Forty-seven tigers, three lions, and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus. The deaths occurred at the My Quynh safari park and the Vuon Xoai zoo between August and September.
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus.Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus.
The H5N1 virus killed 47 tigers, three lions and a panther at the My Quynh safari park and the Vuon Xoai zoo, according to state mediaThe deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh safari park in Long An province and the Vuon Xoai zoo in Dong Nai, near the capital Ho Chi Minh City, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday.
According to test results from the National Centre for Animal Health Diagnosis, the animals died “because of H5N1 type A virus”, VNA said.About 310 are kept at 16 privately owned farms and zoos, while the rest are in state-owned facilities. It also says H5N1 infections can range from mild to severe in humans, and in some cases can even be fatal.In 2004, dozens of tigers died from bird flu or were culled at the world’s largest breeding farm in Thailand.
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