The Centre on Monday asked all states to intensify surveillance in poultry farms, bird markets, zoos and lakes amid concerns that avian influenza has killed birds in 10 states and caused poultry sector sales to shrink in parts of India.
Tests by animal disease specialists have revealed avian influenza in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, the Union ministry for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy said.
The avian influenza virus has turned up among ducks in Kerala and egg-layer poultry birds in Haryana, and in wild birds in other states. In the other states, the infection has killed crows and migratory birds.
Retail, wholesale prices of chicken crash 10-35%
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Wholesale prices have crashed 60% for chicken and 27% for eggs as companies and suppliers grapple with a reduction in demand.Online food and grocery operators such as Grofers and BigBasket as well as meat delivery companies have been extending larger discounts on chicken-based products since the weekend.
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Egg prices have fallen as retailers cut their margins to check the drop in sales.
NEW DELHI: The bird flu outbreak across 10 states has triggered a 10-35% drop in prices of chicken and chicken-based products and a 10% fall in prices of eggs at the retail level.
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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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An alert has been sounded across the country after the detection of bird flu cases in a number of States - PTI
An alert has been sounded across the country after the detection of bird flu cases in a number of States - PTI×
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The poultry sector is on tenterhooks as more States report avian flu in migratory birds and curb movement of poultry products as consumers stay away from chicken and eggs.
Avian flu has been reported in 10 States so far as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Delhi joined Kerala, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh in confirming cases on Monday.