Health workers spray chemicals to prevent the spread of the bird flu virus (Photo: VNA)influenza, also known as , which is transmittable to humans, has been detected
in the central province of , said a local official.
Nguyen Van Lam, vice head of the provincial
sub-department of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, said the outbreak
was discovered in a poultry farm owned by Nguyen Thanh Canh, a resident of Dong
Binh village, Phu Hoa district on October 27.
In just two days, more than 1,700 poultry in the
farm were reported dead. Samples of dead chickens, sent for testing, have confirmed
positive to A/H5N6 virus.
All poultry in the farm were culled to prevent
the spread of the virus.
Additionally, the sub-department will provide
300,000 doses of vaccine to the six neighbouring communes of Hoa An, Hoa Tri, and
Hoa Thang in Phu Hoa district; Hoa Binh in Tay Hoa district; Hoa Thanh in Dong
Hoa district; and Binh Ngoc in Tuy Hoa city, along with 5,000 litres of disinfectant.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Phu
Hoa district Nguyen Ngoc Tuong said that the district has instructed relevant
agencies to keep a close watch on the neighbouring farms, establishing a
control centre and starting to cull affected animals and provide sterilisations,
as well as managing the distribution of .
Local farmers are advised to closely monitor the
growth of their poultry and promptly report any animal deaths to authorised
agencies. The fowls are also required to receive full vaccinations, it said.
Phu Yen is one of the localities with the
largest number of poultry in Vietnam’s central region, totalling around 3.6
million. –VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
