Culling of birds starts in Bengal

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA, Sept 20: The culling of birds began on Tuesday in West Bengal’s Nadia district after the Union Health Ministry confirmed that samples had tested positive for bird flu, an official said. “We have started culling within a three-kilometre radius of Tehatta Block 1. We have taken other preventive measures within 10-km radius,” said AK Agarwal, secretary, Department of Animal Resources, West Bengal. Agarwal said that on September 14, 849 birds died. Their samples were sent to a laboratory in Kolkata. http://www.sentinelassam.com/mainnews/story.php?sec=1&subsec=0&id=90434&dtP=2011-09-21&ppr=1#90434