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Monday, September 24, 2012

Vietnam-One day discovered nearly 60,000 smuggled chickens


"Flush" smuggled into domestic poultry breeds: The risk of spread and widespread disease outbreaks
Updated: Monday, 09/24/2012 | 10:56:43 AM
  
Functional forces in Quang Ninh province arrested boxes smuggled chickens. Photo: TP
Amid bird flu are re outbreaks in many localities throughout the country and the risk of spread to the very large outbreak arising from July to now appear H5N1 2.3.2.1 branch (group C) highly virulent, causing rapid death, death many waterfowl continuously in recent years, authorities have arrested several consecutive transporting smuggled poultry breeds, with unclear origin. This situation makes the risk of spread and large-scale disease outbreaks ...

One day discovered nearly 60,000 smuggled chickens
Between 2 - 5 am 20/9, in the Pass area But, of P. Quang Hanh Dist. Cam Pha and White Bridge under P. Ha Tu, TP. Halong, Customs Control Team 2 Department Customs of Quang Ninh checked, the detection, arrest four cars shipped 59,000 chickens just 5 days years smuggled originated from China. All four vehicles were running on highway 18 from Mong Cai direction of, on each truck from 14,000 to 15,000 chickens just do not have valid papers. Whole chicken on the estimated value of nearly 300 million. Customs Control No. 2 team in collaboration with the specialized agencies in the province of administrative sanctions for 4 cars, the amount of nearly 30 million, the organization destroy all illegal transportation of chickens.
Health perspective, Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of the Central Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute, said the study, analyze the latest genetic code is not detecting any sudden change in the influenza A/H5N1 virus strains that cause disease in humans. However, the most worrisome risk A/H5N1 influenza virus continues to circulate and cause outbreaks in poultry. It can keep small change in natural evolution, gene rearrangement in the process of human growth and development, recombinant influenza viruses circulating in animals and humans to form a strain new influenza highly pathogenic and potentially be transmitted from person to person. Therefore, the veterinary industry to work closely with the health sector, the need to actively enhance influenza virus surveillance in poultry and in humans for early application of appropriate preventive measures and prevent the spread of epidemic in poultry and poultry-to-human ... 
On the same day, at Km102, Highway 37, travel through the town of Huong Son, Phu Binh (Thai Nguyen), when inspecting cars brought BKS 98C-008.20, Police forces, crime prevention and environmental , Thai Nguyen Provincial Police found the car carrying more than 7,000 birds of unknown origin. Drivers fail to produce documents related to the bird carrying the car and claimed on poultry transport from Ta Lung gate, Cao Bang province of Bac Giang province for consumption.

Also in the morning 20/9, Binh Tan District Veterinary Station seized a batch of more than 100 chickens have the eye-catching blue, red, pink sold on Tan Ky Tan Quy bring medical waste treatment plant and hazardous waste disposal. A veterinarian said the chicken was imported from China and been dyed so can cause toxic.

To be blocked from the original sources of spread
Mr. Hoang Van Nam, right Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said of avian influenza virus H5N1 appeared, but still attached branches old, but already there is a difference with the virus in both groups A and B disease in Vietnam in 2011. This group of viruses capable of causing bird flu continues to spread in the future is very high. According the Central Veterinary Diagnostic Center, the new virus appeared in July, August has spread rapidly and over a wide range from the North Central Region.
 
This new virus is relatively close to group A, but much higher virulence. Dr.Long Thanh, director of the Central Veterinary Diagnostic Centre - Animal Health Department said that the risk is that this strain highly lethal than the old strain. Currently, the authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has begun to clarify the threat analysis of new strains.

According to the Department of Animal Health, the country was eight provinces with avian bird deaths, the destruction of more than 180,000 children. However, the Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry Department Nguyen Thanh Son fear, new branches virus can from chicken culling of China, especially chickens smuggled into Vietnam in recent years.Therefore, to prevent the spread of large-scale, MARD has has urgent send Committees of provinces and cities, ministries and agencies, proposals to strengthen prevention and control of avian influenza; pause operation live poultry from the north to the south until control the current avian influenza outbreaks.    http://www.baohoabinh.com.vn/219/73746/Tuon_giong_gia_cam_lau_vao_noi_dia_Nguy_co_lay_lan_va_bung_phat_dich_benh_tren_dien_rong.htm