Read more about Bird flu confirmed in owl found dead in Delhi zoo, say officials on Business Standard. A dead owl in the Delhi zoo has been found to have been infected with bird flu, officials said on Saturday.
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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