Samples have been sent to a laboratory in Bhopal to test for avian influenza in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district. On Tuesday officials announced the death of more than 3,000 birds in the regions remote Matigara village, twenty-five km from the border with Bangladesh. It is believed that Newcastle disease is responsible, but the government is taking no risks in light of the rapid spread of avian influenza in Bangladesh. The 2,200 km boarder between West Bengal and Bangladesh has been sealed to prevent illegal poultry smuggling.
In response to the further spread of avian influenza in Bangladesh, 25,000 more chickens and more than 200,000 eggs have been destroyed over the past four days as outbreaks spread to eight additional farms in the Dhaka and Magura district. Since the initial outbreak on March 22nd, 2007, approximately 1.3 million eggs have been destroyed and “132,000 chickens have been culled in 52 farms in 10 districts." The government has committed to pay 70 taka (nearly US$1) for each culled bird.
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