Tuesday, November 20, 2012

H5N1 strikes Bangladesh poultry farm

November 19, 2012
CIDRAP

Livestock officials in Bangladesh yesterday announced an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial poultry farm in Dhaka division, according to their report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The outbreak, which began on Oct 23, killed 156 of 4,191 susceptible birds, and the remaining ones were culled to curb the spread of the virus. Officials haven't yet determined how the flocks were infected. The country's last H5N1 outbreak occurred in April, when the virus struck nine poultry farms in Dhaka, Khulna, and Rajshahi divisions.

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/nov2012scanbr-jw.html

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