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Keywords: Avian Influenza, AI, emergency culling, carbon dioxide, mass euthanasia, composting
Biosecurity
Emergency depletion and disposal of poultry flocks
//28 May 2006 Mass culling of birds following an outbreak of a highly pathogenic disease is
a painful and delicate job. Burning and burying live birds is unacceptable and
gives the poultry industry a bad image. Here are some more humane ways to deal
with emergency depletion.
