China cull in bird flu outbreak

China has destroyed 91,100 birds around a farm in Inner Mongolia to stop a bird flu outbreak, the World Health Organisation said.

The birds were culled after 2,600 chickens and ducks were killed by the virulent H5N1 virus in a breeding facility in Tengjiaying, a village near the regional capital Hohhot, according to the government. The first report of dead birds came on October 14, said Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, a Beijing spokeswoman for the WHO.

Since then, domestic birds have been culled within a two-mile radius of the facility, and farms within three miles have been disinfected, she said. Officials have also imposed a 21-day quarantine on poultry.

While the government's response shows that the bird flu surveillance system is working, "we are concerned because any outbreak ... would increase human's risk to exposure to the virus," Bhatiasevi said
Source：www.chinafeed.info