A campaign was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture nationwide to vaccinate the household poultry according to a time table as about 86 million doses will be used to vaccinate two million poultry a day.

Chairman of the General Authority for Veterinary Services Dr. Hamed Samah said owners of vaccinated poultry will be given a special card indicating date of vaccination, but if they refuse, their poultry will be culled immediately.

Dr. Samah added his authority had recruited about 1200 veterinarians to take part in this national campaign. He noted the Ministry of Agriculture cooperates with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to provide 300 million doses in a bid to eradicate this fatal disease.