{"id":190057,"date":"2026-09-22T16:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/?p=190057"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:29:33","slug":"damage-to-poultry-farmers-being-assessed-after-bird-flu-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/damage-to-poultry-farmers-being-assessed-after-bird-flu-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Damage to poultry farmers being assessed after bird flu outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p>The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (LVV) and the Associatie Pluimvee Sector Suriname (APSS) will cooperate more closely in combating avian influenza. During consultations on Monday, September 21, agreements were made on stricter biosecurity measures at poultry farms, faster reporting of disease symptoms and possible support for affected entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap \" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; border-color: #ffffff;\">A<\/span>ccording to LVV Minister Mike Noersalim, biosecurity within the sector must be further tightened in order to prevent the spread of the virus as much as possible. At the same time, additional research is being conducted into the variant identified in Suriname.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, it is not yet clear whether this concerns a highly pathogenic or low-pathogenic form of avian influenza. Additional samples will therefore be sent abroad for testing. The results will also be shared with the APSS.<\/p>\n<p>An important part of the approach is improving communication between the government and poultry farmers. Entrepreneurs are urged to immediately report unusual animal behaviour, symptoms of illness and increased mortality. According to LVV, this will enable the authorities to conduct investigations more quickly and take measures if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to LVV, the Ministry of Health, the Nationaal Co\u00f6rdinatie Centrum voor Rampenbeheersing (NCCR), the Bureau voor de Openbare Gezondheidszorg (BOG) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are involved in the response.<\/p>\n<p>LVV is also mapping the extent of the damage suffered by affected poultry farmers. Based on this, it will be assessed what form of support is possible. Noersalim stressed that the government also wants to continue focusing on strengthening local poultry production.<\/p>\n<p>APSS chairman Guilliano Jodhabier says the organisation will inform its members about the agreements made during the consultations. According to him, the association will also support LVV in the further response to avian influenza.<\/p>\n<p>Jodhabier calls on poultry farmers not to wait when they observe suspicious situations. \u201cPass it on, report it!\u201d the APSS chairman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of LVV and the poultry sector are strengthening cooperation to combat bird flu and are assessing the damage suffered by affected entrepreneurs for possible support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":190023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16333],"tags":[22366,22453,16291,20032,22454,16292],"class_list":["post-190057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bird-flu","tag-damage-2","tag-key-news","tag-nieuws","tag-poultry-farmers","tag-suriname"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190082,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190057\/revisions\/190082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}