17 Feb 2009, 0251 hrs IST, TNN
MALDA: Residents of South Dinajpur fear a bird flu outbreak following the death of hundreds of chickens in the Harirampore block in the past couple of days. About 400 chickens have died in Baromahar village under Bairhatta panchayat in two days. All the dead birds showed symptoms of bird flu. On Sunday, 16 chickens of a villager, Hussein Ali, died.
While the reports of the blood samples sent to Bhopal are awaited, the district administration has started making the preliminary arrangements for culling.
DM Ashoke Banerjee said: "The blood samples have been sent to the Bhopal laboratory from Belgachia. However, department of Animal Resource has asked us to make all the necessary arrangements for culling. On Monday, 20 more chickens died in Bairhatta."
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