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November 07, 2005

The poop on fish food

Reuters AlertNet - Chicken excrement for fish stirs concern in Vietnam

I guess that the fish like eating chicken droppings, but it might not be a good idea. In addition to being disgusting, it's a bird flu vector. We're talking a lot of chickensh*t:

The Ho Chi Minh City Law newspaper quoted Dong Nai province residents as saying farmers there threw at least 100 tonnes of chicken excrement a day into Tri An lake, whose waters flow into Dong Nai river and run through the country's biggest city.

Posted by Mac Thomason at November 7, 2005 08:17 AM

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A bird flu vector? Wow. Your icthy-stories usually aren't so topical.

Posted by: Susan at November 7, 2005 09:41 AM

Hey, I was doing bird flu before bird flu was cool. Like 2 1/2 years ago.

Posted by: Mac Thomason at November 7, 2005 09:43 AM

I know. I mean I don't remember an ichthy/bird flu (or ichthy/hot-news-topic) tie-in before this one.

Posted by: Susan at November 7, 2005 10:34 AM

Other than the snakehead stuff, I don't know. Some hurricane tie-ins. The trade war with Vietnam, etc.

Posted by: Mac Thomason at November 7, 2005 10:48 AM

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