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Updated Monday, October 20, 2008 10:12 am TWN, AFP

Bangladesh finds fresh case of bird flu at poultry farm

DHAKA -- Bangladesh authorities said Sunday they have detected fresh bird flu at a poultry farm four months after the deadly virus was last reported in the country. Livestock department spokesman Salahuddin Khan said at least 300 birds were destroyed in a farm in the northern Naogaon district last week after the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected.

“We have already taken extra surveillance measures across the country,” he said. “Farmers have been told to step up bio-security.” Khan said the outbreak was the first in four months, with the virus becoming dormant at the onset of the summer but now coming back ahead of the cold season.

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