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Article: China monitors borders, destroys 6 million birds as part of anti-bird flu measures
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- November 7, 2005
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AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-07-2005
Dateline: TONGZHOU, China
Two men in masks and protective suits stood guard at the Baimiao Inspection Station at the border between Beijing and Hebei province, watching for vehicles transporting live poultry as part of new anti-bird flu measures announced Monday to protect the capital.
Only shipments of live chickens, ducks and geese from three certified farms in Hebei are allowed in, said Tian Zhigang, an animal quarantine officer at the checkpoint.
The rest, he said, are banned and will be turned back after the vehicle is sprayed with disinfectant stored in a huge plastic tank at the site.
"We use our eyes and ears," Tian told ...