China issues emergency bird flu control order
AFP
June 12, 2006

China's Ministry of Agriculture issued an emergency order for local governments to tighten controls over poultry stocks to prevent bird flu contamination by migratory birds, state press reported.

The order calls for strict supervision of areas below flight paths of migratory birds, lakes and other sites with a record of bird flu infection, Xinhua news agency said.

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A chicken pokes its head out of a crate. China's Ministry of Agriculture issued an emergency order for local governments to tighten controls over poultry stocks to prevent bird flu contamination by migratory birds, state press reported.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)