Togo slaughters 11,500 chickens after H5N1 bird flu outbreak : reuters

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Togo slaughters 11,500 chickens after H5N1 bird flu outbreak

Togo slaughters 11,500 chickens after H5N1 bird flu outbreak

LOME Togolese authorities said on Saturday they had slaughtered 11,500 chickens in response to an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu at two farms in the capital Lome and the town of Adetikope, about 25 km north of Lome."We are in the presence of the H5N1 virus," Agriculture Minister Ouro-Koura Agadazi said on public radio, after the strain was confirmed by laboratory tests in Italy.Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has spread across a number of West African countries in the past two years, hitting poultry farms in Niger and Cameroon.


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Togo announces campaign to combat bird flu outbreak

Togo announces campaign to combat bird flu outbreak

LOME-The Togo government said it is taking urgent measures to combat an outbreak of the avian flu virus, the country's state broadcaster said on Saturday.The announcement came after the virus was detected at two poultry farms in the Togo capital, Lome.Over 11,300 birds died in the outbreak, with the government incinerating the dead birds and culling others to prevent the spread of the virus.


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Togo announces campaign to combat bird flu outbreak

Togo announces campaign to combat bird flu outbreak

The Togo government said it is taking urgent measures to combat an outbreak of the avian flu virus, the country's state broadcaster said on Saturday.The announcement came after the virus was detected at two poultry farms in the Togo capital, Lome.Over 11,300 birds died in the outbreak, with the government incinerating the dead birds and culling others to prevent the spread of the virus.

Togo slaughters 11,500 chickens after H5N1 bird flu outbreak