Jordan begins culling

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   Jordan begins culling 50,000 poultry birds
(AP)

5 April 2006 

AMMAN - Jordan began culling 50,000 birds in poultry farms along its western border on Wednesday in case avian flu has entered the country from Israel, the Ministry of Agriculture said. 

Ministry spokesman Faisal Al Awawdeh said the cull was taking place in the valley of the River Jordan, which separates Jordan from the West Bank and Israel _ where bird flu was detected late last month.
The culling is �a precaution to prevent the spread of avian flu to the Jordanian side of the valley,� Al Awawdeh said.
Twelve days ago the government sent notices to valley residents urging them to eat their backyard chickens and turkeys or risk having them killed.
Jordan announced March 24 that avian flu had been detected in turkeys in a village near Ajloun, 75 kilometers (47 miles) north of the capital Amman. The authorities promptly destroyed about 13,500 birds within a three-kilometer (2-mile) radius of the village.
Later in March, Jordan reported that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been detected in an Egyptian worker who had arrived in the kingdom from his home country.
The worker is being treated in hospital. 

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	Jordan begins culling 50,000 poultry birds (AP) 5 April 2006 AMMAN - Jordan began culling 50,000 birds in poultry farms along its western border on Wednesday in case avian flu has entered the country from Israel, the Ministry of Agriculture said. Ministry spokesman Faisal Al Awawdeh said the cull was taking place in the valley of the River Jordan, which separates Jordan from the West Bank and Israel _ where bird flu was detected late last month. The culling is �a precaution to prevent the spread of avian flu to the Jordanian side of the valley,� Al Awawdeh said. Twelve days ago the government sent notices to valley residents urging them to eat their backyard chickens and turkeys or risk having them killed. Jordan announced March 24 that avian flu had been detected in turkeys in a village near Ajloun, 75 kilometers (47 miles) north of the capital Amman. The authorities promptly destroyed about 13,500 birds within a three-kilometer (2-mile) radius of the village. Later in March, Jordan reported that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been detected in an Egyptian worker who had arrived in the kingdom from his home country. The worker is being treated in hospital. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/April/middleeast_April137.xml&section=middleeast&col=