Vietnam To Import Six Million Doses Of H5N9 Vaccine

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http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=223036

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Vietnam To Import Six Million Doses Of H5N9 Vaccine

HANOI, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will import six million doses of H5N9 vaccine to vaccinate geese against avian influenza, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported Tuesday.

At the Anti-Avian Influenza National Steering Committee meeting, Head of the Veterinary Department Bui Quang Anh said another bird flu outbreak is likely to occur in October, and the prevention work across the country needs to be intensified.

He predicted difficulties in vaccinating the country's geese which are estimated to number 10 million and are being raised mostly by households.

37 localities have completed the second round of vaccination against avian influenza for 64.5 million birds this year, Bui was quoted by VNA as saying.

Head of the Animal Husbandry Department Nguyen Dang Vang said a possible surge in demands for poultry products in the coming months is a factor that may lead to the re-occurrence of bird flu.

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Re: Vietnam To Import Six Million Doses Of H5N9 Vaccine

Same story - additional details, but note the 80% efficacy rate - most BF VAX has been 50%, at best.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200610/04/eng20061004_308939.html

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Vietnam will, sometime this month, import six million doses of bird flu vaccines to be used among white-winged ducks, according to local newspaper Labor on Wednesday.

Vietnam, which has already vaccinated chickens and ducks nationwide, has just found that vaccines by Italian firm Merial is suitable for vaccinating its white-winged duck population of some eight million, the paper quoted the Department of Animal Health under the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as saying.

The vaccination of white-winged ducks will progress slowly because they are raised in a scattered way among farming households.

According to the department's director Bui Quang Anh, bird flu is likely to return Vietnam in October when weather conditions favor the development of bird flu viruses.

Over 80 percent of white-winged ducks being vaccinated against bird flu virus strain H5N9 in the trial vaccination have developed immunity ability, according to the country's Veterinary Institute.

Bird flu outbreaks, starting in Vietnam in December 2003, have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls. The last outbreak of bird flu among poultry in the country was in December 2005, according to the agriculture ministry.

Source: Xinhua

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