YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Though at present no cases of bird flu were registered in Armenia among birds and population, however the country is in dangerous zone. Artashes Ziroyan, Head of the Bioresources Management Agency of RA Ministry of Nature Protection, informed about this at the conference on the theme "Prevention of Bird Flu in Armenia" organized by the American University of Armenia (AUA) on February 20. He mentioned that a number of events are being implemented in order to prevent the penetration and the spreading of that disease into the country. According to A.Ziroyan, on the whole 351 different species of birds are registered in the republic, 100-120 of which are settled. In the future the migration of more than 200 species of wild birds of passage into Armenia is expected. It was also mentioned that there are nearly 5.5 mln of domestic birds in Armenia, nearly 3mln of which are kept at poultry factories.

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