AVIAN INFLUENZA HAUNTS ASIA POULTRY SECTOR
February 1st, 2012
BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, IN MUMBAI; AND SUZIE WHITE, IN HANOI
KEY Asian poultry producers Vietnam and India continue to be hit by bird flu outbreaks. Vietnam has been hit especially hard, with outbreaks of bird flu reported in 36 communes in 12 provinces across Vietnam this January and February. The government's department of animal health says nearly 60,000 domestic birds have been culled. To contain the virus, Diep Kinh Tan, vice minister of agriculture and rural development said a map of the virus route will be completed by March 1 and vaccines will be ...
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