of poultry. The Avian Influenza is a disease caused by the highly pathogenic H5NI virus. The disease has spread through Europe, Asia and has reached Nigeria the first African country to record the diseases.