Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Vietnam: Thai Binh - #H5N1 in Poultry

Nhan Dan-On 7-3, the phenomenon of sick poultry farms died in Binh Minh commune, Kien Xuong District (1-3), the Veterinary Department to coordinate Pacific Kien Xuong district authorities to find out the cause and implement measures to stamp out epidemics.

Verify that, am 2-3, Department of Animal Health officials along the Pacific Steering prevention and Kien Xuong district examined, disease at the facility. Owners are farmers Bui Trung Thanh, Dong Thanh village, Binh Minh, with total poultry 330 children, including 10 chickens and 320 ducks. Mr Thanh said, from 29-2 pm, a short expression of appetite, moody, purple-crested ... By night, ten thousand children are dying. 2-3 To date, 150 children died.

Pacific Veterinary Department of the preliminary conclusions poultry suspected bird flu and take samples sent Veterinary Authority II region diagnostic tests and organizing the entire destruction of his family's poultry Members.

Afternoon 2-3, Region II Office of Animal Health (DAH) concluded that 3/3 swabs samples positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus. Fortunately, the H5N1 bird flu outbreak is far from his house into a residential area, away from other farmers so far no new outbreaks occur.
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