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  • Bangladesh: Avian flu virus makes an alarming comeback

    Source: http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.co...ate=2011-02-26

    Avian flu virus makes an alarming comeback
    FHM Humayan Kabir

    Bangladesh poultry industry has gone through nearly Taka 1.0 billion in losses due to a fresh onslaught of the avian influenza virus over the last two months, industry people said Friday.

    Poultry industry leaders said the bird flu has spread to some districts including Dhaka, Gazipur and northern Bogra again over the last two months, dealing a severe blow to the struggling industry.

    The virus in the last two months has spread to different districts and attacked some 100 poultry farms taking a large toll on the country's major job creating sector, they said...

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    Re: Bangladesh: Avian flu virus makes an alarming comeback

    1 billion Taka equals a little more than $14,000,000 US Dollars. This is no small amount of loss in a country where the annual per capita income in 2008 was about $1500 USD. And according to the news article, these losses to bird flu were in the last 2 months.

    see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Bangladesh

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