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Dr Htein Lin said all infected birds had been destroyed, and controls had been imposed to keep suspect stock out of the market.
According to the state-owned media, 10,023 quail had died as of February 25 and 23,000 were destroyed, while 1243 chickens died of the disease and 1488 more were slaughtered in the 55-hectare (134-acre) zone.
“According to our figures, there are more than 140,000 chickens in the zone, but we don’t know the exact number of quail,” said Dr Htein Lin.
“Not all farms were affected. Controls have been put in place to stop the spread of the disease, and no infected products will be put on sale outside the zone. The regional government is also involved, and we have released full details of our response. The situation is under control,” he said.
Dr Htein Lin said the zone authorities were applying experience gained during H5N1 outbreaks in 2006 and 2010 in dealing with the current situation.
Dr Kyaw Htin, head of the Mandalay Region Livestock Federation, said fowl deaths outside the zone were due to Newcastle disease and respiratory ailments common at this time of year.
“There is no unusual H5N1 activity in Mandalay Region, and no humans in Monywa are reported as infected. Bio-security is the key to dealing with H5N1. Livestock products such as eggs, chicken meat, and poultry guts derived from illegal trade are dangerous, especially those coming from China,” he said.
Chickens are mostly bred in Patheingyi and Madaya in Mandalay Region in more than 200 poultry farms, he said, adding that one possible source of infection was the practice of some chicken butchers to build temporary slaughter huts beside creeks.
“H5N1 genes are always changing. One day, we will have to adopt a closed-farm system for fowl and quail livestock,” he said.
Courtesy of mmtimes.com
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