Bangladesh - H5N1 Spread Poultry Apr 21+

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A lot of animals dying due to the "heat wave"

Note: Chickens are very susceptible to heat.

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Tk 75 lakh sanctioned for
bird flu compensation
Obaidul Ghani
The government has sanctioned Tk 75 lakh in compensation for some 1.20 lakh farm birds culled during the recent outbreak of avian flu that jolted the country?s booming poultry sector.
Sources in the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock said the government in the first week of May issued the clearance order for the amount to the deputy commissioners of nine bird flu-affected districts?Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Jamalpur, Tangail, Noakhali, Gaibandha, Jessore and Magura.
The amount is to be distributed among the affected farmers scrutinized by eight-member district level committees.
According to the decision of the government, farmers will get a compensation of Tk 80 for per piece of backyard poultry birds, Tk 70 for per piece of broiler and layer birds, Tk 60 for a duck, Tk 15 for a day-old chick, Tk 50 for per piece of pigeon and Tk 3 for a piece of eggs.
Besides this, according to the agreement between the government and the hatchery owners, the affected farmers would be given free of cost one-day chicks equivalent of the poultry birds culled.
The government will also provide the affected farmers with necessary feed and medicine free of cost for a month.
?It is expected that the compensation amount would be distributed among the farmers within a week,? said a ministry high official, adding that it would help them to restart their businesses and offset the losses.
The government so far culled 1,19,716 poultry birds of 49 farms, while some 77,356 poultry farms of the country have been inspected so far.
Of the affected farms, 19 are in Dhaka, 4 in Gazipur, 5 in Jamalpur, 7 in Jamalpur, 10 in Jessore, and one each in Noakhali, Gaibandha, Tangail and Magura.
Bangladesh officially confirmed the first case of bird flu on March 22, after samples from Biman poultry complex were sent to the National Institute of Animal Health in Bangkok and tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
Bangladesh is home to some 1.50 lakh poultry farms which employ more than two million people. The industry?s annual turnover is estimated at Tk 3,000 crore and total investment Tk 8,000 crore. http://www.newagebd.com/busi.html#5

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Bangladesh culls more chickens as bird flu spreads

Tue 8 May 2007, 8:58 GMT

DHAKA, May 8 (Reuters) - Bangladesh has culled about 25,000 more chickens over the past four days as bird flu spread to eight additional farms, officials said on Tuesday.
One of the newly infected farms is in the Mirpur area of the capital Dhaka, while six were in Dhaka district, which surrounds the capital more than 10 million people.
The eighth affected farm is in Magura district, 200 km (125 miles) southwest of the capital.
"So far, nearly 132,000 chickens have been culled in 52 farms in 10 districts," a statement from the fisheries and livestock ministry said.
More than 200,000 eggs have also been destroyed in the past four days and more than 1.3 million since March 22.
The H5N1 virus was first detected at six farms at Savar near Dhaka on March 22 and the virus has continued to spread across the country.
There have been no cases of human infection.
"We are struggling day and night to contain the disease, but it has continued to spread," a senior ministry official said.
He said efforts by veterinary and health officials had prevented bird flu spreading through all of the country's 64 districts.
Authorities have pledged to pay 70 taka (nearly US$1) for each culled bird.
C.S. Karim, adviser to the interim government and head of the fisheries and livestock ministry said on Monday all affected farms would be given money to restart their businesses.
Indian authorities were testing dead poultry for bird flu in an eastern state after more than 3,000 birds were found dead, officials said on Tuesday.
The dead chickens were found over the past two days at poultry farms in remote Matigara village in West Bengal, close to the border with Bangladesh. http://africa.reuters.com/commoditie...DHA219057.html

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