Thailand's North alerted of bird flu outbreak

Thailand's North has alerted of the bird flu outbreak after almost 100 poultries died recently in a northern province of Nan.

As Thailand's North is now experiencing the winter, during Oct.7 to Nov. 5 some 79 poultries died in six districts of Nan province, a senior official at Nan's livestock department said Thursday, Thai News Agency reported.

The department collected some examples of the dead poultries and sent them to a nearby province of Lam-pang, where a regional office of the National Institute of Animal Health, is located, to examine, the official said.

It will take about two weeks to know if the dead poultries were affected with the bird flu or A/H1N1 influenza, the official said.

Source: Xinhua