The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Basrah, in cooperation with the veterinary clinic in Shatt Al-Arab district, organized a workshop on hemorrhagic fever in Iraq.
The workshop aimed to shed light on the obstacles facing veterinary cadres while performing their work.
The workshop, which was presented by Dr. Ahlam Ali Abdel Nabi, Dr. Bushra Flayeh Hassan, Dr. Jenan Abdel Khader, and veterinary consultant Salman Juma Abdullah, included illustrative lectures on the pathogen and mechanisms for diagnosing the disease in the laboratories of the College of Veterinary Medicine and discussing the most important obstacles facing specialists in this field, including lack of awareness of the citizens about the dangers of this disease and the lack of a specialized laboratory to examine samples inside the dispensary, as well as the absence of a massacre inside the district and the lack of pesticides, spraying equipment, protective clothing and the preparation of veterinary cadres.
On the sidelines of the workshop, the director of the veterinary dispensary in the Shatt al-Arab district, Dr. Salman Jumaa, recommended the need to intensify the control and prevention campaigns carried out by the veterinary cadres in the dispensaries, and indicated that during the campaigns, the number of cows that were sprayed with pesticides reached 2685, buffaloes 1693, while the sheep that were immersed 4474 and 972 goats. The area that was sprayed with pesticides is about one hundred and fifty thousand dunams, in addition to providing fodder and water within the boundaries of the district.
