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630 thousand hens killed due to bird flu in Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee

Politics Materials 24 April 2006 13:36 (UTC +04:00)
630 thousand hens killed due to bird flu in Azerbaijan  State Statistics Committee

630 thousand hens were killed due to bird flu in Azerbaijan, reportedly said Arif Veliyev, head of State Statistics Committee, speaking at news conference today.

Studies show that, from killed birds only 50 thousand were bred in private farms, while the rest of them at broiler enterprises. In general, birds were killed in Khyzy, Gilyazi and Bilyasuvar, where the bird flu epidemic was registered.

Veliyev said the bird flu adversely affected egg production that reduced in 1Q by 8.7% and totaled 203.6mln pieces.

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