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Vietnam kills wild storks to prevent bird flu spread
Houston Chronicle
August 5, 2006

Vietnam's animal health workers have killed 53 wild storks at a theme park in Ho Chi Minh City after random tests showed two of the birds carried an avian influenza virus strain, officials said today.

An official at the park said the findings of the H5 component, part of the H5N1 poultry virus, led to the slaughter of the birds even though they all appeared healthy.

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