The epidemiological probe carried out following the death of a number of cattle egrets in the Dait Roumi lake in the central town of Khemisset show the absence of bird flu, according to the director of livestock farming in the Ministry of Agriculture, Hamid Benazzou.
Mr Benazzou said that the deaths could be the result of the cold wave that Morocco witnesses at present, affirming that the clinical investigations made on-site revealed that mortalities touched only the cattle egrets, (Bubulcus ibis)- a non-migrating wild bird.
The investigation carried out in the surrounding farms established that the health situation of poultry is normal and that no anomaly was documented, he assured, adding that samples from the dead birds, as well as from living farm chicken were sent to national veterinary laboratories for analysis.
The French-speaking "Al-Bayane" daily reported on Friday that "120 plowing birds perished on January 21 in the Dait Roumi lake."
Sources from the Agriculture minister discarded the hypothesis of bird flu, arguing that the disease would have claimed the lives of the hundred of bird species living in the area, not uniquely cattle egrets.
However, the High Commissioner for Waters, Forests and the Fight against Desertifcation, Abdeladim Lhafi, said on Friday that the deaths of some 336 birds was.... "likely due to a collective intoxication. We are in a scenario that shows mass poisoning. It's the period when we use weed killers and phytosanitary products"
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