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Archive Number 20060905.2524
Published Date 05-SEP-2006
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (191): Cambodia
AVIAN INFLUENZA (191): CAMBODIA
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[2] China acknowledges not giving WHO AI samples (see China)
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 14:55:42 +0100
From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com>
Source: Reuters [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK85791.htm>
A fresh outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in ducks in eastern
Cambodia where the virus re-emerged in August 2006, officials said on
Tuesday. Tests confirmed the deadly H5N1 virus in live and dead ducks
in the Bateay district of the eastern province of Kampong Cham where
700 birds died last week, they said. "We sent our vets to cull the
rest of the live ducks after the result was confirmed on Saturday,"
senior agriculture official Yim Voeunthan told Reuters.
The virus could have spread from a nearby village where a bird flu
outbreak killed nearly 2000 ducks last month, said Ku Chanthan, a
veterinarian in Kampong Cham.
In early August, the virus was also found among 1300 ducks that died
in the province of Prey Veng, 70 km (45 miles) southeast of Phnom
Penh. Authorities said that infected ducks that survived the outbreak
in Prey Veng may have been smuggled to Kampong Cham, where
surveillance efforts against the virus have been stepped up. "We are
worried that more bird flu will be found in ducks because our survey
experience showed that up to 15 percent of live ducks carried the
virus," Yim Voeunthan said.
Archive Number 20060905.2524
Published Date 05-SEP-2006
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (191): Cambodia
AVIAN INFLUENZA (191): CAMBODIA
********************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>
[1] Cambodia
[2] China acknowledges not giving WHO AI samples (see China)
*****
[1]
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 14:55:42 +0100
From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com>
Source: Reuters [edited]
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK85791.htm>
A fresh outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in ducks in eastern
Cambodia where the virus re-emerged in August 2006, officials said on
Tuesday. Tests confirmed the deadly H5N1 virus in live and dead ducks
in the Bateay district of the eastern province of Kampong Cham where
700 birds died last week, they said. "We sent our vets to cull the
rest of the live ducks after the result was confirmed on Saturday,"
senior agriculture official Yim Voeunthan told Reuters.
The virus could have spread from a nearby village where a bird flu
outbreak killed nearly 2000 ducks last month, said Ku Chanthan, a
veterinarian in Kampong Cham.
In early August, the virus was also found among 1300 ducks that died
in the province of Prey Veng, 70 km (45 miles) southeast of Phnom
Penh. Authorities said that infected ducks that survived the outbreak
in Prey Veng may have been smuggled to Kampong Cham, where
surveillance efforts against the virus have been stepped up. "We are
worried that more bird flu will be found in ducks because our survey
experience showed that up to 15 percent of live ducks carried the
virus," Yim Voeunthan said.