- From ProMED-mail
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- Disease Kills Vietnam Chickens The Australian 1-6-4
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- A mysterious disease has killed more than 40 000 chickens
in southern Vietnam, and local officials have been ordered to kill all
sick animals and quarantine affected areas, an official said today.
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- The deaths occurred in two districts in Tien Giang province,
about 75 kilometres southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, with the disease threatening
to spread to other provinces, said the official from the Veterinary Department
in Hanoi, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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- He said local veterinary agencies in Long An and surrounding
provinces have been instructed to kill any ill chickens and quarantine
all affected areas.
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- Samples of the diseased poultry have been sent overseas
for testing, he said, adding that veterinary experts are scheduled to meet
tomorrow to determine what's causing the deaths.
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- Meanwhile, today's Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper
reported 100,000 chickens died from the mystery illness in Tien Giang province.
The report said more than 300,000 were slaughtered in Long An province.
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- Farmers' panic to sell their chickens has driven prices
down to only 6,000 dong ($A.50) per kilogram from 15,000 dong ($A1.25),
it said.
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- http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8334533^1702,00.html
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- Mystery Virus Kills Chickens - 400,000 Thought Infected
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- News24.com - South Africa 1-6-4
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- Nearly 40,000 chickens have died from a mystery virus
in two provinces in southern Vietnam and as many as 400,000 are thought
to be infected, officials said on Tuesday.
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- The disease, which first emerged last week, has triggered
panic selling of chickens among local farmers in Tien Giang and Long An,
raising concerns that it could spread among poultry across other parts
of the Mekong Delta region.
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- "We are taking urgent measures because this epidemic
could threaten all the Mekong Delta," said Nguyen Duy Long, an official
from the Long An provincial government's veterinary department.
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- "The virus causes a quick death among infected chickens.
It is a very dangerous virus that could also affect other domestic animals,"
he added.
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- Long refused to speculate on whether the virus could
be the highly contagious bird flu that killed 6 people in Hong Kong in
1997, and which triggered panic in South Korea following an outbreak there
last month.
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- "We plan to send blood samples to overseas laboratories
to determine the type of virus but first we are awaiting a decision from
the Ministry of Health," he said.
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- Ministry officials could not be contacted for further
comment.
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- Long said local markets in the two provinces were being
strictly monitored and that all dead chickens were being confiscated. Measures
have also been put in place to prevent the transportation of chickens to
other provinces.
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- However, he said preventing transmission of the virus
beyond the borders of the two provinces was proving difficult.
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- "The problem is that many local people are trying
to sell their remaining chickens to traders in Ho Chi Minh City."
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- Authorities in Vietnam's southern business capital have
asked local people to avoid buying, selling or eating chickens from the
Mekong Delta.
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- ProMED-mail
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- There are no clinical signs listed in this article or
a number of other articles that have appeared on the web. If someone has
some authoritative information regarding this illness or clinical signs,
ProMED-mail would appreciate an update. - Mod.TG
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- It is curious that these newswires follow yesterday's
newswire speculating an outbreak of avian influenza in Thailand. As Thailand
is one of the Mekong Basin countries,(abeit it does not share a border
with VietNam) one cannot help but wonder if there has been significant
transit of poultry, potentially infected, in the region that might result
in spread of an avian disease such as avian influenza . The 2 involved
provinces in Vietnam are in the south and border with Cambodia. More information
from reliable sources in the region would be greatly appreciated. - Mod.MPP
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