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Bangladesh destroys 140,000 birds, eggs after flu virus detection since November
(Xinhua)
16:19, February 01, 2012
DHAKA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's authorities destroyed nearly 140,000 birds and eggs until last month since mid November when this season's first outbreak of bird flu was detected, an official said Wednesday.
Ataur Rahman, assistant director at the control room of Bangladesh's Fisheries and Live Stock Department, told Xinhua that "Some 67,327 birds, including 12,714 at the latest on Tuesday, were culled in about a dozen flu-hit farms since the middle of November last year."
During the same period, he said, "A total of 69,390 eggs were also destroyed..."
People's Daily Online
Bangladesh destroys 140,000 birds, eggs after flu virus detection since November
(Xinhua)
16:19, February 01, 2012
DHAKA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's authorities destroyed nearly 140,000 birds and eggs until last month since mid November when this season's first outbreak of bird flu was detected, an official said Wednesday.
Ataur Rahman, assistant director at the control room of Bangladesh's Fisheries and Live Stock Department, told Xinhua that "Some 67,327 birds, including 12,714 at the latest on Tuesday, were culled in about a dozen flu-hit farms since the middle of November last year."
During the same period, he said, "A total of 69,390 eggs were also destroyed..."