13.03.2006

Myanmar (Burma) has found the H5N1 avian influenza virus in chickens in what is believed to be the secretive country's first case.
The case emerged on March 8 after 112 chickens died on a farm in Aung Myae Thar Zan township near Mandalay, about 430 miles (700 km) north of Yangon.
Officials destroyed a flock of 780 birds and sent samples for testing at government laboratories in Mandalay and Yangon.
Dr. Tang Zhengping, the FAO representative in Yangon, said samples had also been sent to laboratories in Australia and Thailand.