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Containment efforts, thus far, have failed to prevent the spread of the H5N1 virus to additional farms, as reported by Reuters.
Bangladesh culls more chickens as bird flu spreads
Tue 8 May 2007, 8:58 GMT
DHAKA, May 8 (Reuters) - Bangladesh has culled about 25,000 more chickens over the past four days as bird flu spread to eight additional farms, officials said on Tuesday.
One of the newly infected farms is in the Mirpur area of the capital Dhaka, while six were in Dhaka district, which surrounds the capital more than 10 million people.
The eighth affected farm is in Magura district, 200 km (125 miles) southwest of the capital.
"So far, nearly 132,000 chickens have been culled in 52 farms in 10 districts," a statement from the fisheries and livestock ministry said.
More than 200,000 eggs have also been destroyed in the past four days and more than 1.3 million since March 22.
