Hundreds of chicken culled after bird flu outbreak in Bihar
By Indo Asian News Service | IANS ? 1 hour 2 minutes ago
Patna, March 9 (IANS) Hundreds of chicken were culled and large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district following an outbreak of avian flu, officials said Saturday.
Purnea district magistrate Manish Verma said the administration had issued bird flu alert as a preventive measure.
"We are fully prepared to deal with an outbreak," he said.
He said bird flu was detected after 300 birds of a government poultry farm died suddenly a few days ago.
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By Indo Asian News Service | IANS ? 1 hour 2 minutes ago
Patna, March 9 (IANS) Hundreds of chicken were culled and large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district following an outbreak of avian flu, officials said Saturday.
Purnea district magistrate Manish Verma said the administration had issued bird flu alert as a preventive measure.
"We are fully prepared to deal with an outbreak," he said.
He said bird flu was detected after 300 birds of a government poultry farm died suddenly a few days ago.
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