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- Bangladesh culls 117,000 chickens after avian flu outbreak
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- Drive to cull 1 lakh fowls begins
- District Livestock Department yesterday started a drive to cull over one lakh poultry birds and destroy two lakh of eggs at Yakubpur branch of Kazi Breeders Limited here to stop the the spread of bird flu virus.
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- Vietnam: Hanoi woman tests positive for H5N1
- Via Viet Nam New s : Ha Noi woman tests positive for bird flu . A 25-year-old woman from Soc Son District, Ha Noi was tested positive for avian influenza virus type H5N1 or bird flu on Thursday, according to the Preventive Medicine and Environment at the Ministry of Health.
- Bird flu hits Thakurgaon poultry farm
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- Bangladesh: Bird flu hits Thakurgaon poultry farm
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- Indonesia: Jakarta slaughterhouses to launch next month
- Via BeritaJakarta.com: April, all chicken vendors to be relocated . Excerpt: Jakarta capital city administration is determined to curb the spread of the H5N1 virus, or commonly known as bird flu.
- Indonesia: Bird flu still rampant in Jambi Province
- Via Antara: Bird flu still rampant in Jambi Province . Excerpt: Bird flu had remained a serious threat in Jambi province because 2,000 chickens had died over the past month, a local health official said.
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This map shows the recent extent (as of April 21, 2006) to which the bird flu virus has spread to wild and domestic birds as well as humans. Map credit: www.pandemicflu.gov