Mass death of ducks in Bac Giang, likely from cholera

[Ronan Kelly]

Mass death of ducks in Bac Giang, likely from cholera
TUOI TRE
Updated : Sat, August 4, 2012,1:22 PM (GMT+0700)

Breeders in Bac Giang Province are suffering from a mass death of ducks allegedly caused by cholera, but they said they have received no support from authorities.

A local man, named Toan, in Tien Hung Commune, Luc Nam District, said 1,500 of his 2,500 ducks have died, although he had veterinary officers vaccinate all the ducks.

Toan reported the incident to the commune veterinary agency and was told to destroy all the dead animals by himself. He dug a hole to bury them and then asked the agency for aid but it said there would be no financial assistance for him.
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[sharon sanders]

Re: Mass death of ducks in Bac Giang, likely from cholera

This Chinese article says that the dead poultry are not disposed of properly.


machine translation


Vietnamese province of Bac Giang is now a large number of dead birds suspected Avian cholera virus

2012-8-6 10:21:00 Source: Food network of partners: -


Food network of partners reported: According to Taiwan's Central News Agency reported, recently, the Vietnamese province of Bac Giang (BacGiang) Paul County Village appeared in a large number of dead birds, the health agencies of Vietnam preliminary investigation, said the cause of death of poultry may be infected with fowl cholera virus But farmers are not burying these dead birds, I am afraid to cause serious epidemic.

Vietnamese Youth Daily reported that the emergence of a large number of dead poultry in Bac Giang province, Vietnam, the health authorities have asked the regional veterinary organizations and veterinary branch of Bac Giang province investigations were conducted, a final conclusion has not yet released.

Investigators said the poultry deaths in the onset of symptoms may be associated with the virus of fowl cholera, the number of dead duck farmers over 1000.

The investigators also pointed out that local farmers are not buried dead duck, but litter everywhere, fear of causing serious pollution and lead to other infectious diseases.

The other hand, the authorities in Vietnam's Quang Binh province (QuangBinh) has destroyed 16,800 ducks infected with avian influenza, the health units to provide 1 million vaccine sprayed disinfectant in affected areas, the province has no bird flu outgoing.

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