# 2310
This would be the second outbreak reported out of Laos in the past week, with samples from dead ducks in the adjacent province of Luang Prabang announced as having tested positive on September 9th.
Luang Prabang Province
Oudomsay Province
Bird flu virus reported in Laos’ Oudomsay
17/09/2008 -- 8:51 PM
Vientiane (VNA) – An outbreak of the deadly H5N1 disease has been detected in a village in the Lao province of Oudomsay, local media reported.
The local authorities have culled 1,170 poultry from 76 households in the village named Ban Nalae in Say district, the Lao news agency (KPL) said on September 17.
A surveillance zone covering 20 villages around the village has been demarcated, KPL said, adding that the local authorities have also set up roadside stations which aim to disinfect all vehicles entering and leaving the zone.
The Agriculture and Forestry Office in Say district would ban the transportation of chicken from and to the region, KPL noted. –Enditem
