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KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Teams dispatched by the government culled 2,000 birds in Nepal´s eastern region by Monday noon, Hari Dahal, spokesman of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, told myrepublica.com. The government declared Nepal bird flu affected following detection of the deadly H5N1 virus in Kakadbhitta Friday.



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