- From Martin Gilbert MRCVS, BVMS
- Field Veterinarian
- Field Veterinary Program,
- Wildlife Conservation Society - Cambodia
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- 30 cormorants in a bird sanctuary in Vietnam's southern
Dong Thap province have suddenly died recently, prompting the local authorities
to close all wild bird eco-tourism sites, local media reported Tuesday
[15 Nov 2005].
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- The black cormorants died in Gao Giong, one of the most
famous eco-tourism sites in the Mekong Delta, and specimens from the birds
are being tested for bird flu viruses, newspaper Youth quoted Duong Nghia
Quoc, vice director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development, as saying.
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- The provincial authorities will officially close all
wild bird sanctuaries, including Tram Chim national park, the stork garden
of My An, and the 2 eco-tourism sites of Gao Giong and Xeo Quyt, to prevent
potential bird flu spread to humans as well as protect the birds.
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- Recently, Vietnam's 2 biggest cities, the capital Hanoi
and Ho Chi Minh City in the south, ordered residents of their inner areas
not to raise ornamental birds as of 15 Nov 2005 and 30 Nov 2005, respectively.
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- Early in November 2005, the Vietnamese government decided
to cease import of all kinds of poultry, including ornamental birds and
related products that have not undergone temperature or chemical treatment,
from bird flu-hit countries.
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- Since 1 Oct 2005, bird flu has been detected in 85 communes
in 14 localities, killing and leading to the forced culling of nearly 440
000 fowl, according to Vietnam's Veterinary Department.
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- Vietnam has detected 65 human cases of bird flu infections,
including 22 fatalities, in 25 cities and provinces since December 2004,
the Health Ministry announced on 15 Nov 2005, noting that the accumulated
numbers of bird flu infections and fatalities since December 2003 are 92
and 42, respectively.
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- The government has just decided to allocate additional
1 trillion 306 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (over 82.6 million US dollars)
for combating bird flu outbreaks in humans this year. The Vietnamese Ministry
of Finance, on 10 Nov 2005, said it ensured a budget of 4 trillion 915
billion VND (311 million dollars) to realize an urgent plan to cope with
bird flu in humans, including more than 1 trillion VND (63 million US dollars)
to be used from now to the end of 2005 for the prevention.
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- Martin Gilbert MRCVS, BVMS
- Field Veterinarian
- Field Veterinary Program,
- Wildlife Conservation Society - Cambodia
- House 21, Street 21 (Tonle Bassac)
- PO Box 1620
- Phnom Penh
- Cambodia
- email - mgilbert@wcs.org
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- (Dr Martin is gratefully acknowledged for sending the
above newswire and for providing the following informative observations:
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- "There are 3 species of cormorant in Indochina:
little cormorant, _Phalacrocorax niger_; Indian cormorant, _Phalacrocorax
fuscicollis_; and great cormorant, _Phalacrocorax carbo_. Each of these
appears to be resident in neighbouring Cambodia, although other populations
of great cormorants are known to be migrants. Indian cormorant is the commonest
of the 3 in Cambodia".
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- Great cormorants have been mentioned as one of the species
found infected with HPAI H5N1 in Lake Qinghai, northern China, in May 2005.
The exact identity of the involved birds and results of their laboratory
tests will be appreciated. - Mod.AS)
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- Patricia A. Doyle, PhD
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