February 17, 2012

Bangladesh culls fowls over bird flu outbreak

Local authorities have destroyed 21,885 parent stocks of fowl and 6,227 eggs at Andharmanik, Manikganj, Bangladesh due to a bird flu outbreak on Tuesday (Feb 14).

"After I informed the district livestock officials on Monday, they visited the firm on Tuesday morning and took samples of parent stock to the Field Diseases Investigation Lab (FDIL) in Manikganj for examination," said Dr Raja Pramanik, deputy general manager of Green Valley Agro Complex.

As FDIL officials found bird flu germ in the parent stock, director (Health and Administration) of Livestock Directorate Dr Mosaddek Hossain asked the local administration and district livestock office to cull the bird flu-affected parent stock and eggs, said District Livestock Officer (DLO) Dr Mrinal Kumar Nath.

Dr Mosaddek also directed banning all activities of the firm for the next three months, Dr Mrinal said.

Executive Magistrate Nargis Parvin, Dr Mrinal Kumar Nath, proprietor and managing director of the agro complex Sakhawat Hossain and Deputy General Manager Dr Raja Pramanik were present during the culling.

Sakhawat Hossain, proprietor of the agro complex, said they suffered an estimated loss of BDT5 crore (US$11,937).