SKorea culls thousands of chickens to fight bird flu outbreak (Channel NewsAsia) SEOUL: South Korea has started culling thousands of chickens after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed to be the deadly H5N1 strain, officials said on Friday. [News Source]

S Korea confirms bird flu outbreak (People’s Daily) South Korean government said Thursday that it has confirmed a virulent bird flu outbreak in southwestern city of Gimje. According to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the cause of outbreak taking place at a ... [News Source]

Bangladesh culls 100,000 fowl to stop bird flu (Gulf Times) DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities have culled more than 100,000 chickens at farms over the last one week over suspected bird flu outbreaks, officials said yesterday, although the disease had begun subsiding across the country. [News Source]

No case of suspected avian influenza in humans till Mar 27: report (New Kerala) New Delhi, Apr 3: The Animal Husbandary Department of West Bengal government has identified no fresh case of human avian influenza in Jalpaiguri district till March 27. [News Source]