Kaliyakairera a half million chicken farm hen bird flu death
Gazipur representative
Kaliyakairera a chicken farm in Gazipur bird - flu virus infection have been identified. The destruction of the poultry farm has been nearly a half million.
Pranisampada the Department of the District, Kaliakoir the exercise of telira Bay - egro poultry farm muragite Avian influenza (bird - flu 's) symptoms are found in poultry farms in the Center for Animal Disease Research Center are sent to search. After a series of bird - flu viruses that exist in the farm authorities on Monday ordered the destruction of Gazipur District pranisampada Department. Last Monday night, killing almost a half million chickens in the Gazipur district office pranisampada.http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=bn&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dainikdestiny.com%2F
Killed 150,000 chickens: Bangladesh reports H5N1 bird flu
Dhaka (aho) - In a large poultry farm (Bay Agro-farm) in Gazipur 40 kilometers north of Dhaka, the H5N1 bird flu has been detected. As the Veterinary Administration of Bangladesh announced that all 150,000 spring animals were killed immediately. The current outbreak is the largest in the past five years.
Bangladesh was hit first in February 2007, a devastating H5N1 epidemic, had in the course of more than a million spring animals are killed in a variety of poultry farms. http://www.animal-health-online.de/gross/2012/12/26/150-000-huhner-getotet-bangladesh-meldet-h5n1-vogelgrippe/23471/
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Authorities in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila started culling more than 1.5 lakh poultry and destroying 5 lakh eggs from Monday night after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed.
The order came after tests showed that poultry at a privately-owned farm, Bay-Agro Industries Ltd, in Telirchala had died of avian influenza.
Around 150 workers had been engaged in killing the infected fowls.
Major (Rtd) Anisur Rahman, owner of the farm, said he noticed that fowls started dying in his farm since December 20.
Later, samples of the dead poultry were sent to Dhaka for laboratory test through Gazipur district livestock hospital.
As the tests confirmed the presence of bird flu virus in the samples, Gazipur district authorities gave instructions to the district livestock department to cull the birds and damaging the eggs.
At least two more days will be required to complete the culling operation, an official of the livestock department said.
Confirming the incident, Mejbah Uddin Khandokar, officer of Kaliakoir Upazila Livestock Department, said the reason for the outbreak was being investigated.
The department officials were also monitoring whether domestic chickens, ducks and other birds within one kilometre range of the affected farm had been infected, he added.
Md Nurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Gazipur, visited the spot of culling operation yesterday morning.
The authorities concerned would compensate the farm owner with Tk 250 for each culled bird and Tk 5 for each damaged egg, he added. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=262676
