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[February 18, 2006]

India warns against eating poultry

(UPI Top Stories Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Indian officials are warning against eating poultry after at least 50,000 birds were found dead with bird flu and possibly 400,000 more were found infected.

The BBC reports more than 500,000 chickens were to be culled to stave off a larger outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.

Indian officials have confirmed the chickens on farms in the western Maharashtra region had the virus and regional Minister Anees Ahmed said 200 veterinarians would head to the area where the virus was found.

A 2-mile perimeter has been quarantined to stop any further contamination of livestock.

No humans have come down with the bird flu in the region but a warning is posted against eating poultry as a precaution.

The World Health Organization reports more than 90 people have died worldwide from the deadly strain of the bird flu since it was found in 2003.

It hasn't mutated to pass easily from human to human, as health experts fear, and most of the deaths are attributed to eating or being around infected birds.

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