Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Member of Faculty, Department of Natural Geography, Azad Islamic University of Rasht

2 Member of Faculty, Department of Biology, Azad Islamic University of Rasht

Abstract

Avian Influenza is one of the fatal diseases among wild and domestic birds, causing major damage to the agricultural economy both naturally and artificially (slaughtered by humans). Despite the fact that it has caused a lot of damage to protein producers in different parts of the world, its emergence, spread, manner of dealing with it and fighting it, and people's awareness about this disease are still far from clear, So that they are now left in an uncertain situation. The present study was conducted using available secondary and Internet sources and documents with the aim of identifying the pathway of the geographical spread of the disease and its rate in the period from January 2006 to July 2006. The results of the study indicate that the prevalence of this disease was from the southeastern Asia and its movement to Europe, Asia and Africa, and seven months after the discovery of this disease, 53 countries have declared detecting cases of the disease during the mentioned period.

Keywords

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