RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service

2010-03-15 06:09:49 - Biological Hazard - Vietnam

EDIS CODE: BH-20100315-25335-VNM
Date & Time: 2010-03-15 06:09:49 [UTC]
Area: Vietnam, Province of Bac Ninh, Nam Son commune, Bac Ninh city

Not confirmed information!

Description:

The Bac Ninh provincial People’s Committee on March 14 announced the occurrence of bird flu in Nam Son commune, Bac Ninh city. Previously, the poultry of a farmer family in Da Cau hamlet of this commune died in mass numbers. The provincial animal health department said farmer Dam Thi Chinh raised 400 heads of fowl, which had been vaccinated for four months but died massively on the night of March 11. They first showed signs of sickness on March 10. The veterinary agency inspected the family’s farm on March 12 and concluded that Ms Chinh’s poultry had signs of being infected with avian flu. It later destroyed all the birds and sent two samples of the disease to a central veterinary diagnosis centre for further testing. The agency also had the entire Da Cau hamlet disinfected with lime and cloramin B. The Bac Ninh Animal Health Department has set up two temporary checkpoints at the hamlet, suspended all activities involving poultry in markets within Nam Son commune, vaccinated all the fowl in the commune and is closely monitoring the slaughter of poultry in an effort to prevent the epidemic from spreading.

The name of Hazard: H5N1 (poultry)
Species: Animal
Status: Confirmed

Posted:2010-03-15 06:09:49 [UTC]