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BANGLADESH: Poultry industry badly hit by bird flu (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Bangladesh's poultry industry is reeling from the impact of bird flu, with losses now exceeding US$80 million, a preliminary report has revealed. Nearly 100,000 farms have been shut down due to recent outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 virus, leaving around 2.5 million people out of a job.