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Ducks on farm test positive for bird flu in Mekong Delta
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HCM CITY ? The Animal Health Department on Thursday has officially confirmed a bird flu outbreak in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.
Some 800 ducks tested positive for the deadly virus on March 1 on a farm in Thoi Hoa Commune, Tra On District, Vinh Long Province.
Local veterinary workers culled the flock immediately after the test and disinfected the affected area to prevent the spread of the virus.
The 45-day-old ducks, which had not received vaccinations, had been transported from the nearby province of Soc Trang.
The head of the Animal Health Department, Bui Quang Anh, warned about the high risk of bird flu if the Mekong Delta provinces failed to take drastic measures to stamp out the disease.
Vinh Long is one of seven provinces in the Mekong Delta that were hit by bird flu in December. However, it had been free of bird flu for the last 33 days.
New rules
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat on Thursday issued regulations on egg hatching and water fowl breeding after bird flu returned in Vinh Long Province.
The regulations stipulate that duck egg hatching facilities should register with commune authorities and that egg-hatching facilities should be isolated from residential quarters, schools, hospitals and be banned in the central areas of cities and provinces.
Water fowl farmers must ensure that vaccines are given to their ducks and closely monitor the transport of free-range water fowl.
Minister Phat also ordered the urgent import of vaccines for provinces in the north and Mekong Delta that badly need vaccines for newly hatched ducks.
According to the Animal Health Department, the department will import 150 million doses of vaccines for the first vaccination drive in 2007.
Only 25 million doses have been supplied to Mekong provinces and the supply of another 20 million doses of vaccines will arrive on March 10-13 to meet the growing demand.
The department has also asked for an additional supply of vaccines , especially for water fowl in the Mekong River Delta provinces, as part of a nationwide drive to innoculate poultry beginning in March.
Local veterinarians inspected a number of bird flu cases in Hai Duong on Thursday and confirmed that there had been no new outbreak in the locality in the last 10 days.
After 10,500 birds tested positive for the deadly virus on February 17, veterinary workers culled all the sick animals and cordoned off the affected area to prevent the virus from spreading to surrounding provinces. ? VNS
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04AGR030307
HCM CITY ? The Animal Health Department on Thursday has officially confirmed a bird flu outbreak in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.
Some 800 ducks tested positive for the deadly virus on March 1 on a farm in Thoi Hoa Commune, Tra On District, Vinh Long Province.
Local veterinary workers culled the flock immediately after the test and disinfected the affected area to prevent the spread of the virus.
The 45-day-old ducks, which had not received vaccinations, had been transported from the nearby province of Soc Trang.
The head of the Animal Health Department, Bui Quang Anh, warned about the high risk of bird flu if the Mekong Delta provinces failed to take drastic measures to stamp out the disease.
Vinh Long is one of seven provinces in the Mekong Delta that were hit by bird flu in December. However, it had been free of bird flu for the last 33 days.
New rules
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat on Thursday issued regulations on egg hatching and water fowl breeding after bird flu returned in Vinh Long Province.
The regulations stipulate that duck egg hatching facilities should register with commune authorities and that egg-hatching facilities should be isolated from residential quarters, schools, hospitals and be banned in the central areas of cities and provinces.
Water fowl farmers must ensure that vaccines are given to their ducks and closely monitor the transport of free-range water fowl.
Minister Phat also ordered the urgent import of vaccines for provinces in the north and Mekong Delta that badly need vaccines for newly hatched ducks.
According to the Animal Health Department, the department will import 150 million doses of vaccines for the first vaccination drive in 2007.
Only 25 million doses have been supplied to Mekong provinces and the supply of another 20 million doses of vaccines will arrive on March 10-13 to meet the growing demand.
The department has also asked for an additional supply of vaccines , especially for water fowl in the Mekong River Delta provinces, as part of a nationwide drive to innoculate poultry beginning in March.
Local veterinarians inspected a number of bird flu cases in Hai Duong on Thursday and confirmed that there had been no new outbreak in the locality in the last 10 days.
After 10,500 birds tested positive for the deadly virus on February 17, veterinary workers culled all the sick animals and cordoned off the affected area to prevent the virus from spreading to surrounding provinces. ? VNS