Bangladesh origin of birdflu in S Dinajpur

Posted: Friday, Jan 18, 2008 at 0030 hrs IST
Updated: Friday, Jan 18, 2008 at 0045 hrs IST

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Siliguri, Jan 17: Neighbouring Bangladesh has been identified by as the source of outbreak of bird flu in Dakshin Dinajpur, one of the two affected affected districts in West Bengal. “The germs were brought by winds blowing from Bangladesh,” Assistant Commissioner of the Central Animal Husbandry department Sujit Dutta said in Balurghat . The BSF guarding the Indo-Bangla border in Dakshin Dinajpur district has been alerted to ensure that no poultry products could enter from Bangladesh, IGP R J S Nalwa said.

—PTI

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