Altogether 929 chickens at a farm raising 1,500 chickens in Htaukkyant Ward, Mingaladon Township, Yangon Division died from 28 to 30 March 2007.

According to laboratory test, it was described as H5N1 suspected case, and the remaining chickens at the affected farm and those from three farms that are contiguous with the affected farm totaling 6,663 were culled as the disease preventive measures.

Chickens, ducks and quails of suspected farms that are one kilometre away from the affected farm and domestic chickens and ducks were monitored and culled, and restriction was placed on transport and sale of poultry and poultry products in six-kilometre radius of the restricted zone. It has been assessed that bird flu virus spread to the affected farm due to transport and sale of chickens, ducks and quails on Yangon-Pyay Road and at the Hlawga Junction in Mingaladon Township where there was an outbreak of bird flu.

When compared to the incidents in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions in previous years, the outbreak of bird flu in Yangon Division is insignificant.

During the period of one year when the outbreak of bird flu occurred in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, thanks to early detection, early warning, early response and the cooperation among the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, the Health Department, the Yangon City Development Committee and Myanmar Livestook Breeding Federation local authorities as well as technical cooperation among OIE, FAO, WHO, JICA, UNICEF, Aus AID, USAID, Care Myanmar, Japan, Australia, China and Thailand, the spread of disease could be controlled.

The Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department urged the people to come forward with information to the department if unusual death of chickens, ducks and quails was found in order to control the spread of bird flu, not to sell the remaining chickens, to intensify bio-security, to carry out disinfection at farms and to cooperate with LBVD, the Health Department, the Yangon City Development Committee and local authorities.