article_snippet.sent: Thousands of chickens and other poultry have been culled following the outbreak of a highly contagious strain of bird flu in India.
article_snippet.sent: Officials ordered 250,000 birds to be slaughtered in Telangana after cases of Virus were identified, which can be deadly in humans.
article_snippet.sent: Culled: About 250,000 birds infected with Virus are slaughtered in Telangana, India .
article_snippet.sent: Veterinary staff from the local government's animal husbandry department carried out the cull - which included destroying hundreds of thousands of infected eggs - at Thorrur village in the Ranga Reddy district.
article_snippet.sent: Birds present in poultry farms were slaughtered while the eggs, including those stored in warehouses, were dumped in a pit.
article_snippet.sent: Destroyed: Thousands of infected eggs were dumped in a pit and buried following an outbreak of bird flu .
article_snippet.sent: Clean up: Authorities ordered the destruction of birds and eggs at farms across Telangana in India following an outbreak of bird flu .
article_snippet.sent: Bird feed stock was burned and the sites were all thoroughly disinfected in a bid to stop an outbreak of bird flu from spreading.
article_snippet.sent: India has culled 6.4 million birds due to bird flu since 2006.
article_snippet.sent: More than 1 million chickens and other poultry were culled during the Italian crisis.
highlights_snippet.sent: Chickens culled and eggs buried in pits in bid to contain Virus .
  