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Singapore bans birds from Japan, other bird flu countries
Asian Economic News - February 2, 2004
SINGAPORE, Jan. 27 Kyodo
Singapore has banned imports of ornamental birds from Japan and other countries that have been affected by the bird flu virus, a spokesman for the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore said Tuesday.
The ban on import of exotic birds from Japan, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos was imposed earlier this month.
Singapore banned imports of such birds from South Korea in December last year and from Indonesia in October last year following bird flu outbreaks there.
Thailand and Malaysia are Singapore's biggest sources of ornamental birds, which are normally kept in cages as pets by Singaporeans, bird dealers say.
Japan is a negligible source of exotic birds because Singapore's warm and humid tropical climate is not normal for them. Japan has also not been a source of chicken imports for Singapore, which buys most of its chicken from Malaysia, Brazil and Thailand.
Thai chicken imports were banned earlier this month after the outbreak of bird flu there.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Kyodo News International, Inc.
COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group
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