New Methods Needed to Combat Bird Flu

Greed, as well as the need by small farmers to earn once a year extra cash from selling poultry for Tet (Lunar New Year) has and will continue to subvert the means to contain or stop bird flu and even new flu mutations. Introducing a market for collecting and fermenting/digesting manure can defeat the virus and serve needs of farmers.

clipped from www.gmanews.tv Vietnam finds bird flu virus in Chinese chickens 01/13/2009 | 03:51 PM Email this | Email the Editor | Print | ShareThis HANOI, Vietnam — Animal health officials in Vietnam detected the bird flu virus in chickens smuggled from neighboring China, highlighting the danger of outbreaks as the Lunar New Year approaches, an official said Tuesday. Eight of 16 samples taken from nearly 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of poultry confiscated by authorities late last month in the border province of Lang Son tested positive for the H5N1 virus, said Do Van Duoc, director of the provincial animal health department.