Friday, February 25, 2011

1050 chickens culled in Netrakona

Fri, Feb 25th, 2011 7:30 pm BdST
Netrakona, Feb 25 (bdnews24.com) – Some 1,050 chickens of a poultry farm in Netrakona have been culled as those were found infected with H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu.

Besides, 628 eggs of the same poultry farm were destroyed with the help of Upazila livestock department on Thursday night.

According to reports, Shafiqul Islam of Jahangirpur village of Sadar Upazila had over 4000 chickens in his farm. Some chickens of the farm died over the last few days.

The infection was confirmed when Islam brought a sample of the tissue to the district livestock department for analysis.

Officials there immediately directed the Upazila livestock department to cull the infected chickens so that the infection cannot spread in the surrounding areas.

Local livestock department officials led by Sadar Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Mozammel Hossain Khan culled the chickens and destroyed the eggs.

District livestock department officer Sebak Bhadra told bdnews24.com: "The culled chickens were buried immediately, so that the disease doesn't create panic among the locals."

On Feb 7, some 8,500 chickens of two poultry farms in Narayanganj, infected with H5N1 virus, were culled.

Over 8,000 infected chickens of a poultry farm in Kishoreganj were culled on Feb 3.

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