MALDA, March 14: A large number of chickens have died in a state run poultry farm in English Bazaar town since Wednesday.
Observing the symptoms, animal resources development officials suspect the birds were attacked by bird flu.
The ARD officials have collected eight blood samples from the dead and ailing birds and sent those for laboratory tests at Belgachia, Kolkata.
The deputy director Malda ARD Mr N K Shit today informed the Karmadhyakshya Mr Soumitra Roy that more than 300 birds died in the farm till date.
But according to unofficial sources, about 500 chickens have died in the farm since yesterday. n sns
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