Bird Flu Attack
on Poultry
Mabrur Atiqi, Dhaka, 04 November: More than ten thousand broilers and
layers were gutted underground as bird-flu attacked more than twenty poultry
farms in Savar areas. Reports are also coming of bird flu attack from other
regions of the country.
Since
its first report of attack, about twenty thousand chickens have died from it
and hundreds of farms have been closed and affected thousands more. The
government has banned import of any chicks and eggs across borders and asked
for taking cautions in this regard.
Authorities
are also monitoring the matter so that it does not hit fresh areas and spread
over. Reports of bird-flu attack have affected poultry market causing prices
falling down, and lowering of the supplies. Farm owners are having trouble from
all sides.
Most
of the farm owners are getting severe financial loss and fearing uncertainty
about the business. The government has decided to provide support to poultry
owners to fight bird flu and will also give monetary help to the affected
farmers.
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