Vietnam - Avian influenza is increasing rapidly in many provinces

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Updated at: 06:04 09/02/10

Forum vaccination for ducks and spraying chemicals to disinfect cages breeding households in Binh Dinh.

Afternoon 8/2, Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said after a long period of good control, avian flu are signs of rapid increase in the provinces.
Currently has six provinces where avian influenza is not over 21 days as Ca Mau, Ha Tinh, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Kon Tum and Quang Tri.

Currently, the provinces of Quang Tri latest avian influenza on the forums of a duck households in An Cu village, Trieu Phuong commune, Trieu Phong district. Total ducks destroyed 400 children. Currently, Sub-Department of Animal Health with the local authorities are taking measures prevention services as prescribed.

Meanwhile, in Ca Mau, 6 / 2, avian influenza continues to appear on the forums of a duck households in hamlet 4, An Xuyen, Ca Mau City with a total duck death and destruction the 482 children. Tests for ducks on the forums have positive results for H5N1 virus.

According to Department of Animal Health, along with the preventive measures prescribed services, localities should continue to review and make good work of vaccination on poultry vaccines, especially for ducks forums. Especially in the upcoming Lunar New Year, when the trading, slaughtering, transporting poultry, poultry products increase rapidly.

Under these circumstances, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, head of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention, suggested the provinces and cities under direct central organizing family slaughter Livestock and poultry concentrated at the place specified in the cities and towns, prohibit marketing of cattle, poultry unknown origin and not the veterinary quarantine; banned live poultry trade in the inner city , urban.

Particularly in rural areas do not have avian permitted slaughtering poultry in markets, where a special slaughter in other sectors, the poultry slaughter equipment protection is minimal.

Besides, the Ministry of Health, Industry and Trade, Transportation, Police strengthening the inspection of food hygiene and safety, organizing inspection teams to provinces, especially in cities large, closely monitored the transport of animals and animal products circulating in the country as well as across the border. /. http://www.thanhtra.com.vn/Default.a...5&newsid=26606

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Tuesday, September 2, 2010, 06:47 (GMT +7)

Avian influenza increased rapidly in many provinces

TT - Height 8-2, Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said avian flu are signs of rapid increase in the provinces. We have six provinces where avian influenza has 21 days as Ca Mau, Ha Tinh, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Kon Tum and Quang Tri.

Days 8-2, Nghe An announcement of avian influenza in two communes in Nam Anh (Nam Dan district) and Nghi Phong (Nghi Loc). Previously, the People's Committee has directed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Sub-Department of Animal Health to coordinate with local authorities on the social destruction of 4000 chickens in Southern England and more than 400 ducks in Nghi Phong. Forum chickens and ducks were not vaccinated and vaccines H5N1 flu symptoms before death.

The same day, Mr. Lieu Trung Nguon - Deputy Director of Agriculture and Rural Development Department, Long An province - said the 14 samples taken tested serum in forums ducks died of his family Dang Tan Tai (Hamlet 3, Long Thuan, Capital District excess), resulting in eight samples positive for bird flu.

These forums are not vaccinated ducks bird flu vaccines. Also this time, a number of household poultry in some communes of Tan Tru and Chau Thanh (Long An) has the phenomenon of chickens and ducks died from the flu.http://www.tuoitre.com.vn/Tianyon/In...51&ChannelID=3

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Bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam

17:45' 09/02/2010 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge - Bird flu is spreading rapidly in many provinces after a long period of containment, the Veterinary Department reported on February 8. The southern provinces of Ca Mau and Soc Trang, the central provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Tri, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and the northern province of Dien Bien have reported bird flu in the last 21 days. Quang Tri is the latest province to confirm a bird flu outbreak in Trieu Phong district. It has culled 400 birds in a farm and is carrying out measures to prevent any further spread of the disease. The Veterinary Department has asked these localities to step up preventive measures and vaccination campaigns during the Tet holiday when demand for poultry products increases. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, has urged provinces and cities to oversee the slaughtering of cattle and poultry in selected areas and ban the sale of cattle and poultry products of unknown origins. The Ministries of Health, Industry and Trade, Transport and Public Security will increase food hygiene and safety inspections, conduct fact-finding tours of localities, especially big cities, and strictly control transport of animals and animal products.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/...ietnam-893939/

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"International, Avian (The Voice of Vietnam News [edited], February 9): Bird flu is now spreading rapidly in many provinces after a long period of containment, the Department of Animal Health (DAH) said on Mon 8 Feb 2010.

The provinces of Ca Mau, Ha Tinh, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Kon Tum, and Quang Tri have all reported cases of bird flu infection in the last 21 days. Quang Tri is the latest province to confirm a bird flu outbreak in Trieu Phong district. It has culled 400 birds in a farm and is carrying out measures to prevent any further spread of the disease. The DAH asked these provinces to step up their preventive measures and vaccination campaigns, during the Tet holiday when demand for poultry products increasing. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, has urged provinces and cities to oversee the slaughtering of cattle and poultry in certain places and ban the sales of cattle and poultry products of unknown origins. In addition, the Ministries of Health, Industry and Trade, Transport and Public Security will increase food hygiene and safety inspections, conduct fact-finding tours of localities, especially big cities, and strictly control transport of animals and animal products."
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MI...6_146893_7.pdf
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,...4192--,00.html

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Epidemics kept under control

Last updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |

No positive cases of A/H1N1, A/H5N1 or acute diarrhoea have been reported across the country over the past three days, the Ministry of Health (MoH) says.
VnnNews - No positive cases of A/H1N1, A/H5N1 or acute diarrhoea have been reported across the country over the past three days, the Ministry of Health (MoH) says.

The MoH Animal Health Department reports that the bird flu remains scattered in 7 provinces, namely Ca Mau, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Kon Tum, Quang Tri, Nghe An and Nam Dinh.

The lethal strain of H5N1 virus was found in a flock of 45-day-old unvaccinated ducks raised by a farmer in Thanh Ninh hamlet, Thanh Thoi Thuan commune in Soc Trang province. More than 500 out of 630 sick ducks died.

The provincial Animal Health Department has asked local veterinarians to cull all infected ducks.

In Nam Dinh province, the same virus was found in a flock of 270 ducks in Nghi An commune, Nam Truc district. Mai Dang Viet, who was raising the 7-month-old ducks, said the ducks had just been given a shot of the bird flu vaccine. The flock was culled by local veterinarians.

The MoH has asked its provincial and municipal departments of health to keep a close watch for further outbreaks, which are expected to emerge during the lunar New Year festival. It has also dispatched missions to inspect preparedness in Hanoi and Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh and Ha Tinh provinces.
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http://www.vnnnews.net/epidemics-kept-under-control

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Bird flu discovered in Ca Mau

CA MAU — Bird flu has been discovered in seven communes and towns in southern Ca Mau Province.

More than 5,000 chickens were culled in the area.

The local Animal Health Division has carried out additional measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/S...ith-AH1N1.html

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Updated : 11:50 AM, 03/02/2010

Bird flu epidemic returns

The bird flu epidemic has recurred in five provinces including Ca Mau, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Nam Dinh and Khanh Hoa.

Khanh Hoa is the latest province struck by the epidemic, which infected 770 chickens in Ninh Hoa district and 6,000 birds in Van Ninh district.

The Veterinary Department acting director, Hoang Van Nam, says there is still a high risk of the disease spreading to other localities, especially in the Mekong Delta region.

The resurgence of the disease is attributed to inadequate control of cross-border transporting and slaughtering.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has intensified prevention measures in localities that are at risk. MARD Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan will work with the Mekong Delta provinces to try to contain the disease.

http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Bird-...103/113090.vov

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Source: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/S...Khanh-Hoa.html


Updated March, 03 2010 10:16:43

Bird flu outbreak strikes Khanh Hoa

HA NOI — A fresh outbreak of avian flu (A/H5N1) has been reported in central Khanh Hoa Province, killing nearly 10,000 birds.

Affected areas have been decontaminated and poultry incinerated, said a spokesperson from the provincial Animal Health Unit.

The latest outbreak has brought the number of provinces affected by the flu to six: Dien Bien, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Khanh Hoa, Soc Trang and Ca Mau, said Hoang Van Nam from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The bird flu epidemic has continued to spread in these provinces, killing thousands of poultry since it re-emerged last December despite efforts to prevent contagion.

Last December, nearly 6,000 birds were contaminated with A/H5N1 in southernmost Ca Mau Province alone. Infections spread to two more communes of the province this week, causing 600 affected birds to be culled and raising the total number of affected communes to ten.

There is a high risk of the flu spreading to other localities, especially in the Mekong Delta region as ducks migrated during harvest time, said Nam.

The ministry urged the provinces to increase efforts to combat and prevent the spread of the flu, and ensure more monitoring of transportation and poultry slaughterhouses, he added.

The province's poultry flocks would continue to be vaccinated although it was necessary for households to co-operate with authorities to inform them about their poultry stocks to ensure timely vaccinations

Over the last two weeks, three people from the provinces of Tuyen Quang in the north, Tien Giangin the south and Khanh Hoa in the central were diagnosed with A/H5N1. One of the infected, a 38-year-old woman from Tien Giang Province, died from the flu. — VNS