Bird flu, which broke out in five townships, Yangon Division from 28-2-2007 to 31-3-2007, has been under controll and restriction on transport and sales of chickens, ducks, quills and their products in those areas was lifted on 22-4-2007.

Post-outbreak surveillance was carried out in areas three kilometers radius of the affected farms after outbreak containment based on serum and other samples of 44,000 poultry.

Although antigen was found from serum of a duck farm, no bird flu virus was found from other samples. Co-infection was found at a broiler farm but no evidence of NAI infection was found at the remaining 93 farms.

Restriction on transport and sale of ducks from the affected farms was imposed while outbreak surveillance was carried out as a rapid response. Poultry from the broiler farm were culled and disinfection and bio-security was carried out.

It can be assessed that the outbreak of bird flu in Yangon Division has been under controll but there is still residuals of bird flu virus.

In order to control the residuals of bird flu virus and to ensure no recurrence of bird flu, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department called on the people and breeders to carry out biosecurity of poultry farms, to inform the LBVD, the Township, Ward and Village PDCs, Myanmar Livestock Breeding Federation if the unusual death of poultry was found, not to sell and consume the affected poultry and its products, to systematically bury the dead bodies of poultry, to wear hand gloves and masks when entering poultry farms, to have personal hygiene whenever coming out of poultry farms and to cooperate with the relevant departments and organizations in control of the bird flu.