BIRD FLU – THAILAND
January 1st, 2004
BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND'S Prime Minister has suggested the country's bird flu crisis may mean the end to traditional open-air poultry farms. Thaksin Shinawatra said open-air farms were significantly more susceptible to the spread of bird flu than modern, closed-system farms. Of around 100,000 samples taken nationwide by government health officials, just two positive results have so far come from closed ones.
THAILAND'S Prime Minister has suggested the country's bird flu crisis may mean the end to traditional open-air poultry farms. Thaksin Shinawatra said open-air farms were significantly more susceptible to the spread of bird flu than modern, closed-system farms. Of around 100,000 samples taken nationwide by government health officials, just two positive results have so far come from closed ones.
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