110000 chickens suspected of avian influenza in Hong Kong have been killed

Introduction: chinanews.com, Hong Kong, Feb 2: according to the comprehensive news, Hong Kong is shrouded in the suspicion of bird flu when the Lunar New Year is coming A temporary poultry wholesale market in Changsha Bay found more than 100 chickens died unexpectedly yesterday To this end, the Hong Kong agriculture and Fisheries Department has announced emergency measures to kill 110000 chickens in one farm The Hong Kong agriculture, fisheries and Conservation Department (hkafcd) found a group of 1500 live chickens in a suspicious condition during an inspection tour of the temporary poultry wholesale market in Cheung Sha Wan early yesterday morning, and the Department later shipped them to the North New Territories animal management center The chickens died in succession hours later It is convenient for the Department to destroy the whole batch of chickens immediately A spokesman for the agriculture and fisheries department stressed that it was not clear whether chickens had died of the bird flu virus, and that the authorities had quickly banned the export of any chickens from the farms concerned, and began to conduct blood tests on chickens Authorities said there was no abnormal mortality rate among chickens sold on the Hong Kong market in January, but they will continue to closely monitor the health of chickens According to Mingbao, during the quarantine, veterinarians found about 10000 chickens died in a row, so the authorities decided to destroy all 110000 chickens on the farm in the next two days The authorities have closed down the chicken farms and carried out disinfection work The head of the chicken farm also agreed with the authorities' decision to destroy the chickens, but said he believed that the death of the chickens was related to the sudden cooling of the weather.