Tuesday, December 27, 2011

#Birdflu detected in Meherpur #h5n1

Bird flue detected in Meherpur
Wednesday, 28 December 2011      
MEHERPUR, DEC 27: Bird flue has been detected here in a poultry farm of Meherpur district recently.
As many as 3000 birds were killed in the farm. According to the farm sources, a few days ago, suddenly some poultry birds died in Shawjon Poultry Farm belonging to the President of Poultry Farms Owners’ Association, Aminul Islam Khokon. On suspicion, he sent the dead birds to Livestock Office for examination. After examining the birds, bird flue virus was detected.
Following the report, an emergency meeting was held with Additional Deputy Commissioner, Hossain Ali Khondokar, in the chair at Deputy Commissioner’s office on December 27. The meeting decided to destroy all the birds of the attacked farm.
As per decision, a team of the District Livestock Office, led by Magistrate Sujit Howlader seized all the birds and eggs of the farm. The team members destroyed the birds and eggs and buried those in a big hole there. According to the Livestock Department, the situation was not frightful and they intensified their watch so that it could not spread anymore.   http://www.theindependentbd.com/national/86934-bird-flue-detected-in-meherpur.html

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