Friday, February 10, 2012

Vietnam warned the risk of outbreaks of bird flu widespread

Posted 10-02-2012
Risk Vietnam bird flu outbreak on a large scale without a drastic preventive measures in the coming days. That's the warning from the Department of Animal Health website worldpoultry.net loan download on 10/2.

The Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Ha Nam, Hai Duong and reporting of avian influenza appear under 21 days. The province of Nghe An, Bac Lieu, Kien Giang, Hanoi, Thai Nguyen and poultry suspected H5N1 virus infection.

In addition, the signs of bird flu was recorded in other localities across the country.

Bac Lieu and Tra Vinh risk reporting outbreaks of avian influenza high. Since last month, some birds fall dead in Lieu is not clear why. In Tra Vinh, in the first week in February, half of samples of poultry sold in the market shows positive to H5N1 virus.However, this province has not been published outbreak.

Authorities fear that bird flu will spread further in the coming harvest, when the ducks were wandering in the rice fields. Weather conditions and the situation of transport, slaughter poultry are not controlled as well as factors contributing to increased risk of an outbreak.

From this year, bird flu has killed the two victims in Soc Trang and Kien Giang.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development urged local poultry vaccination immediately as well as strengthen supervision and management.

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