Bangladesh culls chickens on bird flu detection

About 3,000 chickens were culled after the bird flu virus was detected at a poultry farm in Bangladesh's Southeastern Cox's Bazar district town on Sunday (May 10).

The virus was found in the samples, said District Livestock Officer Dr Zaker Ullah. Samples were collected from the poultry farm on Saturday (May 9) and sent for testing at the Regional Livestock Research Centre in Feni.

Poultry at other farms in the area are being examined to determine whether they are carrying the bird flu virus or not.

The district livestock officers had restricted public entrance to the affected areas, according to reports.