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Ivory Coast begins poultry slaughter after bird flu outbreak AFP

Ivory Coast began the slaughter of all poultry sold in the economic capital's markets after discovering three cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, national television reported.

Poultry at the Marcory and Treichville markets were systematically slaughtered and incinerated, and cages were disinfected.

No chickens will be sold at the markets for 10 days.

Poultry will be slaughtered in markets in Abidjan district on Monday.

The Ivorian government on Wednesday confirmed several outbreaks in wild birds and poultry in Abidjan of the H5N1 virus, which has caused more than 100 human deaths, mainly in Asia, since late 2003.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) announced in Paris last week that two outbreaks of bird flu had occurred in Abidjan, making Ivory Coast the seventh country in Africa to report the disease.

The Ivory Coast government adopted a number of measures to try to stop the spread of bird flu, but has not ordered the slaughter of all chickens raised in Abidjan nor ordered them be kept inside.

The first African country to report bird flu was Nigeria, on February 8.

Since then, the list has been joined by Egypt, where four people have been killed, as well as Niger, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Ivory Coast.

Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/