Rumour of bird flu outbreak at Korat zoo denied
25 Mar 2018 at 11:48
WRITER: PRASIT TANGPRASERT
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: ...
Dr Teerawat Walaisathien, , director of the Nakhon Ratchasima-based 9th Disease Control Office, made the denial on Sunday, referring to the rumour which cited a Public Health Ministry source as saying that the zoo had covered up the outbreak of the disease.
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He believed the rumour was based on a report in 2017 that the virus was found in civets and the disease was believed to have come from animal feed.
Dr Teerawat said that after the flu was detected, the Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo worked together with the provincial public health office and officials from the Livestock Department, and the disease had been eradicated.
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Korat zoo confirms no bird flu incidence and no cover-up at the zoo
in General | March 25, 2018 | (279 views) | By Thai PBS
The zoo in Nakhon Ratchasima has categorically denied a fake report in the social media accusing the zoo of covering up bird flu incidence killing several animals in the zoo.
Complaining that the unfounded report had caused alarm among people in the province, a well-informed official at the zoo, however, admitted that in the middle of last year some animals in the zoo died of bird flu, but the zoo and livestock officials had fumigated the entire zoo which was temporarily close down for big cleanup.
After that incident until now, there is not a single of bird flu at the zoo, said the official, adding that the provincial livestock official had been informed there was no recurring bird flu case in the zoo as alleged.
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25 Mar 2018 at 11:48
WRITER: PRASIT TANGPRASERT
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: ...
Dr Teerawat Walaisathien, , director of the Nakhon Ratchasima-based 9th Disease Control Office, made the denial on Sunday, referring to the rumour which cited a Public Health Ministry source as saying that the zoo had covered up the outbreak of the disease.
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He believed the rumour was based on a report in 2017 that the virus was found in civets and the disease was believed to have come from animal feed.
Dr Teerawat said that after the flu was detected, the Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo worked together with the provincial public health office and officials from the Livestock Department, and the disease had been eradicated.
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Korat zoo confirms no bird flu incidence and no cover-up at the zoo
in General | March 25, 2018 | (279 views) | By Thai PBS
The zoo in Nakhon Ratchasima has categorically denied a fake report in the social media accusing the zoo of covering up bird flu incidence killing several animals in the zoo.
Complaining that the unfounded report had caused alarm among people in the province, a well-informed official at the zoo, however, admitted that in the middle of last year some animals in the zoo died of bird flu, but the zoo and livestock officials had fumigated the entire zoo which was temporarily close down for big cleanup.
After that incident until now, there is not a single of bird flu at the zoo, said the official, adding that the provincial livestock official had been informed there was no recurring bird flu case in the zoo as alleged.
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