HPAI in Cambodia Affects Backyard Poultry

20 August 2013
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Agriculture and fishing / Avian flu (bird flu) / Battambang / Battambang Province / crops / Crops; Products and commodities / DAHP / Damnak Dangkao / Damnak Dangkao village / Department of Animal Health and Production / H5N1 / Ministry of Health / National Veterinary Research Institute / NaVRI / OIE / Pasteur Institute of Cambodia / Poultry and eggs / Priority health concerns / public health / social development / World Organisation for Animal Health

The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Battambang affecting backyard poultry. An immediate notification was sent to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reporting that the causal agent has been identified as the HPAI virus, serotype H5N1. … The presence of the HPAI virus was confirmed after real-time PCR tests were conducted at the National Veterinary Research Institute (NaVRI) on 14 August and again at the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia (the OIE’s regional reference laboratory) on 15 August. A total of 2000 birds were found susceptible, out of which 1346 cases and deaths were reported. The remaining 654 birds were destroyed. …

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