(27 Nov 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Various of blocked road, and people being turned back by police
2. Various of people putting on protective clothes
3. Various of people collecting birds
4. Various of people putting them in large disposal unit
5. Close-up of disposal unit
6. SOUNDBITE (Romanian): Vox Pop, resident of Scarlatesti (no name given):
"I have a few chickens, which I kept to survive over the winter and they took all of them (starts to cry)."
7. Various of specialist taking notes
8. SOUNDBITE (Romanian): Scarlatesti's mayor, (no name available):
"We took immediate measures when the authorities in the capital confirmed the bird flu. That particular bird (the turkey) was actually coming from my own farm."
9. Moving shot inside truck with disposal units
STORYLINE
Authorities began on Sunday to cull thousands of domestic birds in an eastern Romanian village where a turkey has tested positive for the H5 subtype of bird flu.
The turkey came from a small farm in the village of Scarlatesti, 200 kilometres (124 miles) northeast of Bucharest and was discovered by the mayor of the village, who alerted health authorities.
The case was subsequently confirmed as bird flu.
The mayor said immediate action was taken once bird flu was confirmed.
Authorities put the village under quarantine and blocked all the roads in and out.
Health officials said it will take two or three days to clear the village of birds.
Birds were collected from around the villagers' gardens.
One villager said, "I have few chickens, which I kept to survive over the winter and they took all of them."
The area is surrounded by lakes where in autumn there are many migratory birds from Russia and from the north migrating to the southern continent and Africa.
There was no immediate information on whether authorities would carry out further tests to establish whether the turkey was infected with the deadly H5N1 strain.
Romania has already confirmed the H5N1 strain of avian flu in three villages in the Danube Delta, but Scarlatesti is outside the delta region. The virus has devastated poultry stocks and killed at least 68 people in parts of Asia since 2003.
In Europe, birds have tested positive for H5N1 in Romania, Russia, Croatia and Turkey.
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