More on the Togo outbreak
Via AFP: Poultry cull in Togo capital after bird flu outbreak. Excerpt:
Authorities have culled some 5,000 birds over the past two days in the capital of the west African state of Togo following the discovery of bird flu there early this month, an official said Saturday.
The poultry was killed and incinerated in Agbata, a Lome suburb where this most recent outbreak occurred, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries told AFP.
An AFP journalist saw hundreds of villagers converging on an Agbata square to hand in their poultry to veterinarians for destruction.
Other officials moved door-to-door seizing any live poultry and killed them on the spot. Affected farmers were immediately compensated.
Officials say that, in all, more than 16,000 birds have to be destroyed and hundreds of houses disinfected.
While this looks like a brand-new outbreak, I think it's actually a follow-up to the outbreak reported here on September 18.
Still, it offers some useful details, including the fact that poultry owners were compensated on the spot. Large wads of cash should be part of every bird culler's equipment.
