The Turkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry said on Thursday that 7,626 poultry have been culled since bird flu cases were reported in Manyas town of northwestern Balikesir province.

The ministry said it will file a complaint against people who still refuse to cull their poultry in the region after compensation has been increased to 100,000 YTL (about 752,000 US dollars).

No new bird flu cases have been reported in Turkey so far, the ministry added.

Bird flu was firstly reported in Turkey when a total of 1,800 turkeys died in a farm in Kiziksa hamlet of Manyas starting from Oct. 1.

Turkey has culled thousands of poultry and established quarantine zones last Sunday to stop the spread of the flu.

Bird flu cases have been found in the Far Eastern countries for the past two years and the H5N1 bird flu strain has killed more than 60 people in Asia since 2003.

Source: Xinhua