AVIAN INFLUENZA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Govt to seek US help on bird flu

Thailand will seek US assistance in developing its capacity to combat bird flu, a senior official of the Livestock Development Department said yesterday. Nirundorn Aungtragoolsuk, head of the disease control and veterinary services bureau, said the US would be asked to help the department develop its laboratory work and capacity-building for epidemiologists, considered to be key elements in combating avian influenza.