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Over 100 chickens in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province died in the last few days. Specimens from the dead fowls from some 40 households in Nho Quan district are being tested for bird flu viruses, the agency quoted Chairman of the People's Committee of the district, Nguyen Quang Van, as saying. The local Veterinary Bureau has isolated and disinfected farms having dead fowls, encouraged people to raise poultry in cages, not let them stroll, and banned egg incubation, he said. Four Vietnamese provinces have detected no new bird flu outbreaks for at least 21 days, meeting the criteria for announcing an end to the outbreaks in their territory, reducing the number of affected localities nationwide to four, according to the Department of Animal Health under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday. Since late December 2006, a total of seven provinces, namely Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, VinhLong, and Can Tho City in Vietnam have been hit by bird flu, the department said, noting that the first four localities meet the criteria. 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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Over 100 chickens in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province died in the last few days. Specimens from the dead fowls from some 40 households in Nho Quan district are being tested for bird flu viruses, the agency quoted Chairman of the People's Committee of the district, Nguyen Quang Van, as saying. The local Veterinary Bureau has isolated and disinfected farms having dead fowls, encouraged people to raise poultry in cages, not let them stroll, and banned egg incubation, he said. Four Vietnamese provinces have detected no new bird flu outbreaks for at least 21 days, meeting the criteria for announcing an end to the outbreaks in their territory, reducing the number of affected localities nationwide to four, according to the Department of Animal Health under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday. Since late December 2006, a total of seven provinces, namely Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, VinhLong, and Can Tho City in Vietnam have been hit by bird flu, the department said, noting that the first four localities meet the criteria. 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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