ApocaDocs: Vietnam finds bird flu in chicken smuggled from China

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Posted Wed Jan 14 2009: from Macau Daily Times:


	Vietnam finds bird flu in chicken smuggled from China http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1231940192 Vietnam has detected bird flu in chicken smuggled from China as the illegal trade picks up ahead of the lunar New Year later this month, state media reported yesterday. Eight out of 16 poultry samples tested by animal health officials in the northern border province of Lang Son were infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, said the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper. The provincial people's committee has sent an urgent message to local authorities, asking them to crack down on poultry smuggling to prevent the spread of infected poultry, the state-controlled newspaper said.

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Chase says: "Sorry, that was a little obtuse. The likelihood of 8 of 16 poultry samples is *way* higher."

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'Doc Michael says:

I pray that those eight samples were the only birds smuggled with H5N1. Oh, and that I get a royal flush at next Saturday's poker game.