Bird Flu Hit Central Viet Nam

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Avian Flu Update - Vietnam, Bangladesh
From Patricia Doyle, PhD
ProMed Mail
5-7-7

Bird Flu Hit Central Viet Nam
By Quang Thuan
Thanhniennews.com
5-6-7

VIET NAM, Nghe An -- Almost 250 ducks in central Viet Nam have been
killed by the bird flu virus since 1 May 2007, the country's 1st
outbreak of the disease in more than a month, local health authorities
reported.

Animal health staff in Nghe An Province have culled the remaining 360
ducks from the infected flock. The group had not been vaccinated
against bird flu.

Dien Tho commune, where the flock was raised, has now been quarantined
and disinfected.

The tests showed the ducks were infected with H5 virus, and further
tests will be carried out to determine whether it is H5N1, the deadly
strain that has killed 42 Vietnamese, the world's 2nd highest death
toll after Indonesia's 74.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said last month [April 2007] that
Viet Nam and 5 other developing countries would receive up to USD 2.5
million from donations made by the US and Japan.

The United Nations health agency also urged Viet Nam to accelerate
poultry vaccinations and target more ducks in its anti-bird flu
campaign. Thanks to the campaign, Viet Nam has had no human cases
since November 2005.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=27760

8500 chickens culled in 3 Savar farms
The Daily Star - Bangladesh
Vol. 5 No 1040
5-7-7

BANGLADES (Savar) -- Some 8500 chickens were culled in 3 poultry farms
here (Unb, Savar) evening following detection of bird flu in a nearby farm.

Joint forces and livestock officials culled 4000 chickens in Masum
Poultry Farm of Abdul Karim, 2500 chickens in Lamia Poultry Farm of
Anwar Hossain and 2000 chickens in Patuakhali Poultry Farm-2 of Joynal
Abedin.

On Thursday [3 May 2007], 1500 chickens were culled in Patuakhali
Poultry Farm in Rajason area following detection of bird flu.

After that, the government took a decision to cull the chickens of the
farms within a one-km area of the affected farm, and reported the
decision to the farm owners through a notification.

It also imposed a ban on transportation of poultry products in the
affected area.

On Thursday [3 May 2007] night, 2000 chickens of Khulna Poultry Farm
of Maulana Alamgir Hossain at Rajason were also culled.

The farm owners, however, claimed the disease to be "Ranikhet"
[see comment].

http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/05/06/d70506012616.htm

Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
Univ of West Indies

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