1.   The blood had been carefully drained off when the birds were slaughtered.

2.   And the health officials do not know whether the drastic measure of slaughtering the birds will halt the transmission.

3.   In fact, he said Guntersville was chosen to test the new inspection program because they slaughter young birds that are generally healthy.

4.   Several recent patents offer new ways to go about raising and slaughtering the birds.

5.   Many Hong Kong families prefer to buy their poultry live at markets where vendors slaughter the birds.

6.   Most Chinese prefer to see their birds slaughtered at the poultry stalls because freshness is highly valued in Chinese cuisine.

7.   Stall owners are not allowed to slaughter the birds until the blood test results are confirmed.

8.   The birds were slaughtered, cut into pieces and packaged at the poultry plant and shipped to stores, which simply put the finished product on display.

9.   The birds would be slaughtered for their meat, feathers and oil.

10.   The government said all the birds had been slaughtered before nightfall but that the removal of the carcasses will not be completed until Monday.