All of us will have to start again from scratch, and I don't know how many of us will survive. Most farmers cannot believe the news and are hoping the lab tests confirming bird flu are wrong.

Most farmers still can't believe the news and are hoping the lab tests confirming bird flu are wrong.

It's like a war - they come in completely covered with masks and goggles.

This is totally inadequate. This should be treated as a national calamity, like an earthquake, and the government should act in the same way.

It is a question of livelihood for 5,000 families. We are all jobless.

It's like a war - they come in completely covered with masks and goggles and check if the carcasses are disposed properly.