Bird Flu virus or Avian Influenza has infected a total of 65 poultry from January to March 2008, according to data of the Banyumas husbandry and fishery services, ANTARA reported. "In April alone, 42 chickens are positive of being infected with bird flu virus," Head of the Banyumas husbandry and fishery services Sentot Sasmito Eko said here on Thursday. Most of the bird flu cases were found in rural areas where there were many back-yard poultry farms, he said. To cope with the bird flu infection problem, the local husbandry service had culled a number of poultry, conducted disinfectant spraying and launched a bird flu awareness campaign.
