Bird flu hits India's remote northeast

Bird flu hits India's remote northeast

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AGARTALA, India, April 6 (Reuters) - A fresh outbreak of bird flu has been reported in poultry in one of India's remote northeastern states, a top veterinary official said on Sunday.

Veterinary workers were preparing to slaughter thousands of chickens and ducks in Tripura state, bordering Bangladesh, after preliminary reports that more than 3,000 birds had died, officials said

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So far Four million birds have been culled and the outbreak is believed to have spread from Bangladesh. Its has drastically affected the poultry market there.

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