Saturday, April 14, 2007
Cambodia confirms new bird flu outbreak
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(AFP - www.iol.co.za) from Cambodia.
Cambodia on Saturday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu among poultry a little more than a week after a 13-year-old girl died of the deadly H5N1 virus. The government said the fresh outbreak was discovered earlier this week in chickens and ducks raised in a family's backyard farm in Kampong Cham province, 124 kilometres (77 miles) east of the capital Phnom Penh. "We have a new outbreak of bird flu," Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries Minister Chan Sarun told AFP. The discovery came after the Cambodian girl died of bird flu last Thursday, becoming the kingdom's seventh fatality from the H5N1 virus. Her death prompted the government to launch a week-long bird flu awareness blitz. Following the latest outbreak, authorities killed some 100 chickens and ducks at the backyard farm in the...
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Dying Star Creates Fantasy-like Sculpture of GasPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Alfie
(AFP - www.iol.co.za) from Cambodia.
Cambodia on Saturday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu among poultry a little more than a week after a 13-year-old girl died of the deadly H5N1 virus. The government said the fresh outbreak was discovered earlier this week in chickens and ducks raised in a family's backyard farm in Kampong Cham province, 124 kilometres (77 miles) east of the capital Phnom Penh. "We have a new outbreak of bird flu," Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries Minister Chan Sarun told AFP. The discovery came after the Cambodian girl died of bird flu last Thursday, becoming the kingdom's seventh fatality from the H5N1 virus. Her death prompted the government to launch a week-long bird flu awareness blitz. Following the latest outbreak, authorities killed some 100 chickens and ducks at the backyard farm in the...
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