FWD: Kedah culls 411 pet birds seized at border

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Wednesday July 28, 2004

Kedah culls 411 pet birds seized at border

 

 

ALOR STAR: A total of 411 pet birds were seized at the Malaysian-Thai border in

Bukit Kayu Hitam and put to sleep.

 

The move by the Kedah authorities is among the measures taken to prevent avian

flu from spreading to Malaysia.

 

Four hundred birds were found inside 30 boxes in a rented car early this month

while 11 others were seized late last month, also from a rented car.

 

Kedah Agriculture, Rural Development and Co-operative Development Committee

chairman Datuk Mahadzir Khalid said the birds included those from the merbuk

(dove) species which are famed for their melodious singing.

 

He said the relevant government agencies had stepped up surveillance and taken

measures to ensure that the dreaded flu, which has recurred in Thailand, did not

spread to Malaysia.

 

The agencies included the Veterinary Services Department, Royal Malaysian

Customs, Wildlife Department, Marine Department, Anti-Smuggling Unit and police.

 

& #147;The disease has spread to 18 Thai provinces, including those in southern

Thailand. Some 120,000 chickens have been culled in Thailand so far this

month, & #148; Mahadzir said after chairing an Avian Flu Prevention Action

Committee meeting here yesterday.

 

He said the disease had not been detected from checks conducted at 32 pet

shops, 103 wet markets and 251 of the 308 poultry farms in Kedah.

 

The freeze on import permits for birds and chicken eggs & #150; which was

imposed since January was still effective, he added.

 

Mahadzir said 160.6kg of pork products, 91.3kg of meat products, 77.5kg of

chicken products and 398 chicken eggs had been seized at the Bukit Kayu Hitam

border checkpoint from January to this month.

 

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