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SONGKHLA, Feb 4 (TNA) – A number of chickens have died from unknown causes in a central Hat Yai district community, according to the chief veterinarian here.

Veterinarian Suthat Niyomthai said that authorities have collected the carcasses for lab tests and hope to know the actual cause within a week.

Fourteen chickens raised by local residents in a community near a Buddhist temple here, died Saturday and another died Sunday morning, according to the veterinarian.

Meanwhile, public health officials in the northern province of Phichit said a three-year-old boy now being treated at a hospital in Pho Thalae district for suspected bird flu disease was cleared of the contagion after shown to be actually suffering from H3 influenza, and is recovering satisfactorily.

Public Health Minister Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla said Saturday that bird flu virus had so far only been found in poultry and that there were no human cases so far.

Thailand's Department of Livestock Development confirmed Thursday that it found the H5N1 virus in samples of fighting cocks and native chickens in the central province of Ang Thong, the third location in which the deadly virus detected this year. The virus was earlier found in Phitsanulok and Nong Khai

provinces. (TNA) - E111

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SONGKHLA, Feb 4 (TNA) – A number of chickens have died from unknown causes in a central Hat Yai district community, according to the chief veterinarian here.

Veterinarian Suthat Niyomthai said that authorities have collected the carcasses for lab tests and hope to know the actual cause within a week.

Fourteen chickens raised by local residents in a community near a Buddhist temple here, died Saturday and another died Sunday morning, according to the veterinarian.

Meanwhile, public health officials in the northern province of Phichit said a three-year-old boy now being treated at a hospital in Pho Thalae district for suspected bird flu disease was cleared of the contagion after shown to be actually suffering from H3 influenza, and is recovering satisfactorily.

Public Health Minister Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla said Saturday that bird flu virus had so far only been found in poultry and that there were no human cases so far.

Thailand's Department of Livestock Development confirmed Thursday that it found the H5N1 virus in samples of fighting cocks and native chickens in the central province of Ang Thong, the third location in which the deadly virus detected this year. The virus was earlier found in Phitsanulok and Nong Khai

provinces. (TNA) - E111

Has there been any updates on the cause?

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From MCOT:

No new bird flu cases during January surveillance, officials report

BANGKOK, Feb 13 (TNA) – No new bird flu infections have been discovered in Thailand during the latest surveillance period from January 3 – February 3, 2007, Livestock Development Department director-general Pirom Srichan said Tuesday.

During the close watch campaign, a total of 55,204 bird samples collected from across the country were tested, and no poultry was found infected with the avian influenza H5N1 virus in any province--including Phitsanulok in the North, Nong Khai in the Northeast, and Ang Thong in the central plains, where bird flu infections in poultry were detected shortly before the surveillance period was imposed, Mr. Pirom said.

To intensify prevention efforts against the deadly virus, the director-general said the department will

extend its bird flu surveillance campaign for another month from February 4-March 5, during which time integrated measures, including thorough checks for bird flu in poultry, will be applied.

Alongside the surveillance campaign, the department also launched the "Safe Poultry Meat" campaign from January 8-February 9 ahead of this year's Chinese New Year celebration, which begins this weekend.

Since the campaign, department deputy director general Chaweewan Leowijuk said, the agency had already certified that more than four million fowls have not contracted the deadly bird flu virus, so safety of poultry consumption can be ensured during the Chinese New Year celebration period when poultry products are usually in high demand. (TNA)-E009

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