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December 27, 2012

Bangladesh slaughters 150,000 birds over avian flu
Dhaka (AFP) Dec 26, 2012
Bangladesh's livestock authorities are slaughtering around 150,000 chickens at a giant poultry farm near Dhaka after the worst outbreak of avian flu in five years, officials said Wednesday. The deadly H5N1 strain of flu was detected at Bay Agro farm at Gazipur, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Dhaka, on Monday after dozens of chickens died, prompting the company to send samples to a laboratory for tests. "There are about 150,000 chickens at the farm. We have already killed and destroyed 120,000 ... read more

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