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Avian flu still spreading quietly in Burma
http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=6879
Apr 18, 2006 (DVB)
Although Burma?s veterinary department recently insisted that avian flu was under firm control, a Burmese vet who doesn?t want to be named, told DVB that the deadly disease is still spreading quietly to small chicken farms in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions in central Burma.
The disease is particularly spreading in periphery areas such as Mandalay Kwet Thit Ward and the border areas of Amarapura Township, the vet said. As some bigger chicken farms are worried that their farms will be destroyed if smaller farms around them are reported of the outbreak of the disease, there have been cases of bigger farms bribing smaller farms not to report the outbreaks in their farms to the veterinary departments.
But the vet said that there has been no report of the virus jumping from animals to humans. There has been no report of the disease spreading to humans at Shwebo and Zeekone areas where the outbreak was first reported, according to local residents.
http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=6879
Apr 18, 2006 (DVB)
Although Burma?s veterinary department recently insisted that avian flu was under firm control, a Burmese vet who doesn?t want to be named, told DVB that the deadly disease is still spreading quietly to small chicken farms in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions in central Burma.
The disease is particularly spreading in periphery areas such as Mandalay Kwet Thit Ward and the border areas of Amarapura Township, the vet said. As some bigger chicken farms are worried that their farms will be destroyed if smaller farms around them are reported of the outbreak of the disease, there have been cases of bigger farms bribing smaller farms not to report the outbreaks in their farms to the veterinary departments.
But the vet said that there has been no report of the virus jumping from animals to humans. There has been no report of the disease spreading to humans at Shwebo and Zeekone areas where the outbreak was first reported, according to local residents.