Cambodia Reports Bird Flu Outbreak
CAMBODIA - The first outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) this year has been reported in the north-west of the country.
2 August 2011
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The veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 1 August to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes a single outbreak of HPAI at Doun Moul in the region of Banteay Meanchey in the north-west of Cambodia. The outbreak started on 21 July and affected a backyard flock of 580 ducks and chickens. Of these, 100 died and the rest have been destroyed.
The presence of the H5N1 sub-type of the HPAI virus has been confirmed.
The last outbreak of HPAI in the country was in October last year.
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