Original report from Phnom Penh
02 February 2010
Cambodian agricultural authorities on Tuesday were testing samples of dead ducks, after 10,000 fowl were found dead in Takeo province near the Vietnam border.
The ducks, which were raised in open spaces in Koh Andeth district, are suspected to have died from avian influenza, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture said.
“We forbid villages from cooking dead or sick ducks for food, from touching directly dead or sick ducks, and from selling dead or sick ducks, in order to avoid a contagious disease,” said Kao Phal, director of the ministry’s veterinary department.
Authorities have not identified the cause of death, he said, but the thousands of dead ducks were put in a hole, sprayed with a chemical to kill viruses and then burned.
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