Bird flu-hit localities in Vietnam rise to 14

Hanoi : Bird flu has hit Vietnam's northern Hung Yen province, raising the total number of affected localities nationwide to 14, according to a local veterinary agency Friday.

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The disease killed many ducklings raised by a household in the province's Phu Cu District last month, the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said. The specimens from the affected poultry have tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1.

The provincial veterinary bureau has culled all fowl in affected flocks, disinfected the areas and established quarantine checkpoints around the areas.

Bird flu first struck Vietnam in December 2003.