Bangkok, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Thai Authorities resumed environmentalists strict sanitary controls of the poultry population in order to keep the country free of bird flu H5NI, cutting any possible early outbreak in swans.
The Department of National Parks and conservation of fauna and plants reactivated the mechanisms of prevention campaign that began deploying in 1991, when the H5NI was revealed as a threat in the Indochinese region.Although not mentioned in the announcement of this dependence, the recent report of four fatal cases in neighboring Cambodia, had sufficient information in the media here, and to establish a cause and effect.
Saliva samples were immediately collected from about 300 swallows, in Silom, an area near the capital, for submission to laboratory at the Institute of Animal Health and Kasetsart University.
The results will be announced next week, said the head of the department, Teerapat Prayoonsit, leading a team of 100 veterinarians employed in the capture of birds for research, while another 800 are monitoring the situation in the rest of the country.
Two years ago, it was estimated that there were 500,000 swallows in Silom but have been reduced to about 5,000 due to pruning of trees and electric poles extractions.
Thailand recorded 25 affected by bird flu and 17 deaths since 2004, and in recent years there were no infections or deaths from this cause, according to authorities. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1094911&Itemid=1
