The district animal husbandry department has been ordered to take measures to control the infection.
Avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, is an infectious viral disease of birds (especially wild water fowl such as ducks and geese). Wild birds can carry the virus without showing symptoms of it and transmit it to poultry through their feathers or feces.
Bird flu scare: 100 chickens found dead at poultry farm in Maharashtra s Thane, District Collector issues statement - Thane District Collector Rajesh Narvekar also assured that there was no cause for concern in other parts of the district in Maharashtra.