Suspect H5N1 in Nadia West Bengal
Recombinomics Commentary 18:18
February 10, 2008
over 1,300 chickens died of a mysterious disease in different poultry farms in Ranaghat-II block in Nadia. The symptoms of the disease are similar to avian influenza. The district authorities sent a team to collect samples and take note of the situation.
The above comments describe suspect H5N1 deaths in Nadia, West Bengal. Although there has been extensive culling in India in the region, H5N1 confirmations have been high in adjacent Bangladesh, in poultry and wild birds (see satellite maps here here here)
The likelihood that culling and border sealing will stop the spread is low. The most effective halt of confirmed H5N1 has been to limit testing.
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