Bird flu in south Russia
About 500 chickens in the south Russia's Krasnodar Territory have died of bird flu H5N1, a local official said.
The outbreak was detected at a poultry farm in the town of
Razdolny Sunday. A spokesman for the territorial veterinary service said a
regional laboratory has identified the lethal H5N1 virus in the dead birds, and
that measures are being taken to contain the spread. "The decision has been
made to destroy 22,000 birds at a farm where chickens died over the weekend,"
he said. He did not say how many birds were on the farm in total. Tests are
ongoing, and may take up to seven days to produce conclusive results. A local
prosecutor said criminal charges might be pressed against the farm's managers.
The Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations warned last
month of a danger of bird flu outbreaks in the Chelyabinsk Region, in the south
Urals.
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