Chinese Chicken culling blend into the chicken, the potential risk of an outbreak of bird flu. Photo: DHChicken culling, hidden like highly pathogenic avian influenza
Tuesday, 09/10/2012 06:41
Smuggled chickens contain pathogenic strains with stronger, higher ability to infect humans and cause higher mortality rates - this is the Animal Health Department (MARD) in early warning.
However, instead of limiting smuggled chicken waste, the situation is even more rampant, not just chicken waste, is just not massive origin still smuggled into Vietnam.
Stock chicken waste, to similar smuggling rife Bird flu is complicated with the risk of infection to humans is very high, while the vaccine is disabled with this new strain.
Information "shocking" DAH aired recently, when smuggling chicken waste from China (China) in our country the last few months than ever massively. important thing is not Chicken culling, the recruiter China is entering a series of type chickens unknown origin from the Mong Cai border gate in Quang Ninh. Control squads of 2 - Customs Department Quang Ninh for trading or illegal, including chicken is particularly rife week makes the team most as white nights throughout the week. recently, team organization for security , caught 4 cases carrying chickens smuggled from the border down
The total number of chickens smuggled more than 60,000 chickens proof of origin illegally imported from China. Tightly controlled by the Tan Thanh border gate (Lang Son) should all trade areas to Mong Cai. Mong Cai Chinese Chicken included in price range 100.000d/con 2kg, radiating down their prices up consumption than in parallel with the "guise" of chicken. Own chickens is 4.000d/con wholesale prices, retail local team up 10.000d/con. At bargain prices thus making it more massive smuggling.
Meanwhile, the Department of Animal Health said that the new H5N1 virus appears, but still belongs to the old branch, but there are differences compared to the pathogenic virus in the U.S. in 2011. According to Prof. Dr. Long Thanh, Director of Veterinary Diagnostic Center central, new strains appeared in July but has spread at breakneck speed from the North Central Region. "This group of viruses can features make bird flu continues to spread in the future is very high and this virus highly lethal than the old strain. It is worrying that this new virus has appeared and spread rapidly in China since the beginning of the year and we are using the vaccine does not work against them, "he said. ...
