Nigeria: Bird Flu: Govt Axes 76 Poultry Farms

12 April 2006

Kaduna — Kaduna State Government yesterday said it has pencilled down 76 poultry farms for closure, for contravening its plans to rid the state of the H5N1 Avian Flu.

Government did not however reveal the names of the indicted poultry farms or their locations, but said the farms would undergo extermination and other bio-security measures, as a result of the management lapses detected in their poultry keeping procedure.

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