Vietnam: Fresh bird-flu outbreak detected in Thai Nguyen

12:18' 28/12/2008 (GMT+7)

The Veterinary Department of northern Thai Nguyen province has announced that culled chickens raised by a farmer household in Tien Bo hamlet, Luong Son commune, Thai Nguyen city, are infected with the bird-flu virus strain H5N1.
Previously, over 100 chickens of this family died over a short period of time. All flu-infected poultry have been culled.
This is the second batch of poultry testing positive for the bird-flu virus discovered in Thai Nguyen province this year.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2008/12/820925/

Bird flu hits Vietnam poultry farms: report
Excerpt:
Last week the virus struck again in Thai Nguyen city, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the capital Hanoi, where it was found in several dead ducks on one farm and in dead chicken on another, the Tuoi Tre daily said.
Veterinary authorities culled 100 ducks and more than 4,000 chicken, said the report quoting local animal health officials.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081228/wl_asia_afp/healthfluvietnam_081228060326

Bird flu found in poultry in northern Vietnam
Excerpt:
Animal health officials confirmed the H5N1 virus had killed several birds among a flock of more than 100 ducks in Thai Nguyen city, 80km north of Hanoi, the Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth league-run Tuoi Tre newspaper said.
Officials had also detected the virus in dead chickens at a farm in the same city and nearly 4200 chickens had been slaughtered to prevent the virus from spreading, the report said.
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