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Vietnam may permit waterfowl hatching next month
http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=25289&cid=1113605964&ei=AbjURbDHC5OaHLTH2fsJ
Vietnam is likely to lift a ban on hatching waterfowl in March if no more bird flu outbreaks are detected, local media reported Wednesday.
The existing ban is to expire on Feb. 28, and the new hatching regulation is expected to be officially announced by the end of this month.
Vietnam announced Tuesday it had contained bird flu more than two months after the H5N1 virus resurfaced in poultry in the southern region.
According to the agriculture ministry?s draft regulation, Vietnam will permit the incubation if farmers meet certain requirements, including strict control over the movement of their fowl, the Sai Gon Giai Phong daily said.
Incubators must be far away from residential areas. Farmers are required to register the breeding of ducks and white-winged ducks (similar to ducks but bigger) with communal authorities for bird flu vaccination and monitoring of bird flu movement.
Geese must be raised in cages since they have yet to be inoculated for bird flu.
The H5N1 virus was found mainly in ducks that carry the virus without showing symptoms. They excrete the virus in their droppings as they paddle through muddy rice paddies looking for insects and leftover grain.
Part of the problem is that over 90 percent of ducks in the southern Mekong Delta are raised nomadically in fields, rivers and canals, the newspaper said.
Vietnam, which has recorded the second-highest number of human deaths from H5N1 after Indonesia since the virus first hit in 2003, has not had a human case since November 2005.
The Animal Health Department said on Tuesday southern Mekong delta areas where poultry had been infected since December have passed a safe period of 21 days without a new case.
Consumption of poultry, Vietnam's traditional offering to ancestors, often rises significantly around the Lunar New Year festival, which this year falls between Feb. 16 and Feb. 21.
A total of 166 people have died from bird flu since 2003 in 10 countries mostly in Asia, the World Health Organization said.
Source: Sai Gon Giai Phong ? Translated by The Vinh
http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=25289&cid=1113605964&ei=AbjURbDHC5OaHLTH2fsJ
Vietnam is likely to lift a ban on hatching waterfowl in March if no more bird flu outbreaks are detected, local media reported Wednesday.
The existing ban is to expire on Feb. 28, and the new hatching regulation is expected to be officially announced by the end of this month.
Vietnam announced Tuesday it had contained bird flu more than two months after the H5N1 virus resurfaced in poultry in the southern region.
According to the agriculture ministry?s draft regulation, Vietnam will permit the incubation if farmers meet certain requirements, including strict control over the movement of their fowl, the Sai Gon Giai Phong daily said.
Incubators must be far away from residential areas. Farmers are required to register the breeding of ducks and white-winged ducks (similar to ducks but bigger) with communal authorities for bird flu vaccination and monitoring of bird flu movement.
Geese must be raised in cages since they have yet to be inoculated for bird flu.
The H5N1 virus was found mainly in ducks that carry the virus without showing symptoms. They excrete the virus in their droppings as they paddle through muddy rice paddies looking for insects and leftover grain.
Part of the problem is that over 90 percent of ducks in the southern Mekong Delta are raised nomadically in fields, rivers and canals, the newspaper said.
Vietnam, which has recorded the second-highest number of human deaths from H5N1 after Indonesia since the virus first hit in 2003, has not had a human case since November 2005.
The Animal Health Department said on Tuesday southern Mekong delta areas where poultry had been infected since December have passed a safe period of 21 days without a new case.
Consumption of poultry, Vietnam's traditional offering to ancestors, often rises significantly around the Lunar New Year festival, which this year falls between Feb. 16 and Feb. 21.
A total of 166 people have died from bird flu since 2003 in 10 countries mostly in Asia, the World Health Organization said.
Source: Sai Gon Giai Phong ? Translated by The Vinh