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Despite massive containment attempts, new outbreaks in poultry continue to occur in these two bird flu beleaguered countries.
Bangladesh authorities cull 7,000 chickens as bird flu spreads
Health 6/18/2007 3:29:00 PM
NEW DELHI, June 18 (KUNA) -- Bangladesh authorities have culled 7,000 chickens as bird flu has spread to another district in the country.
The infected chickens were culled after bird flu was detected on two farms in Jaipurhat district of Bangladesh, news agencies reported Monday from capital Dhaka.
With this exercise, about 172,000 chickens have now been culled and more than 1.6 million eggs destroyed in 68 farms in 14 districts since March across Bangladesh, the news agencies said.Bangladesh has more than 125,000 poultry firms producing 250 million broilers and six billion eggs annually. Nearly four million Bangladeshis are directly or indirectly associated with poultry farming. (end) dr.bz.
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And from Vietnam we get this report.
Bird flu kills hundreds poultry in northern Vietnam
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 9:25 GMT
HANOI, June 18 (Reuters) - Bird flu, which has killed one person since it re-emerged in Vietnam in early May, has flared up on several farms in a northern province despite efforts by the government to stop it from spreading.
The Animal Health Department said on Monday that 690 ducks and chickens died last Thursday and Friday at eight farms in Bac Giang province and officials slaughtered the remaining birds after tests found the dead birds had the H5N1 avian flu virus.
"Bird flu virus is widely present in the environment and has infected many poultry flocks. Therefore, it can happen anywhere now," a government statement quoted Deputy Agriculture Minister Bui Ba Bong as telling a meeting on Saturday.
At the same meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved an order to import another batch of 200 million doses of bird flu vaccine to battle the outbreaks that have struck 16 provinces, including Bac Giang, and two cities.
"It is not encouraged to develop the waterfowl flock. Unvaccinated ducks are not allowed to roam on fields and a tight control must be imposed on (the country's) 70 million ducks," the statement quoted Dung as saying at the meeting.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) described the government as "committed and alert" to the dangers of bird flu's spread but that carrying out all effective measures in the provinces was still a challenge.
