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<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD class=tintop_title vAlign=top align=left>Vietnam to share bird flu-related information</TD></TR><TR><TD class=news_date vAlign=top align=left height=20>07:11' 31/08/2007 (GMT+7) </TD></TR><TR><TD class=text vAlign=top align=left><TABLE class="" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 align=right fck_template="imagecontener"><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=image_desc align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is willing to share all its gathered information related to the country?s battles with bird flu, particularly virus samples found on humans or animals, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong said at an international workshop in Ha Noi on August 27-28.
At the workshop, experts from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and domestic experts discussed some of the more problematic issues surrounding bird flu in Vietnam.
FAO expert Les Sim said Vietnam has been doing well in dealing with difficult virus to contain, and added that his organisation would further provide technical assistance to the country.
Sim also said Vietnam?s national programme on bird flu prevention should focus more on veterinary work, especially at the grassroots level. According to the FAO representative, the country should raise poultry breeders? awareness of the vaccination programme and to be active in coping with difficulties caused by the vaccination for ducks that are allowed to feed in rice paddies.
The official went on to urge the country to tighten hygienic standards for animal breeding, slaughtering and trading, however, and a five-year continuation of the national vaccination programme.
Foreign experts also suggested other solutions, such as controlling animal transportation and raising public awareness on the impacts of the disease.
(Source: VNA)
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/08/735816/
At the workshop, experts from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and domestic experts discussed some of the more problematic issues surrounding bird flu in Vietnam.
FAO expert Les Sim said Vietnam has been doing well in dealing with difficult virus to contain, and added that his organisation would further provide technical assistance to the country.
Sim also said Vietnam?s national programme on bird flu prevention should focus more on veterinary work, especially at the grassroots level. According to the FAO representative, the country should raise poultry breeders? awareness of the vaccination programme and to be active in coping with difficulties caused by the vaccination for ducks that are allowed to feed in rice paddies.
The official went on to urge the country to tighten hygienic standards for animal breeding, slaughtering and trading, however, and a five-year continuation of the national vaccination programme.
Foreign experts also suggested other solutions, such as controlling animal transportation and raising public awareness on the impacts of the disease.
(Source: VNA)
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/08/735816/