HO CHI MINH CITY, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's southern Tay Ninh province is taking immediate measures to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu and foot and mouth disease from Cambodia.
Cambodia has just reported an outbreak of bird flu in the southeastern province of Svay Rieng, Vietnam News Agency quoted Nguyen Van May, director of Tay Ninh's Animal Health Department, as saying on Sunday.
In the Cambodian province, at least 68 poultry had died and another 322 had been culled, the Cambodian government said in a statement posted on the website of the World Organization for Animal Health on Jan. 31.
Tay Ninh is strengthening inspection and prevention of traders and residents from bringing poultry and cattle into Vietnam from Cambodia.
Vietnamese officials have been instructed to spray chemicals and disinfect vehicles coming from the infected areas.
All livestock and poultry farms as well as households have been ordered to vaccinate their cattle and poultry, spray chemicals regularly and clean their breeding facilities to prevent an outbreak.
