Bird Flu Chicken Cull In The Netherlands

[Atheist-Lite]

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/dutc ... -flu-alert

Dutch to cull 8,800 chickens in bird flu alert

AMSTERDAM, May 12 (Reuters) - Dutch authorities on Thursday said they would destroy 8,800 chickens at an organic poultry farm in central Netherlands after the discovery of bird flu, the second such case in two months.

Sixty farms within a 3 km (2 mile) radius of the farm in Kootwijkerbroek were to be screened and tests were expected to show on Friday whether the H7 strain of bird flu detected was highly pathogenic, the government said in a statement.

"We will only cull more animals if the strain discovered turns out to be highly pathogenic," a spokesman for the Dutch ministry for economic affairs, agriculture and innovation said.

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[klr]

"No-one here but us not even chickens"

[Atheist-Lite]

I'm expecting some of them to turn up cheap at the local supermarket in the next few weeks. That's the beauty of North Sea Ferries.

[Tigger]

We need an "I'm a party animal" smiley.