[3rd Postmark from the bottom. Previous reports of the outbreaks in Hau Giang are located here.]Vietnam culls over 2,500 chickens in bird flu fight
January 5, 2012
Tests were carried out after several of the animals were found dead at a poultry farm in the district of Binh Phu, southern Vietnam, said Thai Quoc Hieu, deputy director of animal health in Tien Giang province.
"Over 2,500 chickens have been slaughtered after testing positive for the H5N1 virus on Monday," he told AFP.
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Another 450 chickens were culled in the southern province of Hau Giang last weekend after they too tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus, a local veterinary official told AFP.
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