Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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Staff Correspondent
At least 11,000 chickens and 43,000 eggs have been destroyed due to bird flu contraction at a poultry farm in Charlaxmipur village of Rajbari sadar upazila Monday night.
Owner of the farm Dipak Kumar Kundu told The Daily Star that the culling incurred him a loss of around Tk 10 lakh.
District livestock officer Lutfur Rahman said they annihilated and buried the chickens and eggs after being confirmed of H5N1 virus infection in the farm.
The poultry of the farm started to die from Friday and the situation deteriorated on Saturday when a thousand more chickens died, said livestock officer of the sadar upazila Surendranath Saha.
Lutfur Rahman said the district livestock department sent some sick birds to Animal Disease Investigation Centre in Manikganj for further investigation as soon as they sensed bird flu virus infection.
"We started culling the infected birds around 9:30pm, soon after an order from Dhaka reached us," he said, adding that disinfectant chemicals had been sprayed all over the farm while the owners of adjacent farms were alarmed.
About the compensation to the victim farm owner, Lutfur Rahman said it depends on the government's allocation and may take five to six months.
A total of 167 cases of bird flu attack have been recorded so far this year, according to Bird Flu Control Room of the Department of Livestock (DLS).
At least 5.75 lakh chickens have been culled and 5.66 lakh eggs destroyed throughout the country in 2011 because of bird flu attack.
According to DLS, December to February is the peak season for the bird flu outbreak.
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Front Page
Staff Correspondent
At least 11,000 chickens and 43,000 eggs have been destroyed due to bird flu contraction at a poultry farm in Charlaxmipur village of Rajbari sadar upazila Monday night.
Owner of the farm Dipak Kumar Kundu told The Daily Star that the culling incurred him a loss of around Tk 10 lakh.
District livestock officer Lutfur Rahman said they annihilated and buried the chickens and eggs after being confirmed of H5N1 virus infection in the farm.
The poultry of the farm started to die from Friday and the situation deteriorated on Saturday when a thousand more chickens died, said livestock officer of the sadar upazila Surendranath Saha.
Lutfur Rahman said the district livestock department sent some sick birds to Animal Disease Investigation Centre in Manikganj for further investigation as soon as they sensed bird flu virus infection.
"We started culling the infected birds around 9:30pm, soon after an order from Dhaka reached us," he said, adding that disinfectant chemicals had been sprayed all over the farm while the owners of adjacent farms were alarmed.
About the compensation to the victim farm owner, Lutfur Rahman said it depends on the government's allocation and may take five to six months.
A total of 167 cases of bird flu attack have been recorded so far this year, according to Bird Flu Control Room of the Department of Livestock (DLS).
At least 5.75 lakh chickens have been culled and 5.66 lakh eggs destroyed throughout the country in 2011 because of bird flu attack.
According to DLS, December to February is the peak season for the bird flu outbreak.
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