There is no H5N1 vaccine for birds

Migratory birds are considered by scientists to be carriers of the H5N1 virus that spread avian influenza, but Vietnam has no preventive vaccine for them. Tourist sites nurture rare birds for the purpose of conservation and serve tourists who are concerned for their fate.

Making nets to prevent birds from flying in and out of the Zoo, Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City Botanical Garden is raising 300 wild birds with about 20 rare species. There are rare and precious species, the value of high conservation science is facing the risk of extinction such as: why hemorrhoids, currently only 10 in the world; or red-headed cranes, red cash chickens .

Suoi Tien tourist area is also nurturing about 500 birds with more than 20 rare and precious species such as hornbill, high sand, sea, eagle . In which, there are species listed as extremely animals rare .

Less scientific value is preserved, but the bird herd of Dam Sen tourist area has great economic value with more than 80 species of birds, about several hundred.

But all birds in these places are not vaccinated against H5N1 because there is no separate vaccine for birds. If the bird flu occurs, the loss could be in the billions.

" We have asked the Steering Committee to prevent vaccination for vaccines. But the response from the Steering Committee for Disease Control and Prevention is that there are no preventive vaccines for birds, " Deputy Director Phan Viet Vien Vien Vien Vien the.

Head of HCM City Veterinary Department Huynh Huu Loi admitted: " So far the world has only tested the H5N1 vaccine successfully on two poultry species, chicken and duck. There has not been any testing on other species. So vaccines for poultry cannot be used on other species, because each species has a different characteristic ". Pham Quang Thai, Director of Navetco Company - the company authorized to import H5N1 vaccine on poultry - also confirmed: " There is no word in the world where there is H5N1 vaccine for birds. "

Veterinary agencies can only support units that are nurturing rare species of self-protected birds by asking to cover nets, isolating the area of ​​birds, carrying out disinfection, and restricting visitors, and take birds' blood for routine testing.

" The work of taking blood from birds for testing has been carried out since 2003, and the results until the last time are still negative. Care workers in the squirrels are also vaccinated. The flu is recommended by the World Health Organization , "said the deputy director of Suoi Tien tourist area, Huynh Dong Tuan. However, according to Tuan, the value of birds is unable to be calculated in money; if the worst case occurs, detecting birds with pathogens, the tourist sites will still abolish birds according to regulations. General definition of the State.

My Lan