Ho Chi Minh City still temporarily allows breeding birds

Mr. Huynh Huu Loi, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Animal Health said, in the short term, the city still allows the keeping of birds at home, but only raising them separately and not focusing on festivals to exhibit, singing and not transporting, trading.

According to Mr. Huynh Huu Loi, if the upcoming bird flu changes to a more complicated stage, the city will apply thoroughly policy no 3: not eating, not raising and not transporting poultry, including birds. scenes, doves.

Ho Chi Minh City currently has some wild bird gardens, mainly concentrated in districts 9, Cu Chi and Can Gio districts. For these wild birds, the city has to trap, even to shoot to get a follow-up test sample.

For breeding birds in parks, the Department of Animal Health has issued a written request to restrict management units to visit, disinfect in the area, to vaccinate, to test blood samples periodically; caregivers must have labor protection and medical supervision; must be surrounded by a net, not to allow wild birds to eat with birds.

Particularly for pigeons, SDAH recommends capturing, raising little, not increasing herd and monitoring closely, taking samples periodically.