KANCHANABURI, Thailand - Mornings at Don Ngiew, a village in Phanom Thuan district in this western province, are eerily silent these days. The clucking of chickens that used to wake farmers up, signalling the start of another day at the rice fields, has been replaced by the mechanical whirr of alarm clocks.
»»The first outbreak of avian flu in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in early 2004 struck 45 poultry farms throughout the country, 38 of which were in and around the capital of Vientiane. The outbreak resulted in the loss of 155,000 birds, a third of which were infected by the disease.
»»PREY VENG, Cambodia - It was a wedding party without guests. The neighbours were afraid to come because they did not want to eat the food, especially chicken, served at the party. The hosts were being discriminated against, all because of an outbreak of bird flu.
»»BANGKOK, Nov 30 (IPS Asia-Pacific) - As the temperature drops and another cool season approaches, Vietnam's duck population is coming under attention because it is suspected to have become vulnerable to the avian influenza virus.
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