Vietnam - Bird flu sweeps through SE Asia
02 Jan 2010
The Vietnamese veterinary authority has sent Follow Up Report No. 36 dated 27 December to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes a new outbreak of HPAI in a village poultry flock of 53 birds in Binh Lang in Cao Bang province in the far north of the country, near the border with China. The disease broke out on 12 December. Around half of the birds died, and the rest were destroyed.
The presence of the H5N1 sub-type of the virus has been confirmed.
Source: oie.int
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