Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

[Gert van der Hoek]

Jan 18, 5:18 AM EST


Bird flu strikes poultry in eighth southern Vietnam province

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam confirmed a bird flu outbreak among poultry in another southern province Thursday, the eighth Mekong Delta province struck since early last month.

Thirty ducklings died of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu in a backyard farm in the city of Can Tho, which prompted local authorities to kill the remaining 40 ducklings on the farm, the Department of Animal Health said on its Web site. None of the ducklings had been vaccinated.

Bird flu has killed or forced the slaughter of more than 40,000 birds in eight provinces in the delta since the virus first re-emerged in early December.

Experts have warned that the outbreaks could spread nationwide as cooler weather arrives and movement of poultry to markets increases ahead of the Lunar New Year festivities in February.

On Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat imposed tighter controls over the transport, trade and slaughter of poultry, prohibiting farmers from moving ducks outside their home villages.

Bird flu has killed at least 161 people worldwide since late 2003. Vietnam has recorded 42 human deaths, but has not reported any human infections since November last year.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

Vietnam bans ducks roaming to stop bird flu spread

HANOI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Vietnam has ordered farmers to stop ducks from roaming in the Mekong delta where bird flu has struck more than half of the southern rice basket region in the past month as a harvest nears, a government minister said.

Thousands of ducks have died from the H5N1 bird flu virus in seven Mekong delta provinces in past weeks.

To complicate matters, not all ducks are killed by the virus, with some being infected without showing symptoms. The birds still excrete the virus in their droppings as they paddle through muddy rice paddies looking for insects and leftover grain.

"The movement of duck stocks in the Mekong delta fields is strictly prohibited until the epidemic comes to an end," Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat said in a directive seen on Thursday. "All ducks in infected communes should be kept inside."

Vietnam has had no human H5N1 cases since November 2005 but the virus that first hit the Southeast Asian country in late 2003 returned to the Mekong delta last month.

Animal health officials said H5N1 has killed nearly 19,000 poultry in the delta.

Thursday's Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper said 23 people who ate ducks that died from unknown causes in Bac Lieu province, one of the seven infected provinces, have been put under surveillance.

The government is anxious to stop bird flu spreading ahead of the Tet Lunar New Year festival in mid-February when poultry is part of the traditional feast.

Officials fear the disease could spread nationwide on the wings of migrating birds and movement of poultry, including smuggling of chickens and ducks from neighbouring countries.

Bird flu has killed 161 people out of 267 infections globally since 2003, World Health Organisation figures show. In Vietnam, the disease killed 42 between 2003 and 2005.

Experts fear the virus will mutate just enough to allow it to pass from human to human, causing a pandemic that could kill millions of people.

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01HEA180107

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HCM City boosts bird flu measures

(18-01-2007)
HCM CITY ? City authorities are taking thorough measures against a possible outbreak of avian influenza following the recent Mekong Delta epidemic.

Duong Thanh Hoang, deputy head of the city?s Market Management Department, said the department had plans to co-operate with police, veterinarians and voluntary youth groups to curb an outbreak.

The department would set up fixed and mobile teams at four main entryways to HCM City to check the illegal transport of poultry and poultry products from the Mekong Delta and southeastern provinces.

Hoang said the joint force would be responsible for the surveillance of un-quarantined poultry. Some of such teams had co-operated with local authorities in the river districts of Nha Be and Can Gio to conduct strict inspection of poultry waterway transport.

"However, the inspection teams are too thin to make effective surveillance, especially during the peak poultry consumption period leading up to the Tet (lunar new year) Festival," he said.

Task forces would also aim to shut down all egg shops and illegal slaughterhouses in residential areas.

The city would also provide vaccinations for ducks in HCM City and its neighbouring provinces, said Nguyen Xuan Binh, deputy director of the Animal Health Centre. Binh added that he was concerned that more ducks had died than chickens this year.

He explained that most infected ducks were range ducks on rice fields, which makes it difficult for veterinarians to administer full vaccinations.

Huynh Huu Loi, head of the city?s Animal Health Department, said the department met with owners of egg shops and slaughtering houses this week to ask them to sign contracts with local poultry farmers and households before purchasing their products.

The contracts stipulate that only safe and veterinary quarantined poultry products are allowed in the city.

Authorities will stringently penalise owners of facilities that fail to meet hygienic and quarantine standards.

The city?s health department has ordered health centres in various districts to establish isolation wards for treatment of bird flu patients this month. ? VNS​

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

The city would also provide vaccinations for ducks in HCM City and its neighbouring provinces.....

I thought there were no duck vaccines. ?

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

http://www.saigontimes.com.vn/daily/BRIEFs.asp?loai=1&Sobao=2865&Ten=briefly%20today

(snipped from above)

Bird-flu outbreaks were reported in Can Tho City yesterday, after a flock of 70 ducks in the city?s Co Do District got ill and tested positive for the H5N1 virus. As such the contagious disease has to date hit eight out of 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta.

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[hawkeye]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +


Bird flu found in ducks in Vietnam city of Can Tho
19 Jan 2007 03:18:37 GMT
Source: Reuters



HANOI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Bird flu has killed ducks in the southern Mekong delta's largest city of Can Tho as Vietnam's animal health experts increase measures to contain the H5N1 virus, a government report said on Friday.

The Animal Health Department said that tests showed H5N1 had killed ducklings in Can Tho, four days after the virus was found in neighbouring Soc Trang province. The report said the domesticated ducks had not been vaccinated against the virus.

The Agriculture Ministry has ordered a new round of poultry vaccinations and sent more animal health experts to try to stem bird flu that has struck seven provinces and Can Tho city in the southern rice basket region in the past month as a harvest nears.

This week, the government ordered farmers to stop ducks from roaming in the Mekong delta. Animal health officials said H5N1 has killed nearly 19,000 poultry in the delta, mostly ducks.

Not all ducks are killed by the virus, with some being infected without showing symptoms. The birds still excrete the virus in their droppings as they paddle through muddy rice paddies looking for insects and leftover grain.

Vietnam has had no human H5N1 cases since November 2005 but the virus that first hit the Southeast Asian country in late 2003 returned to the Mekong delta last month.

Thursday's Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper said 23 people who ate ducks that died from unknown causes in Bac Lieu province, have been put under surveillance.

The government is anxious to stop bird flu spreading ahead of the Tet Lunar New Year festival in mid-February when poultry is part of the traditional feast.

Officials fear the disease could spread nationwide on the wings of migrating birds and movement of poultry, including smuggling of chickens and ducks from neighbouring countries.

Bird flu killed 42 of the 93 people infected in Vietnam in 2003-2005. It has killed 161 people out of 267 infections globally since 2003, World Health Organisation figures show.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Bird flu hits another Vietnamese province

Bird flu hits another Vietnamese province

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Initial tests from specimens from the dead fowls in two flocks of nearly 200 chickens in Dac Mil district showed that they have been infected with bird flu viruses.

Local veterinary agency has slaughtered all poultry of the two flocks to prevent the spread of the disease.

However, the Department of Animal Health under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has yet to announce bird flu outbreaks in Dac Nong, which has a poultry population of
more than 600,000. Bird flu has hit 38 communes in 18 districts in the seven southern provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Vinh Long, Soc Trang and Can Tho since early December 2006, the department said on Sunday. The southern Tra Vinh province has not detected new bird flu outbreaks in the past 21 days, meeting criteria for announcing an end to bird flu outbreaks in its territory.

Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam, starting in December 2003, have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls in the country.

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[yielddude]

New outbreak in chicken in northern province

New outbreak in chicken in northern province

Vietnam confirmed a bird flu outbreak in chickens in a northern province only two weeks after it announced the disease had been contained, state media reported on Monday. The director of the northern province of Hai Duong's animal health department, Dong Van Chuc, as saying tests on a flock of about 10,500 chickens confirmed the presence of a bird flu virus. Around 70 chickens died from bird flu a week ago, Chuc said. The entire flock was immediately culled last Sunday and no new infection had been detected since then, he said. He did not say if it was the H5N1 virus that has killed millions of poultry in Vietnam since it resurfaced in Asia in 2003. The virus has killed 42 people in Vietnam and 167 worldwide. On Feb. 13, the Agriculture Ministry said bird flu had been contained more than two months after the H5N1 virus re-emerged in poultry in the southern Mekong Delta region, but officials had said cases could emerge elsewhere in the country.

Vietnam, which has recorded the second-highest number of human deaths from H5N1 after Indonesia, has not had a human case since Nov. 2005. The Animal Health Department said in a report on Monday that all the Mekong Delta areas where poultry had been infected since December have passed a period of 34 days without a new case. Agriculture officials have said new outbreaks could hit the Southeast Asian country in March after a ban on hatching waterfowl is lifted at the end of this month and when the effect of the most recent poultry vaccination phase expires. The virus has been found mainly in ducks in Vietnam. Some ducks can carry the virus without showing symptoms, excreting it in their droppings as they paddle through muddy rice paddies looking for insects and left-over grain. Neighbouring Laos has found its first suspected human case of bird flu in a 15-year-old girl from an area where the virus broke out in poultry two weeks ago, official media said on Monday.

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[FluBossie]

Bird Flu confirmed in chickens in Northern Vietnam

Bird Flu confirmed in chickens in Northern Vietnam

Bird flu confirmed in chickens in northern Vietnam

26 Feb 2007 14:18:58 GMT
Source: Reuters

More HANOI, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Vietnam confirmed a bird flu outbreak in chickens in a northern province only two weeks after it announced the disease had been contained, state media reported on Monday.

The online newspaper VnExpress (www.vnexpress.net) quoted the director of the northern province of Hai Duong's animal health department, Dong Van Chuc, as saying tests on a flock of about 10,500 chickens confirmed the presence of a bird flu virus.

Around 70 chickens died from bird flu a week ago, Chuc said.

The entire flock was immediately culled last Sunday and no new infection had been detected since then, he said.

He did not say if it was the H5N1 virus that has killed millions of poultry in Vietnam since it resurfaced in Asia in 2003. The virus has killed 42 people in Vietnam and 167 worldwide.

On Feb. 13, the Agriculture Ministry said bird flu had been contained more than two months after the H5N1 virus re-emerged in poultry in the southern Mekong Delta region, but officials had said cases could emerge elsewhere in the country.

Vietnam, which has recorded the second-highest number of human deaths from H5N1 after Indonesia, has not had a human case since Nov. 2005.

The Animal Health Department said in a report on Monday that all the Mekong Delta areas where poultry had been infected since December have passed a period of 34 days without a new case.

Agriculture officials have said new outbreaks could hit the Southeast Asian country in March after a ban on hatching waterfowl is lifted at the end of this month and when the effect of the most recent poultry vaccination phase expires.

The virus has been found mainly in ducks in Vietnam. Some ducks can carry the virus without showing symptoms, excreting it in their droppings as they paddle through muddy rice paddies looking for insects and left-over grain.

Neighbouring Laos has found its first suspected human case of bird flu in a 15-year-old girl from an area where the virus broke out in poultry two weeks ago, official media said on Monday.

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[Sally Furniss]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

Bird Flu Found in North Vietnam Poultry, Health Official Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=atWsC0KBt4Zo&refer=healthcare

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed about 6,000 chickens in Vietnam's Hai Duong, the first outbreak of the virus in the northern province since December 2005, a health official said.

Infections began about two weeks ago on a farm in the province's Doan Tung commune, said Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of Vietnam's Animal Health Department. Hai Duong neighbors the capital, Hanoi, to the north.

Vietnam has recorded at least 2,368 outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza during the past four years, about 1,200 more than any other country, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. About 50 outbreaks were reported this year, partly because farmers ignored regulations requiring poultry to be vaccinated against the disease.

The latest infected farm raised about 10,500 fowl, Nam said in a telephone interview from Hanoi today. ``It is a private farm and the birds were not vaccinated,'' he said, adding that the farm's owner and local animal health officials failed to follow animal-health guidelines.

Diseased birds increase the risk of human infection and provide chances for H5N1 to mutate into a deadly pandemic form.

The H5N1 strain is known to have infected 274 people in 11 countries since 2003, killing 167 of them, the World Health Organization said on Feb. 19. Millions could die if H5N1 becomes as contagious as seasonal flu, sparking a worldwide outbreak.

Vietnam has reported 93 human H5N1 cases, more than any other country. Of those, 42 were fatal. The country's last human case was reported in November 2005.

The Southeast Asian nation has culled about 112,000 poultry since December to contain outbreaks across eight provinces in the southern Mekong Delta region.

Global Spread

Fresh poultry outbreaks were also reported the past three months in Thailand and Laos, as well Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Russia, U.K., Hungary, Nigeria and Egypt.

In Kuwait, the virus infected a dozen domestic poultry in the southern region of Wafra and Doha, on Kuwait Bay, the Kuwait Times reported on its Web site today. The new outbreaks brought to 32 the total number of infected birds found in the Middle Eastern country since Feb. 26, the newspaper said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen in Hanoi at ungunguyen1oomberg.net
Last Updated: February 26, 2007 23:52 EST

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

New bird flu outbreak in Vietnam

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=117084

Hanoi (dpa) - Vietnam has confirmed a new bird flu outbreak in a northern province, two weeks after the country declared the H5N1 virus under control in its poultry population, state media and officials said Tuesday.

Tests of more than 100 chicks that died on a farm in Hai Duong province, 50 kilometres east of Hanoi, tested positive for H5N1, according to the province's animal health department director, Dong Van Chuc.

"We have taken several measures to immediately stop the virus from further spreading," Chuch said by telephone. "We have culled hundreds of chickens in the area, disinfected farms and put a ban on poultry transport."

The new outbreak marks the first time that bird flu has appeared in northern Vietnam for more than a year, according to Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien.

The H5N1 virus reappeared in poultry in the southern Mekong Delta late last year but that outbreak was declared under control earlier this month.

So far, no human cases of bird flu have been reported in the new outbreaks. Vietnam once had the highest number of human bird flu fatalities at 42 people dead since 2003 - but no human cases have been confirmed since October 2005.

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

Postpone announcement of the "end" of the disease in Vietnam.


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Bird flu has killed over 100 chickens in Hai Duong province, making it Vietnam's first northern locality stricken by the disease in the 2006-2007 period, local newspaper Youth reported Tuesday.
The disease broke out in a farm with more than 10,000 chickens in Doan Tung commune, Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong on Feb. 16, killing over 100 fowls, the newspaper quoted Dong Van Chuc, head of the provincial Veterinary Bureau, as saying.
According to initial tests by the bureau, the dead chickens were infected with bird flu virus strain H5N1. It has culled all the flock of over 10,000 chickens, and disinfected the farms and surrounding areas.
The new outbreak in Hai Duong made the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development postpone its plan to declare, on Feb. 27, an end to the disease at national scale, the newspaper said.
On Feb. 13, Vietnam's National Steering Committee for Bird Flu Prevention announced that no new outbreak of bird flu had been reported in the country in the previous 21 days.
Since mid-December 2006, bird flu has been reported in eight southern localities: Can Tho city and Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Hau Giang and Kien Giang provinces. The Department of Animal Health under the agriculture ministry has confirmed bird flu outbreaks in the eight localities, but yet to recognize the latest outbreak in Hai Duong.
Bird flu, starting to hit Vietnam in December 2003, has killed and led to the forced culling of millions of poultry in the country.
Source: Xinhua


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[HenryN]

Re: Vietnam: outbreak in poultry jan 18 +

Follow-up report No.: 3​

Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam​

Report Summary​

Disease​

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza Animal type Terrestrial​

Causal Agent​

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highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype(s) H5​

Clinical Signs​

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Yes Reason Reoccurrence of a listed disease​

Date of confirmation of Event​

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19/12/2006 Date of Start of Event 06/12/2006​

Date of report​

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27/02/2007 Diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)​

Date of last occurrence​

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10/08/2006 Number of reported outbreaks Submitted= 53, Draft= 0​

Name of Sender of the report​

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Mr Bui Quang Anh Address 15/78 Giai Phong Road, HANOI​

Position​

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Chief Veterinary Officer Telephone (84-4) 8696788​

Fax​

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(84-4) 8686339 Email dah.vn@fpt.vn​

Entered by​

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Mr Bui Quang Anh​

Outbreak (this report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

HAI DUONG Thanh Mien Doan Tung Farm Doan Tung 20,4921 106,1251 14/02/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 10500 6000 5500 4500 0​

Affected Population​

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unvaccinated broiler chickens​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

SOC TRANG My Xuyen TT. My Xuyen Village My Xuyen 9,3323 105,5907 04/01/2007 25/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 20 8 8 12 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Vinh Loi Long Thanh Village Long Thanh 9,1807 105,4016 04/01/2007 25/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 1500 230 198 1020 0
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Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Vinh Loi Chau Hung A Village Chau Hung A 9,2307 105,4401 04/01/2007 25/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 100 20 12 50 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Gia Rai Phong Tan Village Phong Tan 9,1806 105,2626 03/01/2007 24/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 356 160 92 200 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Cai Nuoc TT. Cai Nuoc Farm TT. Cai Nuoc 8,93 105,0122 01/01/2007 22/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 32 2 2 13 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Ngoc Hien Tan An Village Tan An 8,7 105,0209 01/01/2007 22/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 9 5 5 4 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Cai Nuoc Tan Hung Dong Village Tan Hung Dong 8,7 105,0033 01/01/2007 22/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 33 1 1 32 0​

Affected Population​

Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Thoi Binh Tan Loc Village Tan Loc 9,1622 105,1232 31/12/2006 21/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 250 130 100 150 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

HAU GIANG Vi Thuy TT. Nang Mau Farm TT. Nang Mau 9,4512 105,3142 30/12/2006 21/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 37 18 18 19 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Long My Vinh Vien Village Vinh Vien 9,4033 105,2501 29/12/2006 21/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 100 57 57 40 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Hoa Binh Vinh My B Village Vinh My B 9,1722 105,3341 14/01/2007 04/02/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 120 50 31 50 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Dong Hai Long Dien Dong Village Long Dien Dong 9,1321 105,3124 14/01/2007 04/02/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 2000 1505 500 1500 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

SOC TRANG My Tu My Huong Village My Huong 9,3809 105,5027 14/01/2007 04/02/2007
Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
Printed on: Tue Feb 27 11:48:30 Paris, Madrid 2007 Page 3/12​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 200 66 52 134 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

TRA VINH Cau Ke Tam Ngai Village Tam Ngai 9,5419 106,0132 12/01/2007 03/02/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 1500 880 210 320 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Vinh Loi Hung Thanh Village Hung Thanh 9,2212 105,4858 09/01/2007 01/02/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 150 10 10 100 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

KIEN GIANG Go Quao Dinh Hoa Village Dinh Hoa 9,4715 105,153 08/01/2007 29/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 300 42 31 258 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Vinh Loi Vinh Hung Village Vinh Hung 9,2259 105,3553 07/01/2007 28/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 700 280 220 350 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

VINH LONG Binh Minh Thuan An Village Thuan An 10,0523 105,4942 07/01/2007 28/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 40 20 10 10 0
Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

KIEN GIANG Vinh Thuan Vinh Binh Nam Village Vinh Binh Nam 9,3355 105,2056 07/01/2007 28/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 650 30 12 585 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

KIEN GIANG An Bien Dong Hoa Village Dong Hoa 9,4215 105 06/01/2007 27/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 2000 300 179 1600 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Gia Rai Phong Thanh Dong Village Phong Thanh Dong 9,1901 105,2918 05/01/2007 26/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 200 25 17 175 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

KIEN GIANG An Bien Nam Yen Village Nam Yen 9,5207 105,0157 05/01/2007 26/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 2000 215 129 1485 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Phu Tan Tan Hung Tay Village Tan Hung Tay 8,7 105 28/12/2006 20/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 26 8 8 18 0​

Affected Population​

Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Phu Tan Phu Thuan Village Phu Thuan 9,23 105,91 28/12/2006 15/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 100 22 22 78 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi Khanh Binh Dong Village Khanh Binh Dong 9,0822 105,0122 28/12/2006 22/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 250 150 90 160 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Phuoc Long Vinh Phu Dong Village Vinh Phu Dong 9,2557 105,3035 28/12/2006 21/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 50 9 9 41 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Phuoc Long Hung Phu Village Hung Phu 9,2359 105,3221 26/12/2006 22/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 2500 1696 900 1100 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

HAU GIANG Long My Luong Tam Village Luong Tam 9,3738 105,2533 25/12/2006 17/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 1000 250 200 700 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

HAU GIANG Long My Xa Phien Village Xa Phien 9,3704 105,3006 22/12/2006 15/01/2007
Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 500 200 120 300 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Hoa Binh Vinh Binh Village Vinh Binh 9,2027 105,3237 19/12/2006 10/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 4450 3550 3550 900 0​

Affected Population​

​

​

unvaccinated one-month-old ducks​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Ngoc Hien Dat Mui Village Dat Mui 8,7 105,0122 26/12/2006 16/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 50 6 6 44 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU U Minh TT. U Minh Farm TT. U Minh 8,69 105,12 25/12/2006 15/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 250 12 12 200 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Dam Doi Nguyen Huan Village Nguyen Huan 8,7 105,181 04/01/2007 16/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 120 26 21 90 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted) ( 060001 )​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi Khanh Hung Village Rach Lum B 9,0413 105 19/12/2006 08/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 4500 2523 2523 1500 0
Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Affected Population​

​

​

unvaccinated chickens and ducks older than one month​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi Tran Hoi Village Tran Hoi 9,0944 105 29/12/2006 13/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 42 3 3 39 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi Khanh Hai Village Khanh Hai 9,062 105 13/12/2006 10/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 500 188 134 300 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi Khanh Binh Tay Village Khanh Binh Tay 9,1026 105 22/12/2006 16/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 310 120 76 230 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU U Minh Khanh Lam Village Khanh Lam 9,2019 105,0122 22/12/2006 12/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 230 10 10 200 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi Khanh Binh Farm Khanh Binh 9,143 105,11 23/12/2006 16/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 200 101 70 130 0​

Affected Population​

Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi TT. Song Doc Farm TT. Song Doc 9,0257 105,09 23/12/2006 17/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 100 22 22 78 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Phu Tan Phu My Village Phu My 8,99 105,09 26/12/2006 16/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 42 6 6 36 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Thoi Binh TT. Thoi Binh Farm TT. Thoi Binh 9,2134 105,0508 27/12/2006 17/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 250 105 105 145 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Gia Rai Tan Thanh Village Tan Thanh 9,1236 105,1535 27/12/2006 17/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 120 35 35 80 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Vinh Loi Vinh Hung A Village Vinh Hung A 9,2353 105,3454 26/12/2006 16/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 500 200 120 180 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Dam Doi TT. Dam Doi Farm TT. Dam Doi 9,0002 105,0341 24/12/2006 14/01/2007
Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 120 10 5 100 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Cai Nuoc Luong The Tran Village Luong The Tran 9,0627 105,0726 24/12/2006 14/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 150 2 2 130 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Tran Van Thoi Loi An Village Loi An 9,0804 105,0341 23/12/2006 13/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 30 4 4 26 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Ca Mau City Phuong 1 Farm Phuong 1 9,1132 105,0751 22/12/2006 12/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 25 7 7 18 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU U Minh Khanh An Village Khanh An 9,1501 105,0027 22/12/2006 12/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 200 45 45 120 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Ca Mau City Ly Van Lam Farm Ly Van Lam 9,0843 105,0743 20/12/2006 10/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 140 40 40 100 0
Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

CA MAU Ca Mau City An Xuyen Village An Xuyen 9,1353 105,1108 14/12/2006 12/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 500 225 225 275 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak (other report - submitted)​

Province District Sub-district Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

BAC LIEU Hong Dan Ninh Quoi Village Ninh Quoi 9,3331 105,313 07/12/2006 16/01/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds Animals 150 80 50 60 0​

Affected Population​

Outbreak summary: Total outbreaks = 53 (Submitted)​

Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Birds 40202 19709 15814 19985 0​

Epidemiology​

Epidemiological comments Source of Infection​

​

​

? Unknown or inconclusive​

Control Measures​

? Movement control inside the country​

Applied​

​

​

? Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
? Quarantine
? Stamping out​

To be applied​

​

​

? Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s)​

Animals treated​

​

​

No​

Vaccination Prohibited​

​

​

No​

Country / Zone​

Country or zone​

​

​

the whole country​

Diagnostic test results​

Laboratory Type Name of Laboratory Species Test Type Date Results Provided Result​

National laboratory National Center for Veterinary Diagnosis Birds real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) 20/02/2007 Positive
National laboratory Region VII Animal Health Office Birds real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) 19/12/2006 Positive
Follow-up report No.: 3. Report reference: 1828/TY-DT, OIE Ref: 4936, Report Date: 27/02/2007, Country: Viet Nam
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[Sally Furniss]

Bird Flu in Vietnam Shows Struggle to Control Virus

Bird Flu in Vietnam Shows Struggle to Control Virus

Bird Flu in Vietnam Shows Struggle to Control Virus (Update1)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aERTQle1gGXc&refer=healthcare

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen

March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu resurfaced in poultry in southern Vietnam, two weeks after veterinary officials declared the end of an outbreak there, highlighting the country's struggle to eradicate the lethal virus.

The H5N1 avian-influenza strain was confirmed in a flock of ducks in Vinh Long, one of eight provinces in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta region to report fresh outbreaks since December, said Bui Quang Anh, head of Vietnam's Animal Health Department. Earlier this week, it was confirmed in a northern region near the capital, Hanoi.

Disease poultry increase the risk of human infection and provide chances for the virus to mutate into a form capable of spreading as easily among humans as seasonal flu. Nigeria and Laos found human cases last month, taking the number of nations to have reported human cases worldwide to 12. This week Kuwait became the 56th country to record an outbreak since 2003.

``I'm not surprised'' at the new outbreaks, said Kennedy Shortridge, emeritus professor at the University of Hong Kong, whose surveillance of flu viruses in Southern China helped identify the first H5N1 outbreaks in poultry in the late 1990s. ``One suspects it will spread further. The main thing is that people are alert to it now. There is a quick reaction to tackle it.''

At least 167 of the 277 people known to have been infected with the H5N1 virus 2003 have died, according to the World Health Organization. Millions could die if H5N1 starts spreading easily among people, sparking a worldwide outbreak, or pandemic.

Vietnam recorded 93 human cases between 2003 and 2005, and has reported 2,369 outbreaks in poultry, about 1,200 more than any other country. About 50 outbreaks occurred this year, according to the World Organization for Animal Health's records.

Recalcitrant Farmers

Vietnamese authorities blame the fresh outbreaks on farmers who have failed to comply with regulations requiring poultry to be vaccinated against the disease.

The latest outbreak, which began Feb. 25 in Vinh Long's Tra On district, occurred in a flock of 800 45-day-old ducks, none of which had been vaccinated, the Animal Health Department said in a statement on its Web site yesterday.

The lifting of a ban on hatching ducklings this month may provide more opportunities for birds to go unvaccinated, Anh said.

``We may see more bird flu outbreaks in the next few months,'' he said. ``The question now is how to make sure farmers will have their birds vaccinated properly?''

The Animal Health Department ordered provincial authorities to prepare for a comprehensive anti-bird flu vaccination campaign in the coming weeks, according to the report.

Vietnam borders China, which reported its 23rd human H5N1 case yesterday, and Laos, which had its first case last month. In Myanmar, which neighbors Laos to the northwest, 68 domestic fowl died of H5N1 on a farm in Yangon, Rangoon province, the government said in a Feb. 28 report.

The infection may have been introduced by infected native crows and sparrows, the Xinhua News Agency said today, citing officials at Myanmar's Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department. wild birds often entered farm buildings through damaged walls and mingled with ducks raised in nearby ponds, Xinhua reported.