Bird flu in poultry reported in south west China
China has reported another case of bird flu in poultry in the mountainous south western Guizhou province making it the fourth case of the disease in poultry this year.
By PTI |
BEIJING: China has reported another case of bird flu in poultry in the mountainous south western Guizhou province making it the fourth case of the disease in poultry this year.
Highly pathogenic H5N1 subtype of the avian influenza virus had caused the outbreak which killed 3,993 birds, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
The disease had been brought under "effective control" after 238,364 birds were culled, official Xinhua news agency said quoting the ministry.
This is the fourth bird flu outbreak in poultry with two reported earlier in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region and one in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China with the world's biggest poultry population is fighting a multi-pronged battle against the virus.
A 44-year old woman had yesterday died of H5N1 strain of bird flu in south China's Guangdong province in the third human fatality due to the disease in a month.
China has confirmed 30 cases of human bird flu since 2003, 20 of them fatal.
Highly pathogenic H5N1 subtype of the avian influenza virus had caused the outbreak which killed 3,993 birds, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
The disease had been brought under "effective control" after 238,364 birds were culled, official Xinhua news agency said quoting the ministry.
This is the fourth bird flu outbreak in poultry with two reported earlier in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region and one in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China with the world's biggest poultry population is fighting a multi-pronged battle against the virus.
A 44-year old woman had yesterday died of H5N1 strain of bird flu in south China's Guangdong province in the third human fatality due to the disease in a month.
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China has confirmed 30 cases of human bird flu since 2003, 20 of them fatal.
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