Bird Flu Spreads: The Chicken is the world’s number one migratory species
The outbreak on a large commercial chicken farm in Nigeria is the first
reported outbreak of “bird flu” in Africa and a serious development in
the continuing spread of the H5N1 virus. Experts believe the bird flu
arrived in Nigeria through infected chickens brought into the country
in defiance of Nigeria’s import controls. This was admitted recently by
Nigeria’s agriculture Minister Adamu Bello.