Cambodia-thousands of H5N1 chicken deaths on farms in Battambang-2 workers tested

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More information on thousands of H5N1 chicken deaths on farms in Battambang
Recently, there was a big surprise after counting chickens

Published 1 hour ago on January 12, 2021
By Mey Soklim
Recently, there was a big surprise after thousands of chickens died almost completely on the farm .
One of the chickens suspected of having bird flu (H5N1) has been called to the production team's intervention team. And veterinarians of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Battambang Province also inspected immediately.


The case of dead chickens occurred in a chicken farm owned by Ho Nam, located in Prek Ta Chreng village. Prek Norin commune, Ek Phnom district, Battambang province, where this location raises animals such as:
1 chicken (buy farm chickens Raised) 1300 heads, almost completely dead (the remaining 10 heads)
2. 178 ducks (28 hatchlings) died 1.
Twelve geese (not yet dead).

Mr. Pen Sitha, Director of the Production and Veterinary Office, confirmed that the chickens started to get sick on the 5th (Samok Teve) and continued to die. Next, by his professional force, the owner dug the ground and sprayed with disinfectant (TH4).


The head of the office said that after the inspection, the team collected analyzes (chicken) to check for the virus, he did not. Has received the results of that examination yet so far.

Finally, the team requested the general animal owners to provide information to the village animal health agency and the authorities as soon as possible in case of animals. Ill or die and report to Facebook Office or Battambang Provincial Department of Agriculture for timely prevention measures.

In particular, at the examination and analysis in Phnom Penh, the results were confirmed on January 11 that it was indeed bird flu. Which has caused thousands of chickens to die like this.

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Update: Battambang Provincial Health Department Takes Two Workers to Take Care of H5N1 Influenza Chickens
This morning, January 12, a group of Battambang provincial health officials led by Mr. Voeung Bun Reth, Director of Battambang Provincial Health Department

Published 39 mins ago on January 12, 2021
By Kang Tola
This morning, January 12, a group of Battambang provincial health officials led by Mr. Voeung Bun Reth, Director of Battambang Provincial Health Department visited Take samples of two workers who take care of chickens in the chicken farm where the H5N1 flu outbreak occurred in Prek Kanchreng village, Prek commune Luong, Ek Phnom District, Battambang Province, sent to Pasteur, Phnom Penh.


The two workers who took care of and touched the dead chickens were Ron Panha, 21, and Khon Chivoan, 28.

Dr. Ouk Vitya, Deputy Director of the Battambang Provincial Health Department, said that the health of the two workers was normal and there were no symptoms. The display should not be noticeable.


He confirmed that after taking samples of them, he advised not to allow the two workers to walk anywhere, far away First, wait for the test results to be tested for H5N1 influenza. He confirmed that the H5N1 flu is a human-to-human transmission of the virus, but no human-to-human transmission has been reported. To the people.


Please note that according to Mr. Honam, the owner of the farm, this farm has been raising chickens for a month, which imported seeds from A Vietnamese company produces 1,300 chickens, 200 farm chickens, more than 200 ducks and some geese.


According to the care workers, the chickens started to get sick and died from January 31 to January 5, all died at once. The dead chickens were instructed by the experts to be buried and sprayed with pesticides around the farm.


It should be noted that HE Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, confirmed to the local media on the evening of January 11 that the results Tests on more than 1,000 dead chickens in Prek Ta Chreng village, Prek Norin commune, Ek Phnom district, Battambang province revealed that they had the flu Birds (H5N1), but this type of disease does not affect humans.


Mr. Chhim Vichara, Director of Battambang Provincial Department of Agriculture, appealed to people if they see sick or dead chickens and suspect they have the flu Please immediately report to the local authority and officials of the veterinary office or the Department of Agriculture to intervene immediately.
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Pics of the 2 dudes and dead chickens. No symptoms so farhttps://dap-news.com/national/2021/01/13/111434/

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January 14, 2021
Search for sick, dead chickens after bird flu outbreak
Buth Sela / Khmer Times

The Battambang Provincial Department of Agriculture has appealed to the people, especially poultry farmers and those rearing chickens, to alert the local authorities if they come across sick and dead chickens.
The call is following an outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) at a poultry farm in Prek Tachreng village of Ek Phnom district’s Prek Norin commune in Battambang province, which killed more than 1,300 chickens.

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Following the outbreak, two employees of the affected farm were ordered not to come into contact with others until the health authorities notify them.

Provincial health department officer Voeung Bunreth said health officials have taken sputum samples from the two workers aged 21 and 28 years and sent them to the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh for analysis.

Ouk Vitya, deputy director of Battambang provincial Health Department, said that the test results confirmed that they were free of the disease...https://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080358...-flu-outbreak/

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Poultry farm owner in Prek Ta Chreng, Battambang province, did not get bird flu
Mr. Khuth Sokun | January 15, 2021 18:00
A chicken farm Health officials say test results of a farm owner and a worker who raised chickens and ducks were infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. ) In Battambang province shows negative. Between January 5 and 7, 2021, there were more than 1,400 cases of bird flu (H5N1) in chickens, ducks and geese in A family farm in Prek Ta Chreng village, Prek Narin commune, Ek Phnom district, Battambang province.

After the incident, health officials took samples from farm owners and other stakeholders to test for the bird flu virus. The director of the Ministry of Health's Department of Infectious Diseases, Ly Sovann, told VOA Telegram on Friday that the owner's sample results Farms and stakeholders were all negative, meaning there were no cases of bird flu (H5N1) transmission from animals to humans.

"The results [of those who tested] were all negative," he said. Ouk Vithya, deputy director of the Battambang provincial health department, said that after the outbreak of bird flu in Prek Ta Chreng village, health officials took human samples. Two chicken farm owners tested positive for the H5N1 virus. "Take only two people who are directly affected at the rearing place, because there is no one nearby," he said.
The director of the Battambang Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr. Chhim Vachira, said that there is no bird flu in chickens, ducks and geese in Prek Ta Chreng village. It has not spread to other villages, while officials and local authorities have been preventing and implementing security measures. He said: "The area where he raised is a plantation and his plantation is isolated [far from the village] is not infected because the fence is closed . He added: "We still let our officers continue to monitor the area within 10 km for a month if there is no problem. "No, we will dismantle that area as a clean area [an area where there is no outbreak of bird flu]."
On January 12, 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries decided to put Prek Ta Chreng village as a bird flu outbreak area by temporarily suspending Buying, selling and transporting all kinds of birds within 3 km and regularly monitoring the movement of birds within the radius 10 km from the center of the blast area according to veterinary rules...https://vodkhmer.news/2021/01/15/min...th-h5n1-virus/