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Burkina culls fowl as flu test delays
By Mathieu Bonkoungou
Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso started to cull poultry on Thursday in the area where birds died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, as the disease's spread in Africa and diagnosis delays raised concerns in the region.
The West African country confirmed on Monday that it had found the virus in poultry at a motel on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou, making it the fifth African country to report the disease after Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Egypt.
The Burkinabe authorities' efforts to cull the birds on Thursday quickly ran into problems as the poison added to the drinking water of the motel's chickens and pigeons did not work first time, and a fresh batch of poison had to be found.
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By Mathieu Bonkoungou
Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso started to cull poultry on Thursday in the area where birds died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, as the disease's spread in Africa and diagnosis delays raised concerns in the region.
The West African country confirmed on Monday that it had found the virus in poultry at a motel on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou, making it the fifth African country to report the disease after Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Egypt.
The Burkinabe authorities' efforts to cull the birds on Thursday quickly ran into problems as the poison added to the drinking water of the motel's chickens and pigeons did not work first time, and a fresh batch of poison had to be found.
more at http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1144424703559B216