The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and relevant authorities destroyed 3,475 ducks and 90 chickens infected with the A/H5N1 virus.
Chemical spray to prevent the outbreak from spreading (Photo: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) – The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ofthe Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and relevant authorities destroyed3,475 ducks and 90 chickens infected with the A/H5N1 virus.
The infected animals were traced to poultry farms in Ea Rok commune, Ea Supdistrict and Ma D’rak town, Ma D’rak district.
Dak Lak province directed authorities and organisations to zone off anddisinfect the areas where the outbreak was reported to prevent it fromspreading. The province also monitored the trade and transport of poultry toand from infected localities.
Vaccines will also be given to poultry to constrain the disease.
So far, Vietnam has recorded A/H5N1 and A/H5N6 outbreaks in Cao Bang, QuangNinh, Thua Thien-Hue, Vinh Long and Dak Lak provinces and Can Tho city.-VNA
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Chemical spray to prevent the outbreak from spreading (Photo: VNA) 
