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Iran bans imports of fowl

Iran ordered the destruction of about 1,000 birds in the northeast of the country and has banned imports of fowl in an attempt to keep the country free of avian flu which is raging through neighbouring Turkey, the health minister said yesterday.

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  • Published: 23:31 May 3, 2009
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Tehran: Iran ordered the destruction of about 1,000 birds in the northeast of the country and has banned imports of fowl in an attempt to keep the country free of avian flu which is raging through neighbouring Turkey, the health minister said yesterday.

Kamaran Bagheri Lankarani told state television the import ban was a temporary "preventive" measure.

"Authorities slaughtered about 1,000 birds and banned trade of birds as preventive measures in Western Azerbaijan province because of outbreak of bird flu in Turkey," Lankarani said.

The minister said the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had not been detected in Iran.

Lankarani said Iran was on high alert since the outbreak began in Turkey.

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