Tra Vinh: nearly 1,000 A/H5N1-infected poultry culled

According to the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Office under the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the samples taken from the two flocks tested positive to the virus on February 15.

The office immediately destroyed infected and dead birds, and instructed the households to sterilise their farms twice a day for a week.

Meanwhile, localities have intensified communication efforts to raise farmers’ awareness of the danger and spread of the disease.

Tra Vinh province has around 7.5 million poultry./.