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Millions of chickens were killed in West Bengal, Orissa and Maharashtra recently. What was the reason?

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Millions of chicken were killed (culled) in West Bengal, Orissa and Maharashtra because they were found to be infected with `H_5 N_1` virus the causal organism of Bird Flu.
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