Thousands of poultry and eggs culled in Dhaka district

A total of 1,595 chicken and 205 eggs were culled in a form at Kendua Upazila in the Netrakona district, Dhaka, on Friday (Mar 13) due to detection of bird flu virus.

Netrakona District Livestock Office sources said, an incident of detection of bird flu virus in a poultry farm of one Rasel Ahmed at village Rampur under Kendua Upazila of Netrakona district was reported.

The bird flu virus was found in the bodies of some children of the poultry farm after examining these in the district livestock laboratory by rapid antigen detection test (RADT).

According to the sources, the concerned livestock officials examined the children of the poultry farm after receiving information that over a dozen of children died in the farm during the last one week.