Bird flu in Russia
More than 230,000 birds have been culled at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Territory. The lethal H5N1 virus was identified at the farm on 4th September.
Following an outbreak of bird flu early September total of
18,000 birds have yet to be culled over the next two or three days, bringing
the total to 248,000, the Russia's agriculture competition office's spokesman said
Monday.
In 2005 1.3 million birds were culled in Russia, in 2006 the
figure stood at 1.04 million, but this year the figure had dropped to around
260,000. Krasnodar Territory is on the route taken by migrating birds in winter
and is subject to a higher risk of bird flu as a result, although, according to
the World Health Organization (WHO), most of the spread is through poultry and
the poultry trade.
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