# 1268
Our amazing newshounds on the Internet are at it again, this time we have Theresa42 of Flutrackers to thank.
This report, from today's alwatan.com news site, has been translated from the Arabic via google. The number of farms involved is now cited as being four, and the number of birds affected by the virus, or culled, is approaching a quarter of a million.
222,000 chickens culled in Saudi Arabia.
Google-translated from Arabic:
Burning and burying 222 thousand (222,000) chickens in Almzahmia and Alheattm and Kharg and Dharme to besiege avian influenza
Nov 18, 2007
RIYADH: Tariq Alnofal, Hussein bin Musaad
Increased numbers of poultry infected with Avian dead until yesterday to 222 thousand (222,000) head in the new statistical obtained by the "Al Watan".
A Ministry of Agriculture Undersecretary General for Livestock Mohamed bin Abdullah Shihah that dead chicken herself in Al-Kharj at 50 thousand (50,000) head, Dharme at 40 thousand (40,000) and Almzahmia by 75 thousand (75,000), and finally Alheattm 57 thousand (57,000) head.
He told the "Al Watan"that the dead chickens were incinerated and landfilled by the Professional Sound and the closure of the surrounding farm areas to ensure that the spread of the disease.
He called on citizens not to Shihah concern of the news published in some newspapers, which may have given the topic greater size, saying: "There field teams working day since the discovery of the first case, consisting of veterinary doctors and technicians who specialized survey on the search for suspected cases might be emergency any farm farms surrounding areas discovered.
He pointed out that the difference Shihah the opening dig deep and then put lime rule of dead chickens after the article and then burned lime and then buried an appropriate quantity of soil.
Informed sources said of the "Al Watan" that the farm located in the center Alheattm near Al-Kharj, where the disease emerged, which lies between the most affluent and most luxurious guest houses and farm preservation, and that was almost abandoned in the past and has recently bought one of the citizens.
The source added that the farm activity is the production of chicken and whiting Allahm shopping and poultry products companies in general, and sell some production for the citizens, noting that the farm was trying to develop production recently.
Surrounded escorts and security roads leading to the infected farm in the center Alheattm, and the presence of any banned media from approaching the site or photography.
It also seemed roads leading to the site free of pedestrians except for some farm labor.
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