Behrampore (WB): Culling of flu-affected
chickens has begun at Khargram and Nabagram areas in
Murshidabad district on Friday morning after hundreds of the birds
died in the past few days.
The district magistrate, Parvez A. Siddiqui, said samples
of dead birds were earlier sent to a laboratory in Bhopal
where the disease had been confirmed.
The chief medical officer of the district, Subhas Mondol,
said extra beds had been set up at hospitals at Khargram and
Kandi in case the disease spread among humans.
PTI
First Published: Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:57