06.03.2011

India: Fresh cases of avian influenza have been detected in another Tripura poultry farm, and culling of birds is expected to start on Monday. At least 400 poultry birds have died since March 1 at the Gandhi Gram government poultry farm. Central government experts tested the samples of the dead birds and found them positive for the H5 strain of avian influenza.
The Gandhi poultry farm, 30 km north of Agartala in western Tripura, is situated between several villages.
Tripura, bordering Bangladesh, was affected by avian influenza in April and May 2008, forcing the authorities to cull over 200,000 poultry birds then.

South Korea confirmed an additional avian influenza at a duck farm in the central part of the country on Saturday. Tests showed that the 12,400 birds at a poultry farm in Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, were infected with the virulent H5N1 strain of the avian influenza (AI). This is the second case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza reported in the country this month as the number of AI cases has started to fall off in recent weeks. All ducks on the farm will be culled. 
The latest case marks the 49th avian influenza outbreak confirmed in the country since suspected cases were first reported on Dec. 29. The government has since culled more than 6.04 million birds in six provinces across the country.