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Article: China culls 22 million fowls last year to curb bird flu: agriculture minister
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 25, 2006
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China culls 22 million fowls last year to curb bird flu:
agriculture minister
BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China culled 22,571,200 fowls in 2005
to curb bird flu, said China's Agriculture Minister Du Qinglin, who
also warned the public against a possible massive outbreak of this
lethal epidemic.
Last year about 163,100 fowls were found to have infected the H5N1
virus, 154,600 of which died of the pandemic, said the minister when
briefing the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's
Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, here on Saturday.
Last year, China reported 31 highly pathogenic avian influenza
outbreaks in poultry and ...