Joseph Domenech Quotes on Countries (6 Quotes)

The animal health infrastructure in the country is facing a big challenge and will require outside assistance.

The need to keep domestic birds away from wild birds has been widely recognized and efforts to do so have been implemented in many countries.

The fears are very high because many African countries are not in a very good position to respond to this kind of crisis, ... If there is no more support for veterinary services in Africa, then we may face a very, very severe problem.

Birds play a role in the primary infection of the country, but then after that there's no need for wildlife. It will spread very easily from one village to another through trade,

Control and reaction measures must be taken and we will be present to assist, with of course the support of donor countries, because their aid is indispensable.

The Middle East and northern African countries should be able to build up a line of defense against avian influenza. FAO is more concerned about the situation in eastern Africa, where veterinary services, due to various constraints, should have more difficulties to run efficient bird flu campaigns based on slaughtering infected animals and vaccination,