Bangladeshi Officials Slaughter Thousands of Chickens Amid Bird Flu Concerns

Officials have begun slaughtering chickens in Bangladesh's capital, as bird flu spreads to at least 42 of the country's 64 districts.

Livestock officials say workers started killing more than 100-thousand poultry in Dhaka Saturday to prevent the spread of the virus.More than 600,000 chickens have been slaughtered since bird flu was first detected in Bangladesh in March of 2007. No human cases have been detected in the country so far.

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