Poultry culled in Sirajganj

Our Correspondent, Sirajganj
At least 1,500 poultry were culled due to avian influenza at 'Hatem Ali and Brothers' farm at Soyadhangora village under the municipality area on Sunday night. Executive magistrate Suraya Jahan and district livestock officer Shafiqul Islam were present. District livestock department sources said, on March 4, at least 160 poultry out of 1,660 died. On the same day, samples of the dead poultry were sent to Dhaka for test. As the avian influenza was detected and 1,500 poultry were culled.