Veterinary workers were getting ready to cull thousands of backyard poultry to contain an outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal which has struggled to control the virus since January. The communist-ruled state briefly contained the outbreak by culling more than four million birds in 14 of its 19 districts, but the virus has intermittently resurfaced. Poultry sales in the state had fallen by about 70 percent in the January-March period, but traders said they were still struggling to overcome losses.

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