Dhaka:Bangladesh has culled about 13,000 chickens after fresh outbreak of bird flu in the country last month, officials said Monday. Ataur Rahman, bird flu control room official, told Xinhua, a total of "12,789 chickens were...
POKHARA/ kATHMANDU: Detection of bird flu in Pokhara has spread panic in the Lake City. Ministry for Agriculture and Cooperatives, in a press meet held in Kathmandu today, stated that ducks and chickens were dying in Pokhara due to bird flu and a high alert has been...
In 1995, oak trees began dying enmasse in some coastal California forests. The disease, which causes oozing cankers and cuts off water and nutrition to oaks, was unknown to science but was soon dubbed Sudden Oak Death. It took scientists five years to pinpoint a...
webJAKARTA, 18 January 2010 (IRIN) - Indonesia reported fewer deaths from bird flu in 2009, but health specialists warn that the risk to humans remains high. Indonesia's Health Ministry said 20 people were infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus last year and 19...
Alert at all entry points against import of poultry products 18 January, 2010 - People entering Phuentsholing town are being searched for chickens or eggs, after Bhutan declared an indefinite ban on import of poultry and its products from India, starting yesterday...
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Over 3,200 poultry have been culled in bird-flu hit Murshidabad district of West Bengal, a health ministry official said. A three-member rapid response team from the...
