Bird flu spreads to another Vietnamese province
09-OCT-2008 Intellasia | Birdflubreakingnews
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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Bird flu has hit another of Vietnam's central Nghe An province, killing about 300 ducks, said an official with the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Tuesday.
The ducks raised by a household in the province started to die recently. The specimens collected from the dead ducks have been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, the Vietnam news agency (VNA) quoted the unnamed official as saying here.
Local health department have slaughtered all the fowls in the affected spot and disinfected this area to guard against any further outbreaks of bird flu.
Now, bird flu is hitting two Vietnamese province, including Ca Mau and Nghe An.
Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam, starting in December 2003, have killed and led to the forced culling of dozens of millions of fowls in the country.
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