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NEW DELHI, June 18 (KUNA) -- Bangladesh authorities have culled 7,000
chickens as bird flu has spread to another district in the country.
The infected chickens were culled after bird flu was detected on two farms
in Jaipurhat district of Bangladesh, news agencies reported Monday from
capital Dhaka.
With this exercise, about 172,000 chickens have now been culled and more
than 1.6 million eggs destroyed in 68 farms in 14 districts since March across
Bangladesh, the news agencies said.
Bangladesh has more than 125,000 poultry firms producing 250 million
broilers and six billion eggs annually. Nearly four million Bangladeshis are
directly or indirectly associated with poultry farming. (end)
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