More Outbreaks of Bird Flu in Laos
LAOS - The authorities have sent a follow-up report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) with details of a further four outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
5 December 2008
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The Laotian veterinary authorities sent the report to OIE on 1 December. It covers four new outbreaks of HPAI among backyard poultry in Luangnamtha province in the north of the country, near to the borders with Myanmar and China.
In total, more than 5000 birds were involved, 1161 of which died and the rest have been destroyed. Chickens, ducks and turkeys were affected. The cause has been confirmed as the H5N1 virus sub-type.
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