Bangladesh says bird flu spreads in farms

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Plagues, Pestilences and Diseases

Bangladesh says bird flu spreads in farms*

Reuters
Friday, March 30, 2007; 9:28 AM

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bird flu had spread to more farms in at least five
central and northern districts, Bangladesh said on Friday.

"The avian flu has now spread to 16 farms in five districts so far. But
no humans have been confirmed infected," an official of the fisheries
and livestock ministry said.

Bangladesh has culled about 60,000 birds since confirming the outbreak
of the H5N1 flu virus simultaneously on six farms near the capital,
Dhaka, on March 22.