5,932 more fowls culled in 2 dists

At least 5,932 bird flu infected fowls were culled in Jhenidah and Pabna on Monday and yesterday as more reports pour in of the spread of the infection.
Our Jhenidah correspondent reports that around 4,232 poultry and domestic fowls were culled on Monday following infection of bid flu at the Three Friends Poultry Farm at Shailkupa in the district.
When the fowls started dying at the farm, samples of the dead poultry were sent first to Manikganj Livestock Regional Centre and later to the Savar centre. On confirmation of the bird flu infection the local administration arranged the culling of the fowl.
Earlier on Sunday night 1500 fowls were killed at a poultry farm at Moheshpur upazila.
Over 1,700 bird flu infected chickens have been culled in two poultry farms and some residences of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna in the early hours yesterday, reports our correspondent in Pabna.
Official sources said 955 layer poultry, 596 broiler poultry, and 200 domestic chickens and ducks were culled in Fatemohammadpur village in Ishwardi upazila.
The infection was first detected at one Manjur Rahman Shahin's poultry farm on Sunday.
Ishwardi upazila livestock office collected samples of chicken dying here to Joypurhat and Savar livestock research centres, which confirmed the presence of bird flu virus.
Local administration then arranged the culling. In addition to the chicken in poultry farms, they also culled over 200 domestic chicken, ducks, and pigeons in
areas adjacent to the farm. A red alert has been imposed in the one-kilometre radius area around the farm.
Bird flu infection was detected in this region in November last year also when over 5500 chickens were culled in Dolon village in Chatmohar upazila.
Meanwhile our Rajshahi correspondent reports that hundreds of crows have been dying in the city without any apparent cause.
About a hundred crows were found dead just outside the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) compound on Sunday.
Locals fear that the birds might have died of bird flu infection.
However Rajshahi District Livestock Officer Ataur Rahman has said that most of the birds were found to have died from malnutrition. He said that samples of the dead crows sent to the Field Disease Investigation Laboratory (FDIL) in Joypurhat on Sunday and again yesterday however confirmed that the crows were not infected with bird flu.