On April 9, information from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Quang Tri province said that through inspection and testing, avian influenza A/H5N1 virus was discovered in the duck flock of a household in Hai Quy commune (Hai Lang district, Quang Tri province).
On April 3, after receiving information from Mr. Doan Cuong's household in Tram Ly village (Hai Quy commune) about the dead ducks, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine coordinated with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Hai Lang district to conduct an inspection and take samples of the disease and send them to the Department of Animal Health Region III for testing.
On April 6, test results showed the presence of the A/H5N1 virus in a sample taken from Mr. Cuong's duck flock.
At the time of the inspection, Mr. Cuong's ducks had about 3,500 cows, of which about 500 had symptoms of disease. During the surgery, the parts such as the liver and heart of the duck were swollen.
According to the owner, the total flock of ducks had 5,000, from March 29 to April 3, about 1,500 of which died, but the owner treated them self without reporting to the local authorities.
Immediately after identifying the outbreak, on April 7, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine and local authorities destroyed more than 3,400 sick ducks according to regulations. Measures to clean barns, disinfect, disinfect, and vaccinate against avian influenza for neighboring poultry flocks have been implemented.
