Injection of 3.3 million doses of bird flu vaccine in the second round of 2006

According to the Department of Animal Health, currently provinces of Hau Giang, Dong Thap and An Giang have deployed bird flu vaccination for the second time in 2006 with about 3.3 million doses.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the vaccine category supported by the central budget for vaccination for poultry is the H5N1 strain used for ducks and H5N2 strains used for chickens.

The use of H5N1 vaccine to inject chicken, the ministry only adjusted the plan and applied it in provinces and cities with a small number of chickens. The Ministry asked the Provincial People's Committee to continue directing local departments and agencies to implement H5N2 vaccination for chickens as planned by the province to avoid waste.

* The Department of Avian Influenza and Prevention of Ca Mau City has destroyed nearly 400 poultry and more than 2,500 poultry eggs of all kinds; make records on handling 20 illegal poultry traders and transporters.

In addition, the province is actively carrying out the protection of 10 thousand birds in the Cultural Park Bird Park. The park management has taken measures to use PKA antiseptic to spray around the environment and VIRKON'S powder mixed into food to prevent infection.

* On September 1, immediately after discovering in Hiep Dong Hamlet, Ngoc Dinh Commune, Dinh Quan District (Dong Nai), 100/500 ducks nearly two months old were killed, the Economic Department of Dinh Quan District established it. timely destruction records of more than 400 remaining ducks.

Up to now, the copper duck flock in Dong Nai has about 80,000 heads. In the mountainous district of Tan Phu, there was almost no breeding of copper ducks, now there are about 50,000 children. In Bien Hoa City, in particular, despite the ban on poultry raising in the city, there are currently 126,000 quail and 500 ducks.