More than 12,500 chicken have been culled following an outbreak of bird flu in Bingiriya and all farms in the area have been brought under close watch while health authorities assured that the situation poses no threat to people.
Following the outbreak of the disease in two farms in Bingiriya, all farms in the area were brought under close watch yesterday with some of them being guarded by police to prevent owners from selling chicken.
Dr. W.K. de Silva, Director General of the Department of Animal Production and Health, said the disease was not the virulent, highly pathogenic “avian flu” (A/H5N1) but one caused by a different virus: A/H5N2. |
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