Prime Minister puts brakes on avian flu vaccine in fighting cocks.

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: General News - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra today stressed that the owners of fighting cocks had not yet been given permission to begin vaccinating their birds against the avian flu virus, saying that the government committee responsible for deliberating the use of the vaccines would not reach a firm conclusion until next week.

Appearing to backtrack on what yesterday had seemed a green light for use of the vaccine in fighting cocks and chickens bred for their eggs, Mr. Thaksin said while the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) was now advocating the use of the vaccines in rare breeds, the matter was still being …