About 4,000 birds were recently culled in Vietnam to contain the spread of avian influenza A H5N1, according to the Vietnam New Agency. The outbreaks occurred in two separate provinces, one in the far south and one in north-central Vietnam. Authorities said that most of the affected birds had not been vaccinated but that they are working to vaccinate other flocks.
The current migration of wild birds could worsen the situation, said Diep Kinh Tan, deputy minister of agriculture and rural development.
A duck farmer tested positive for H5N1 and other poultry farmers with culled flocks are under medical observation, a hospital official said. The affected provinces have established checkpoints to prevent the movement and slaughter-for-sale of contaminated poultry, according to the news agency.
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Bird flu is a serious illness that affects birds. Especially chickens, That can be spread from birds to humans and that can cause death. Recently the breaking out of bird flu has taken us aback. We could never think of such kind of problem in our country. However thanks to the Almighty that it could not break out in an epidemic form because of the timely intervention of the government and people's consciousness about the matter. The cause of bird flu in our country could not be detected. It was thought that it might have been carried and spread by the imported chickens from our neighboring countries like Thailand and China. Because the breaking out of bird flu in an epidemic form has been seen in China and Thailand. Poultry farming has had a positive effect on the social economic condition in our country. It helped many rural poor women to break the chain of poverty and see better days to their lives. But the recent breaking out of bird flu has shadowed their smiling faces into gloomy ones and clouded their foreheads. It has emptied their fertile farms and turned the firms into barren hands. We have seen the hearts. However, it is heartening that our government has taken an all out efforts to give loans to the people engaged in poultry farming on easy terms to keep their income generating industry on and to bring about better days and see the gloomy faces glowing with beatific smile and keep their heads above all consuming poverty.
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