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Thaindian Newshttp://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/live-birds-being-burnt-to-battle-bird-flu-in-west-bengal_10033293.html [Thaindian News] Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Officials are burning live birds in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district in a desperate bid to end a culling operation launched after avian flu resurfaced in the state, poultry farmers have said. Avian flu virus hit 13 of the 19 West Bengal districts in January.

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India Business Newshttp://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20080401/28905.htm [India Business News] Live birds being burnt to battle bird flu in West Bengal: Joydeep Nath, a poultry breeder, told IANS: 'Instead of properly culling the birds, the cullers most of the time are putting live or half-culled chicks in their sacks and throwing them into the fire at the dumping yard. I have seen fluttering birds getting roasted in the fire.'

panflu Stats[panflu Stats] flu.org.cn , 2008: The treatment of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with polymyxin B or E in a patient with the highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H_5N_1) infection:a case report and review of the literature

Bird flu - Bird flu Symptoms - Avian Influenza[Bird flu - Bird flu Symptoms - Avian Influenza] Bird flu resurfaces in West Bengal: “We are worried that bird flu has returned to West Bengal because the outbreak seemed to be under control,” Anisur Rahaman, the state’s animal resources minister told Reuters on Sunday.

Latest Bird Flu Newshttp://feeds.avian-influenza.info/~r/latest-bird-flu-news/~3/258955729/106955.htm [Latest Bird Flu News] Bird flu not confirmed in humans: West Bengal official: From correspondents in West Bengal, India, 05:01 PM IST The West Bengal government Thursday said there has been no confirmation of bird flu in humans, a day after four workers involved in culling operations .

southasianews.com[southasianews.com] Kolkata chicken lovers dare bird flu: Kolkata, Mar 31 (IANS) Bird flu has resurfaced in two districts of West Bengal but consumers here seem undeterred, though a large part of the supply of the chicken they eat comes from Malda, where the flu resurfaced a fortnight ago, and from Cooch Behar, the district adjoining Jalpaiguri where a cull is on.

palashbiswashttp://o3.indiatimes.com/palashbiswas/archive/2008/01/19/4865637.aspx [palashbiswas] Bird Flu Chaos Generated to Extend MNC Empire of Retail Chain ...: The virulence of the influenza virus depends on temperature and time. If young and fresh H5N1 contaminated water from low local wells, cisterns, tanks, rain barrels or rice fields is used for water supply the water temperature for infection may be higher (at 24°C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 2 days) as in temperate climates (for “older” water from central water supplies cold water is decisive to virulence of viruses: at 7°C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 14 days).

southasianews.com[southasianews.com] Fresh bird flu cases in West Bengal: &#39We received confirmation Saturday of bird flu (the deadly H5N1 strain) in two villages of Murshidabad district. The two villages are Nayamukundapur in Raghunathgunj Block II and Dohapara village in Murshidabad-Jiagunj block,&#39 Murshidabad district magistrate Subir Bhadra told IANS.

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