Watt Poultry A number of human infections with flu viruses of avian origin have also been confirmed in the region. Since mid-June, Cambodia’s veterinary authority has confirmed six further highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry flocks.
Based on official notifications to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), these bring the nation’s total outbreaks over the past 12 months to 16. Directly impacted have been close to 8,000 domestic birds. In the recent outbreaks, village flocks affected ranged in size from 25 to more than 650 birds. Two were in Pursat — the first infections in this western province. There were also two outbreaks in each of Takeo and Siem Reap, which are located in the far south and northwest of the country, respectively.
Detection of the H5N1 serotype of the HPAI virus at one of the Takeo province outbreaks was confirmed after an infection was suspected in a resident of the village. Sick or dead poultry at the other locations raised suspicions of HPAI in the other village flocks.