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Poultry in the Mekong Delta: Difficult to kill
14:08' 25/12/2006 (GMT+7)
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- On Dec 20, authorities of Phong Lac Village, Tran Van Thoi Town, filled out papers to destroy Mr.Tran Van Nghia? s 600 breeding ducks. But at midnight, Mr. Nghia secretly led his flock away.
?If this flock is destroyed, I will be destroyed! My wife and I have used all we have to buy these ducks, including several million dong we borrowed from neighbor rice farmers. What am I to do?? cried Mr. Nghia.
With waves of bird flu attacks, poultry breeders are going bankrupt. Support policies can only relieve a part of people?s distress. In recent years, duck breeders have lost everything when bird flu attacks, especially every time the north-easterly wind comes.
According to the papers on poultry destruction at Rach Lum B signed on the afternoon of December 20, and given to Mr. Ngo Van Trang, whose house Mr. Nghia lives in, Mr. Nghia? flocks had to be kept until officials destroyed them on the morning of December 21.
At dawn, the destruction team brought sprayers, bags, and chemicals to Mr. Trang?s house only to find the duck coops empty, feathers flying all over the place.
A Mrs. Lieu in attendance at the time addressed the destruction team: ?You all don?t pity them. Only very poor people have to raise field ducks. If they were rich, they wouldn?t have to wade in the paddies until their legs itch with scabies. Why don?t you destroy those dozen poultry boats you have monitored since last night? People have not the heart to see their ducks killed so they try to sell as many as possible. The New Year is coming, so how can they buy new clothes for their children with the ducks all destroyed??
On our way on the Rach Lum canal, Khanh Hung Village (Tran Van Thoi Town), we saw flocks of ducks running around without owners. Some chickens were looking for food. The dead bodies of chickens and ducks were floating on the water; some of them were sticking in the weeds on the bank.
Mr. Ngo Duc Tham, the vet official, explained, ?people didn?t throw these dead bodies in the water. These ducks and chickens were running in search of food when they caught the virus and died. So their bodies were just left alone. When hearing news about another bird flu attack, farmers were frightened.?
Mr. Luu Bich Ngoc?s 850-head duck flock has been dying one by one for more than a month. Yet, not daring to lead them home, he leaves them in the fields.
The stinging smell of animal corpses is all around.
According to investigation results of Khanh Hung Village, 917 households have a total of 2,600 fowl dying of disease. At Rach Lum B Hamlet, there are 307 households and 3,120 chickens and ducks, while at Rach Lum A, the number of households is 97, and that of poultry is 4,395.
Mr. Tran Hoang Vu, the vice chairman of Khanh Hung Village People?s Committee, said, ?Throughout the night, through the loud speaker, the management board requested that households lock up their poultry for destruction. But people disagree. They let their ducks and chickens out into the fields and yards. We have been running like hell after the ducks and have succeeded in killing only 207.?
On the afternoon of December 21, 2006, Khanh Hung Village?s 2 mobilisation and 3 destruction teams waded along Rach Lum and Hiep Hoa canals totaling 9 kilometers only to kill little more than 200 animals.
Mr. Nguyen Đong Khoi, the vice chairman of the Tran Van Thoi Town People?s Committee, said, ?We ordered a mobile platoon, and a regular military squad to help destroy diseased animals in areas at Rach Lum B Village. Other forces are also contributing to destroying animals in these areas.?
On the night of December 21, destruction teams ?raided? many households to destroy poultry.
Ca Mau Province?s Bird Flu Prevention Management Committee ordered Tran Van Thoi Town authorities to co-ordinate with the Provincial Vet Board to destroy diseased animals at Rach Lum B Village, as well as continue to kill diseased poultry in the villages of Khanh Hai, Khanh Binh Tay, Tran Hoi, and Khanh Loc.
Infected poultry are killed first. Poultry samples are taken and tested later. Mr. Ngo Chi Dung, the director of the Provincial Office of Agriculture and Rural Development as well as the vice chairman of the Management Committee, said, ?We asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the People?s Committee?s Chairman to continue to support those households having poultry destroyed at the amount of 5,000d/head, 10,000d/head or 15,000d/head. ?
2 more bird flu cases in Ca Mau
Also on December 21, The Vet Board (The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) confirmed: In addition to the bird flu at Rach Lum B Hamlet (Khanh Hung Village, Tran Van Thoi Town) in Ca Mau Province, there are other cases also in Ca Mau:
On December 18, bird flu attacked Kinh Hamlet (Khanh Hung Village) with 70 infected chickens, 35 of which died. On December 20, another attack occurred at Duong Ranh Hamlet (Khanh Hai Villlage, Tran Van Thoi Town) with 26 infected chickens, 13 of which died.
Sample testing showed that all these chickens were H5N1 positive. In short, counting the case on December 7 in Bac Lieu Province, there are 3 villages in 2 provinces being attacked by bird flu throughout the country.
The number of poultry dying and being destroyed is 8,294 (chicken: 1,092, duck: 7,202). Responsible authorities are trying to stamp out and prevent the virus from spreading to other areas.
(Source: Tuoi tre)
Poultry in the Mekong Delta: Difficult to kill
14:08' 25/12/2006 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge
- On Dec 20, authorities of Phong Lac Village, Tran Van Thoi Town, filled out papers to destroy Mr.Tran Van Nghia? s 600 breeding ducks. But at midnight, Mr. Nghia secretly led his flock away.
?If this flock is destroyed, I will be destroyed! My wife and I have used all we have to buy these ducks, including several million dong we borrowed from neighbor rice farmers. What am I to do?? cried Mr. Nghia.
With waves of bird flu attacks, poultry breeders are going bankrupt. Support policies can only relieve a part of people?s distress. In recent years, duck breeders have lost everything when bird flu attacks, especially every time the north-easterly wind comes.
According to the papers on poultry destruction at Rach Lum B signed on the afternoon of December 20, and given to Mr. Ngo Van Trang, whose house Mr. Nghia lives in, Mr. Nghia? flocks had to be kept until officials destroyed them on the morning of December 21.
At dawn, the destruction team brought sprayers, bags, and chemicals to Mr. Trang?s house only to find the duck coops empty, feathers flying all over the place.
A Mrs. Lieu in attendance at the time addressed the destruction team: ?You all don?t pity them. Only very poor people have to raise field ducks. If they were rich, they wouldn?t have to wade in the paddies until their legs itch with scabies. Why don?t you destroy those dozen poultry boats you have monitored since last night? People have not the heart to see their ducks killed so they try to sell as many as possible. The New Year is coming, so how can they buy new clothes for their children with the ducks all destroyed??
On our way on the Rach Lum canal, Khanh Hung Village (Tran Van Thoi Town), we saw flocks of ducks running around without owners. Some chickens were looking for food. The dead bodies of chickens and ducks were floating on the water; some of them were sticking in the weeds on the bank.
Mr. Ngo Duc Tham, the vet official, explained, ?people didn?t throw these dead bodies in the water. These ducks and chickens were running in search of food when they caught the virus and died. So their bodies were just left alone. When hearing news about another bird flu attack, farmers were frightened.?
Mr. Luu Bich Ngoc?s 850-head duck flock has been dying one by one for more than a month. Yet, not daring to lead them home, he leaves them in the fields.
The stinging smell of animal corpses is all around.
According to investigation results of Khanh Hung Village, 917 households have a total of 2,600 fowl dying of disease. At Rach Lum B Hamlet, there are 307 households and 3,120 chickens and ducks, while at Rach Lum A, the number of households is 97, and that of poultry is 4,395.
Mr. Tran Hoang Vu, the vice chairman of Khanh Hung Village People?s Committee, said, ?Throughout the night, through the loud speaker, the management board requested that households lock up their poultry for destruction. But people disagree. They let their ducks and chickens out into the fields and yards. We have been running like hell after the ducks and have succeeded in killing only 207.?
On the afternoon of December 21, 2006, Khanh Hung Village?s 2 mobilisation and 3 destruction teams waded along Rach Lum and Hiep Hoa canals totaling 9 kilometers only to kill little more than 200 animals.
Mr. Nguyen Đong Khoi, the vice chairman of the Tran Van Thoi Town People?s Committee, said, ?We ordered a mobile platoon, and a regular military squad to help destroy diseased animals in areas at Rach Lum B Village. Other forces are also contributing to destroying animals in these areas.?
On the night of December 21, destruction teams ?raided? many households to destroy poultry.
Ca Mau Province?s Bird Flu Prevention Management Committee ordered Tran Van Thoi Town authorities to co-ordinate with the Provincial Vet Board to destroy diseased animals at Rach Lum B Village, as well as continue to kill diseased poultry in the villages of Khanh Hai, Khanh Binh Tay, Tran Hoi, and Khanh Loc.
Infected poultry are killed first. Poultry samples are taken and tested later. Mr. Ngo Chi Dung, the director of the Provincial Office of Agriculture and Rural Development as well as the vice chairman of the Management Committee, said, ?We asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the People?s Committee?s Chairman to continue to support those households having poultry destroyed at the amount of 5,000d/head, 10,000d/head or 15,000d/head. ?
2 more bird flu cases in Ca Mau
Also on December 21, The Vet Board (The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) confirmed: In addition to the bird flu at Rach Lum B Hamlet (Khanh Hung Village, Tran Van Thoi Town) in Ca Mau Province, there are other cases also in Ca Mau:
On December 18, bird flu attacked Kinh Hamlet (Khanh Hung Village) with 70 infected chickens, 35 of which died. On December 20, another attack occurred at Duong Ranh Hamlet (Khanh Hai Villlage, Tran Van Thoi Town) with 26 infected chickens, 13 of which died.
Sample testing showed that all these chickens were H5N1 positive. In short, counting the case on December 7 in Bac Lieu Province, there are 3 villages in 2 provinces being attacked by bird flu throughout the country.
The number of poultry dying and being destroyed is 8,294 (chicken: 1,092, duck: 7,202). Responsible authorities are trying to stamp out and prevent the virus from spreading to other areas.
(Source: Tuoi tre)