The government on Wednesday announced the district a bird flu emergency zone after many efforts at controlling the disease that broke out in the district some two weeks ago, became unsuccessful.
According to Chief of the District Livestock Services Office, Khagendra Raj Bhatta, 53,308 chickens kept in 26 poultry farms were culled and 181,526 eggs and 4,363 kilogrammes of feed were destroyed. Ten teams have been deputed to cull remaining chickens on Friday.
Prior to this, 276,853 bird flu-infected fowls were culled, 624,010 eggs and 27,085 kilogrammes of feed were destroyed.
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