Nearly 40,000 chickens killed by mystery virus in Vietnam
AFP, January, 2004
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HANOI, (AFP) — Nearly 40,000 chickens have died from a mystery virus in two provinces in southern Vietnam and as many as 400,000 are thought to be infected, officials said.
The disease, which first emerged last week, has triggered panic selling of chickens among local farmers in Tien Giang and Long An, raising concerns that it could spread among poulty across other parts of the Mekong Delta region.
"We are taking urgent measures because this epidemic could threaten all the Mekong Delta," said Nguyen Duy Long, an official from the Long An provincial government's veterinary department.
"The virus causes a quick death among infected chickens. It is a very dangerous virus that could also affect other domestic animals," he added.
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Long refused to speculate on whether the virus could be the highly contagious bird flu that killed six people in Hong Kong in 1997, and which ...
