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AFCD continues to investigate chicken deaths
Monday, August 11, 2014
Officers of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) today (August 11) conducted further investigation at the farm where abnormal chicken deaths occurred last week. The auditing result has revealed that the cumulative total of chicken deaths in the incident has amounted to about 3,500 so far.
The AFCD officers checked the hygiene conditions, ventilation and vaccination of the chickens at the farm. More samples were also collected for testing.
Samples taken earlier and today have tested negative for Newcastle disease virus by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). However, the PCR results must be confirmed by virus isolation, which is under way. Further testing and autopsies will also be conducted to ascertain the cause of death.
The AFCD officers today commenced inspections at all local chicken farms. No abnormalities have been observed at the 14 farms inspected so far. Inspection of the remaining chicken farms will continue.
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