Vietnam Warns Of New Poultry Outbreaks Ahead

 

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Although Vietnam has been praised for its eradication and control efforts over the past year, they are still concerned that more outbreaks of the H5N1 virus may erupt this summer.

 

This from  Tranh Niem News.

 

Vietnam vigilant for new bird flu outbreaks

 

Vietnam to­day began the launch of the sec­ond round of poultry vacci­nations against bird flu after the country imported 100 mil­lion doses of the vaccine from China last week.

 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned that provinces, in­cluding those in the Mekong Delta, faced high risk of new bird flu outbreaks during the summer.

 

The warning came after an outbreak of bird flu detected in the north-central province of Nghe An. Blood samples from 1,400 dead ducks tested positive for the H5N1 virus.

 

Deputy Minister of Agri­culture and Rural Develop­ment Bui Ba Bong said there was a danger of recurrence in the northern and central provinces of Ha Tay, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa and Ha Tinh.

 

To be vigilant for avian influenza, the ministry has re­cently asked provincial au­thorities to step up the over­sight of quarantine teams and closely monitor the sale, trans­port and processing of poul­try products, especially at border checkpoints.

 

Bong said failure by farm­ers to implement regulations set by the ministry had led to the outbreak in Nghe An Prov­ince.

 

Bird flu in Nghe An broke out not only because im­ported breeder fowl had been infected with the H5N1 virus but also because young poul­try had not been vaccinated.

 

The Mekong River Delta region is also on the list of areas most vulnerable to new bird flu outbreaks. Bong said bird flu could spread more easily in cooler weather.

 

Vietnam began the first round of poultry vaccination at the beginning of this year and 30 provinces have com­pleted this round with over 5.6 million doses used.

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