Friday, January 2, 2009

West Bengal: Bird flu scare in Siliguri

Saturday , January 3 , 2009

Siliguri, Jan. 2: Poultry samples have been sent for tests after 50 birds were killed in a village on the outskirts of Siliguri in the past week.

The administration has formed teams to search for more dead chickens. The 50 deaths were reported from Patiramjote village in Matigara, 8km from Siliguri town. The subdivisional officer said the samples were sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal two days ago and the report would come soon.


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