USAID continues to bolster Sri Lanka’s defense against Avian Influenza

Colombo, 10 October, (Asiantribune.com): The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID handed over a real-time Polymerase Chain Reactor machine to the Veterinary Research Institute of the Ministry of Livestock Development, which will dramatically improve the Sri Lanka’s ability to diagnose quickly any possible outbreak of avian influenza.USAID has donated new equipment to the Ministry of Livestock Development, which will dramatically improve Sri Lanka’s ability to diagnose quickly any possible outbreak of avian influenza. “This piece of equipment will dramatically reduce the time it takes to diagnose an avian influenza outbreak,” Ms. Kami Witmer, Economic Officer, U.S. Embassy said at the handover ceremony. “In the event of a real outbreak, the time saved could be the difference... [read full story]