ROZANA SPOKESMAN
Updated Jan 29, 2021, 5:19 pm IST
The Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa today disclosed that Punjab is almost safe from Bird Flu.
Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa
Chandigarh: The Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa today disclosed that Punjab is almost safe from Bird Flu. The Animal Husbandry Minister said that the 99.5% of the poultry farms in Punjab were free from bird flu, out of the total samples tested so far at Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Jalandhar.
He said that only 0.5% of the farms have been found to be infected with the avian influenza. He expressed hope that that with the hardworking efforts of the state government and poultry farmers the state would be soon fully safe from bird flu.
The samples have now been sent to a Bhopal facility for confirmation. According to an official, the samples were collected from the poultry farms at Behra village in Mohali s Dera Bassi and were tested at the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Jalandhar. The samples have now been sent to the Bhopal s National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases for confirmation, the official added. The Bhopal facility is the final authority for declaring bird flu. Meanwhile, Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan sought to allay fears over the supected cases. He said the administration is alert and regular sampling is being done to keep tabs on suspected cases of bird flu.
Punjab reports first suspected case of bird flu, samples sent to Bhopal for confirmation
India
Updated: Friday, January 15, 2021, 23:31 [IST]
Chandigarh, Jan 15: Punjab on Friday reported its first suspected cases of bird flu with samples from two poultry farms in Mohali testing positive for avian influenza.
The samples have now been sent to a Bhopal facility for confirmation.
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According to an official, the samples were collected from the poultry farms at Behra village in Mohali s Dera Bassi and were tested at the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Jalandhar.
The samples have now been sent to the Bhopal s National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases for confirmation, the official added. The Bhopal facility is the final authority for declaring bird flu.
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The Haryana government on Friday declared the area within the radius of one km from two poultry farms in Panchkula district where birds tested avian influenza (H5N8), as "infected zone" and announced culling of 166,128 birds, state .