1,300 fowls culled in Thakurgaon

At least 1,300 domestic fowls were culled and 199 eggs were destroyed in Haripur upazila under Thakurgaon district on Saturday night after bird flu was detected in a poultry farm in the area.
According to district livestock officials, poultry that died in Birhai village under Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon were tested and found to be carrying the avian flu virus.
Since then Haripur upazila administrative officials have made all-out preparations to combat the situation. They culled at least 1300 domestic fowls and destroyed 199 eggs within the one-kilometer radius from the place in Birhai village where the infected bird was first detected.
Our Chittagong correspondent reports that more crows have been found dead in the port city over the last few days including over one hundred crows at Dewanhat yesterday.
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is continuing its awareness programme. Yesterday they started oral announcements in different areas warning people about bird flu and what to do if they find any birds dead.
Four more control rooms have been opened at the offices of district administration, CCC, livestock department and civil surgeon.
Meanwhile, officials have collected sample of dead poultry from a farm in city's Bakalia area and sent it to Feni for laboratory tests, sources said.
The 100 dead crows were found at CSD Food Godown at Dewanhat Mansurabad area under Double Mooring Police Station. A labourer working at the place said that crows have dying here for the last ten days.
BSS adds that special assistant to the chief adviser for the ministry of fisheries and livestock Manik Lal Samaddar yesterday said that the government is considering increasing the compensation money for poultry infected by avian flu.