VIETNAM BIRD FLU
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL and SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has offered to send disease control specialists to Vietnam to help the country deal with the outbreak of Avian Influenza in chicken flocks, in response to a World Health Organisation appeal for support. Meanwhile, with millions of chickens being culled, the south-east Asian feed market is in disarray, with importers shying from placing soy-meal and corn orders.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has offered to send disease control specialists to Vietnam to help the country deal with the outbreak of Avian Influenza in chicken flocks, in response to a World Health Organisation appeal for support. Meanwhile, with millions of chickens being culled, the south-east Asian feed market is in disarray, with importers shying from placing soy-meal and corn orders.
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