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Avian Flu: All Poultry Culled in Seoul
May 13, 2008
More than 30 outbreaks are reported across the country, forcing the authorities take drastic measures. About 6.8 million birds are destroyed but the H5N1 infection continues to spread.
Seoul's entire poultry stock has been culled to stop the spread of bird flu following a fresh outbreak of the disease in the capital. City officials yesterday confirmed the destruction of 15,000 chickens, ducks, pheasants and turkeys raised in farms, restaurants, schools and homes in the city. The slaughter did not affect parrots, parakeets and canaries because they have little chance of spreading the disease.
The slaughter began Sunday night, hours after authorities recorded Seoul's second outbreak of the H5N1 virus in less than a week.
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http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12239&size=A
Related Article:
Cull After Bird Flu Hits S. Korea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7395743.stm
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 13 May 2008
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