UNB, Savar

Around 17,000 more chickens of 10 poultry farms here were culled Saturday following the detection of bird flu virus in the farms. With these, about 31,000 chickens were culled in Savar in the last two days, livestock officials said.

After the detection of bird flu in 'Sheela Poultry Farm' at Rajashan in the municipality area, livestock officials decided to cull all the chickens of the 14 poultry farms located within the 1-km radius of the farm.

Following the decision, they said, 14,000 fowls of five poultry farms in the area were culled Friday while 15,600 of the rest nine farms Saturday.

Besides, some 1,400 fowls of 'SS Agro Poultry Farm', located outside the municipality area at Kamalapur village, were also culled Saturday after the fresh detection of the deadly virus in the farm.

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