Delhi, Maharashtra Confirm Bird Flu Outbreak
Samples from Delhi and Maharashtra tested positive for the avian flu on Monday outlookindia.com 2021-01-11T10:33:17+05:30
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Bird flu confirmed in Delhi after testing eight samples from dead crows and ducks. All samples tested positive for avian flu, Animal husbandry department confirmed on Monday. Maharashtra also confirmed bird flu cases earlier today, taking the total number of states to nine.
Eight samples from Delhi NCR 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 said.
The government has also directed zoo managements to submit daily reports to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) till their area is declared free from the disease.
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Chickens are seen in a contaminate farm while workers from the Animal Protection Ministry prepare to cull them to contain an outbreak of bird flu, at a farm in the village of Modeste, Ivory Coast, August 14, 2015. Ivory Coast said on Friday that H5N1 bird flu had spread to a third location in the country, in the latest in a series of outbreaks in West Africa. The case was discovered on a farm in the village of Modeste, about 15 km (nine miles) east of the commercial capital Abidjan. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - GF10000174236
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Bird flu virus is heat-labile, gets killed at cooking temperature
Contrary to what some people think that the bird flu virus, also known as Avian influenza, is spread to humans via consumption of cooked poultry products, health experts on Sunday stressed that it usually does not infect people as the virus is heat-labile (degraded and killed when subjected to heat).
Avian influenza refers to the disease caused by infection with avian (bird) influenza (flu) Type A viruses. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species.
According to the World Health organisation (WHO), cooking of poultry (e.g. chicken, ducks and geese) at or above 70 degree Celsius so that absolutely no meat remains raw and red, is a safe measure to kill the virus in areas with outbreaks in poultry.
Bird flu confirmed in dead crows found in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur and Agar Malwa districts Since 23 December, around 400 avian deaths were reported across 10 districts of MP, with 155 dead crows found to have the H5N8 virus in Indore alone Avian Influenza has been detected in the samples of dead migratory birds at Pong dam lake in Himachal Pradesh. ANI
Bhopal: After Indore, bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of mass death of crows in Mandsaur and Agar Malwa districts of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.
Presence of H5N8 virus (a variant of avian influenza or bird flu) was found in the carcasses of crows in Mandsaur and Agar Malwa districts, he said, citing test results of samples sent for laboratory analysis.