Ho Chi Minh City: Illegal poultry slaughter, sales

[Sally Furniss]

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="thanh" align="left" valign="top">Illegal poultry slaughter, sales: HCMC fears bird flu epidemic</td></tr><tr><td class="tintop_text" align="left" valign="top"> Veterinary workers fear Ho Chi Minh City could be hit by a bird flu epidemic since illegal slaughter and sales of poultry are rife in some districts and water fowls bred on small farms have not been vaccinated.

<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="Image">Veterinary workers with poultry seized while being transported illegally into HCMC (Photo: SGGP)</td></tr></tbody></table>

One of the poultry hotspots is Cau market on Quang Trung Street in Districts Go Vap and 11. It is a notorious wet market where poultry has been slaughtered illegally for many years, and it continues to flourish despite the bird flu scare.
Neither district has cleared it. A Go Vap official said sellers in the market flee to the other district when they see inspectors.
Besides, he said, since most are migrants from other provinces, it is difficult to catch them.
The situation is similar at Tan Son market which is situated in both Districts 8 and Binh Chanh.
The city?s Steering Board for Bird Flu Prevention is unhappy that district authorities have not closed down these illegal markets.
The head of the city Department of Animal Health, Phan Xuan Thao, said the city faces the threat of bird flu from the widespread smuggling in of water fowls from neighboring provinces.
Nguyen Trung Tin, vice chairman of the city People?s Committee, expressed worry about a possible human bird flu epidemic.
He said inspectors must be posted round the clock at ?hot? spots to deal with violations, assisted by police officers.
He warned officials in charge of preventing the disease that they would be taken to task if live poultry is found to be sold in their area by inspectors or the media.
</td></tr></tbody></table> By Lam Tue, Cong Phien - Translated by Uyen Phuong

http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Hochiminhcity/2009/2/68469/

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Outbreaks of bird flu blamed on neglectful agencies Outbreaks of bird flu in the three Mekong delta provinces of Ca Mau, Soc Trang and Hau Giang have been on blamed the neglectful behavior of relevant agencies.

Bird flu first occurred in Ca Mau Province, in the southern tip of Vietnam, in the beginning of February.

<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="Image">Vets administer shots to free-range ducks in the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang (Photo: SGGP)</td></tr></tbody></table>

To date, three districts in the Province, Tran Van Thoi, Thoi Binh and Phu Tan, have had fresh outbreaks and vets have culled over 6,000 poultry. Just as the disease newly occurs the relaxed behavior of relevant agencies can be seen.
There is a stockpile of 120 million doses of vaccine against bird flu, none of which has not been used. Vets in the district of Tran Van Thoi administered shots to 33,000 water-fowl while the district has 44,000.
Local administrators have not recorded or investigated how many chickens have been taken to neighboring provinces.
Nguyen Xuan Hong, deputy chairman of Ca Mau People?s Committee admitted that the proportion of vaccinations is low. Reports on vaccinations are currently inaccurate, with claims of 90 percent of water-fowl reportedly vaccinated though the real figure is much lower. Most unvaccinated ducks become sick.
Huynh Chi Nguyen, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hau Giang province, said that bird flu occurred in Vi Thuy district and has now spread to eight communes in two other districts, Long My and Vi Thuy.
Residents, with little awareness of the disease, heightened the problem by throwing dead poultry into canals.
Hau Giang province declared that it had bird flu on February 11.
Meanwhile, Soc Trang province has had further outbreaks of bird flu in the districts Nga Nam and My Xuyen but has yet to make an official declaration.
One of the main causes has been due to unvaccinated free-range ducks traveling from infected provinces.
At a meeting held in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) February 11, province leaders said that vets are carrying out vaccinations.
Deputy MARD Minister Diep Kinh Tan feared widespread outbreaks of bird flu will occur in the region when farmers harvest the winter-spring crop, requiring local governments to mobilize and take drastic action to fight avian influenza.


http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/National/2009/2/68448/

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Recurrence risk of avian influenza is very high


TT (HCM City, Ha Tinh) - After a week, or districts to which the status of poultry traders living illegally City People's Committee of the criticism will only grow in the prevention of HPAI H5N1 by districts that ". Mr. Nguyen Trung Tin - Vice Chairman of HCMC People's Committee - to declare such a hearing after authorities reported the TP 155 and 40 for (regional) trade of live poultry at unauthorized meeting the 12 -- 2.

According to the expertise of TP, the risk of recurrence HPAI and influenza A (H5N1) in people is very high due to germs circulating in poultry. According to a monitoring agency's Animal Health region VI, the ratio of circulating avian influenza virus in duck flocks in Dong Thap, Tra Vinh, Long An and Vinh Long is 21/236 samples (6.25&#37 and the Forum Chicken 1 / 30 samples (3.3%).

http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/Index.aspx?ArticleID=301508&ChannelID=3

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* Ha Tinh: dispose of pigs die on the beach tả spam

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Part of the following story from the same page. (I had removed it from the above post as I had not intended to post it there)

* Ha Tinh: dispose of pigs die on the beach tả spam

TT (HCM City, Ha Tinh) - After a week, or districts to which the status of poultry traders living illegally City People's Committee of the criticism will only grow in the prevention of HPAI H5N1 by districts that ". Mr. Nguyen Trung Tin - Vice Chairman of HCMC People's Committee - to declare such a hearing after authorities reported the TP 155 and 40 for (regional) trade of live poultry at unauthorized meeting the 12 -- 2.

According to the expertise of TP, the risk of recurrence HPAI and influenza A (H5N1) in people is very high due to germs circulating in poultry. According to a monitoring agency's Animal Health region VI, the ratio of circulating avian influenza virus in duck flocks in Dong Thap, Tra Vinh, Long An and Vinh Long is 21/236 samples (6.25%) and the Forum Chicken 1 / 30 samples (3.3%).

* Afternoon 12-2, Nguyen Thanh Binh - Director Department Animal Health Department, Ha Tinh - for the more than 200 pigs die in 4 communes of Cam (Cam Xuyen, Ha Tinh) identified positive khuẩn described, increase the number of dead pigs is described as more than 600 children.

Specifically, the 200 pigs that died were people in 4 communes of Cam brought in to dispose of refuse beach district over a week. To 11-2 pm, the pig died reek thối, the industry functions on the main tennis, and buried in the same number khử on pork.