Laos: UN body says H5N1 bird flu found on the poultry farm
submited by kickingbird at Jul, 28, 2006 13:33 PM from Reuters
The outbreak occurred on a commercial farm 25 km (15 miles) south of the capital Vientiane where about 2,500 chickens died last week, according to state media reports.
The same farm experienced an outbreak in early 2004 when the virus swept through parts of Asia. Since then, the only previous discovery of the H5N1 virus in Laos had been in a single duck in May this year.
"The government of Laos has taken immediate action to control the spread of the virus by culling all chickens in the farm, disinfecting the farm and imposed movement restrictions within the five kilometer surveillance zone," said Wantanee Kalpravidh, FAO regional coordinator for Avian Influenza Projects.
Further investigation was needed to determine the source of the outbreak, she said in a statement.
- GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu Circulating in Dairy Cows in the United States 3 days ago
- USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update 4 days ago
- USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 10 days ago
- USCDC: Urgent field correction notice 10 days ago
- Joint FAO/WHO/WOAH preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses 11 days ago
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