The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Culling of fowls is continuing in different parts of the country after detection of bird flu virus.

In Savar, around 5,500 chickens of three poultry farms were annihilated yesterday following the detection of deadly H5N1, virus of bird flu. The calling was carried.

After the detection of avian influenza virus in 'Sheela Poultry Farm' at South Rajashan last week, the Livestock officials decided to cull all the chickens within one-kilometer radius of the affected farm.

Following the decision, the Livestock officials culled 850 chickens of Hens Garden, 4,000 of Arif Poultry Farm and 600 chickens of West Rajashan Poultry Farm yesterday.

Earlier, about 3,000 fowls of 14 poultry farms located within the one-kilometre radius of the Sheela Poultry Farm were culled.