Avian influenza is a contagious viral disease caused by influenza Type A viruses that affect poultry birds. Officials from the horticulture department gather geese at Sanjay Lake for medication following reports of bird flu cases in New Delhi, | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
PM Modi on Monday asked all state and UT governments to remain alert and ensure that local administration keeps a constant vigil near places such as water bodies, zoos and poultry farms amid the outbreak
State veterinary departments have been asked to exercise utmost caution while collecting samples of dead birds and conduct tests under expert scientific supervision
Highlights
In Maharashtra, bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of around 900 hens in the last few days at a poultry farm in Parbhani district
The district administration has now decided to cull nearly 8,000 birds in Murumba village where these hens died
The outbreak of bird flu has already been confirmed in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Bird flu has now been confirmed in Delhi, as eight samples sent to a Bhopal-based laboratory for testing confirmed bird flu in the national capital. All eight samples four from a park in Mayur Vihar Phase 3, three from Sanjay Lake, and one from Dwarka have been found positive for avian influenza, Dr Rakesh Singh from the animal husbandry unit of the Development Department told PTI.
Dead crows spur surveillance
AHMEDABAD: That bird flu has hit Gujarat is confirmed. But officials of the state animal husbandry department are scratching their heads trying to figure out which strain of avian flu has been detected in the two samples collected from lapwings that died near Bantva Dam in Manavadar taluka of Junagadh.
The samples had been sent to ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Disease laboratory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which sent the report to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. A copy of the report sent to the Gujarat animal husbandry department stated, “two tissue pools (four each) positive for H5 avian influence virus by real-time RT-PCR. One tissue pool (five samples) negative for avian influenza virus.” However, the report did not mention the strain of H5 avian flu detected in the lapwings.
Dead crows spur surveillance
AHMEDABAD: That bird flu has hit Gujarat is confirmed. But officials of the state animal husbandry department are scratching their heads trying to figure out which strain of avian flu has been detected in the two samples collected from lapwings that died near Bantva Dam in Manavadar taluka of Junagadh.
The samples had been sent to ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Disease laboratory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which sent the report to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. A copy of the report sent to the Gujarat animal husbandry department stated, “two tissue pools (four each) positive for H5 avian influence virus by real-time RT-PCR. One tissue pool (five samples) negative for avian influenza virus.” However, the report did not mention the strain of H5 avian flu detected in the lapwings.
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JUNAGADH: Even as Gujarat recorded its first confirmed cases of bird flu, four crows were found dead at a village in Mangrol taluka in the state s Junagadh district, an official said on Saturday.
The state on Friday recorded its first cases of bird flu after samples taken from two dead lapwings recovered in the district tested positive for the infection. We found carcasses of four crows at Loej village on Friday evening. The remains will be sent to a laboratory in Bhopal to ascertain the cause of death, said Ashok Kumbhani, veterinary officer of Mangrol veterinary dispensary in the district.