Via MCOT :
" Makassar, S Sulawesi, Oct 11 : Bird flu has killed at least 49,000 chickens and ducks in South Sulawesi province over the past four months, a government official said.
Head of South Sulawesi Province's animal husbandry office Murtala Ali said here Saturday he had ordered related authorities in districts and cities to destroy the infected chickens and ducks.
"We have also prohibited the transportation of chickens from infected areas to other places," he said.
The dead chickens and ducks were found in 11 districts and towns, namely Takalar, Makassar, Luwu Timur, Luwu Utara, Soppeng, Pinrang, Parepare, Sidrap, Barru, Bulukumba and Bone.
Chickens in other 13 districts and towns in South Sulawesi were declared "free from the bird flu virus", he said."
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