Nepal: Another H5N1 bird flu outbreak in poultry in Kathmandu

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Source: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/in...&news_id=49770

Another bird flu case in capital

ARJUN POUDEL
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Another bird flu case has been confirmed in a poultry farm in Balaju on Monday, a third such case in three days in Kathmandu.

A total of 6,060 chickens were culled and 950 kgs of chicken feed destroyed in the farm owned by Subarna Basnet at Napaltar of Manamaiju VDC-1 after the virus was detected in the farm..

...This is also a sixth case of bird flu in one and a half months and, overall, a ninth case, in Kathmandu.

Published on 2013-02-11 12:58:00

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Source: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/ful...&NewsID=365539

Over 6‚000 chickens culled as bird flu hits ninth farm
Last Updated At: 2013-02-11 12:11 PM
This is the ninth incident of bird flu in the Kathmandu Valley.

KATHMANDU: Team from the Department of Livestock Service have culled 6,060 chickens and destroyed 950 kg of poultry feed at a farm in Manamaiju-1, Nepaltar of Kathmandu on Monday after the bird flu was confirmed....

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Another bird flu case confirmed in Valley
ARJUN POUDEL

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: A team from the District Veterinary Office, Kathmandu on Tuesday culled 1,680 chickens following the confirmation of the bird flu virus in a poultry farm owned by Ram Raja KC of Setidevi VDC-4.

The outbreak is fourth in the last four days and seventh over the past one-and-a-half-months. The rapid response team that comprises vets and technicians had also destroyed 200 kg of chicken feed stored in the farm.

The Directorate of the Animal Health (DoAH) said poultry farmer and their relatives do not give easy access to the vet officials for culling the chickens. Though the infection of H5N1 virus was confirmed on Sunday evening, the team culled the chickens only on Tuesday. DoAH officials said the rapid response team was busy on Monday destroying 7,500 chickens at Subarnan Basnet?s poultry farm at Manamaiju-1, Nepaltar...