Updated Thursday, January 3, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AFP

Bird flu hits geese flocks in southern Vietnam

HANOI -- Bird flu has hit two more poultry farms in southern Vietnam, forcing the slaughter of hundreds of geese last week, animal health officials in the communist country said Wednesday. More than 600 of the birds were culled after the virus killed several geese in two flocks in Da Loc commune of Tra Vinh province, where an outbreak was also reported earlier in December, the Animal Health Department said.

Vietnam’s government has warned of a higher risk of avian influenza as the northern winter months favour the spread of flu viruses and ahead of February’s Tet lunar New Year, when travel and poultry consumption go up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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