4,000 ducks and chickens test positive for bird flu in India
Posted February 20, 2011 9:13 am.
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An official said about 4,000 ducks and chickens have been killed at a government-run farm in the northeastern part of India after some tested positive for bird flu.
Health workers are also slaughtering poultry on other farms within a kilometre of the state-run farm in an attempt to halt the spread of the virus.
Some poultry on the government farm were infected with the h5 strain of bird flu and more tests were under way to determine whether it was the virulent h5n1 subtype.
The state government has banned the movement and sale of poultry and eggs from farms in the area.
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