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Vietnam plans to resume hatching water fowl
21 Jun 2006 07:28:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
HANOI, June 21 (Reuters) - Vietnam, where bird flu has been contained for six months, plans to resume hatching water fowl, animal health officials said on Wednesday.
Hatching of water fowl, such as ducks and geese, was suspended in November 2005 in Vietnam, where officials say the vaccination of more than 242 million birds has played a crucial role in reducing bird flu outbreaks in poultry.
Water fowl can carry the H5N1 avian flu virus without showing symptoms.
"The vaccines proved to be very effective in keeping the bird flu virus away so we are considering hatching ducks and other water fowls again," said Nguyen Van Thong, deputy director of the Agriculture Ministry's Animal Health Department.
Thong declined to give a date but the online newspaper VietnamNet quoted Agriculture Ministry officials as saying hatching would be allowed to resume from July.
In February, the government allowed chicken breeders to resume production but farmers are required to vaccinate all of their day-old chickens before selling them.
The H5N1 virus has killed 42 people in Vietnam, the highest number of fatalities in 10 countries that have reported deaths from the disease. Worldwide, the virus has killed 130 people out of 228 cases since 2003, according the World Health Organisation.
(Reporting by Nguyen Nhat Lam, editing by David Fogarty; Reuters Messaging: nhatlam.nguyen.reuters.com@reuters.net; +84 4 825 9623))
21 Jun 2006 07:28:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
HANOI, June 21 (Reuters) - Vietnam, where bird flu has been contained for six months, plans to resume hatching water fowl, animal health officials said on Wednesday.
Hatching of water fowl, such as ducks and geese, was suspended in November 2005 in Vietnam, where officials say the vaccination of more than 242 million birds has played a crucial role in reducing bird flu outbreaks in poultry.
Water fowl can carry the H5N1 avian flu virus without showing symptoms.
"The vaccines proved to be very effective in keeping the bird flu virus away so we are considering hatching ducks and other water fowls again," said Nguyen Van Thong, deputy director of the Agriculture Ministry's Animal Health Department.
Thong declined to give a date but the online newspaper VietnamNet quoted Agriculture Ministry officials as saying hatching would be allowed to resume from July.
In February, the government allowed chicken breeders to resume production but farmers are required to vaccinate all of their day-old chickens before selling them.
The H5N1 virus has killed 42 people in Vietnam, the highest number of fatalities in 10 countries that have reported deaths from the disease. Worldwide, the virus has killed 130 people out of 228 cases since 2003, according the World Health Organisation.
(Reporting by Nguyen Nhat Lam, editing by David Fogarty; Reuters Messaging: nhatlam.nguyen.reuters.com@reuters.net; +84 4 825 9623))
