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  • China - Officials say 27,500 chickens culled due to leukosis in Guangzhou, Guangdong province

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    Zengcheng a chicken farm bird flu epidemic of non-culled all 27,500
    2012-01-02 10:40:13  Source: Guangzhou Daily Online

      Is not the bird flu avian leukosis
      The disease does not infect humans
      Incident farms culled 27,500 chickens all   
      By the city has a chicken farm chicken disease deaths occurred, a time when Hong Kong, Shenzhen has bird flu-related cases, has aroused public concern. Reporter yesterday learned from the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture, not the dead chickens infected with avian influenza, but avian leukosis complicated by infectious laryngotracheitis. Agricultural sector, said the disease occurred in poultry, not a class of animal diseases in China, does not infect humans and endanger human health. Currently all of the incident farm chickens have all been culled.
      It is understood that the incidence of deaths of chickens occurred is by the new Town Village, a simple farm, about 2,000 chickens infected, the collision that occurred on December 28 last year. After receiving the report, the city of Guangzhou City, and by Authority of the veterinary animal health technicians rushed to the scene and verification of clinical diagnosis, and to take samples for laboratory testing to exclude the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in chickens and Newcastle disease and other potent infectious diseases.
      After diagnosis, the occurrence of poultry flocks leukemia complicated field of avian infectious laryngotracheitis. To prevent the spread of the disease spread to other poultry farms, by the city Bureau of Agriculture and animal health supervision institution in the field the day before yesterday has culled all 27,500 chickens and the implementation of block, such as sterilization and safe disposal of disease control measures. Agricultural sector, said that at present, the city's veterinary and animal health supervision institution to further strengthen the inspection and regulation, rule out the risk of animal epidemic prevention, Guangzhou, found no abnormalities other livestock.
    Editor: Zhou Menghua

    Zhttp://news.southcn.com/g/2012-01/02/content_35912950.htm
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