NSW to Cull 50,000 Chickens Due to Bird Flu Hit in Hunter Valley

November 16, 2012 10:01 AM EST

Australia's woes with its farm animals raised for their meat appears to be unending. After 21,000 Australian sheep were culled in October in Pakistan over suspicions of bacterial contamination, another 50,000 chickens in New South Wales were quarantined this week by state authorities.

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Bird flu attacked again in Bengal, India and it affected the birds in 13 villages of Nadia Tehatta I. According to the secretary of the ARD department, there are around 51,000 hens and ducks gathered within the affected area specifically around 3-km radius.  http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/405504/20121116/nsw-cull-50-000-chickens-due-bird.htm#.UKYsYYfpeDQ