Agriculture Ministry establishes 2 H5N1 ‘contamination zones’

6 March 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural policy and administration / Agriculture and fishing / Avian influenza (bird flu) / Crop products and commodities / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Poultry production / Priority health concerns / Social development
Cambodian Agriculture Research and Development Institute / Food and Agriculture Organization Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease in Phnom Penh / Ouk Rabon / Sieng Borin

The Ministry of Agriculture has created designated bird flu contamination zones in Phnom Penh and Kandal province following the deaths of hundreds of birds due to the H5N1 virus, officials said Wednesday. Agriculture Minister Ouk Rabon signed two directives late last month saying that poultry being moved in or out of a 3 km radius from the outbreak epicenters had to be tested to prevent further spread of the virus. … Sieng Borin, Phnom Penh agriculture department chief, said that about 200 chickens, ducks and geese used for research at the Cambodian Agriculture Research and Development Institute in the capital’s Dangkao district had to be culled and burned on February 19 to prevent a possible spread to other poultry or birds living in the area. “Right now, there is no bird flu outbreak anymore because we took measures immediately,” Mr. Borin said Wednesday, adding that poultry was still not allowed to enter or leave the facility due to the bird flu zone the ministry had created. A second zone has been established in Kandal province’s Koh Thom district where almost 200 ducks have died since February 15, Hing Hieng, Kompong Kong commune chief, said Wednesday. …

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