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Bird Flu
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Feb 20: The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was first detected in the country – in samples taken from dead ayam kampung (free-range chicken) in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. March 16: Cases were detected in Perak – among birds at the Ecopark in Bukit Merah Laketown Resort in Taiping, and dead chickens at Kampung Changkat Tualang some 100km from the Ecopark. |
March 20: The avian flu virus was detected in samples taken from six dead ayam kampung in Kampung Permatang Bogak in Penaga, Penang. March 21:Cases of bird flu detected in Perak – the virus was found in samples taken from ayam kampung in Kampung Changkat Legong near Gopeng, among broiler chickens at the Titi Gantung Agriculture Training Institute in Bota, and dead burung gembala kerbau (cattle egret) in Taman Lapangan Perdana in Ipoh. |
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