DA declares Camarines Norte 'bird flu-free'

DA declares Camarines Norte 'bird flu-free'

Camarines Norte declared bird flu-free.

The province of Camarines Norte is now safe from the threat of avian influenza. This is after no new cases of illness were recorded among domesticated ducks at a backyard farm in Talisay town in the past 28 days following disinfection efforts by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI). Last December, a case of influenza subtype H5N2 was recorded at a backyard duck farm in Talisay. The affected ducks were immediately killed and buried and disinfectio…