No reports of bird flu in Tripura, confirms state government ANI | Updated: Jan 09, 2021 16:03 IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 9 (ANI): No reports of bird flu have been reported in Tripura so far, the Animal Resources Development department informed on Saturday amid reports of avian influenza in several parts of the country.
This confirmation comes after chickens were found dead in Udaipur and Bishalgarh.
According to Santana Chakma, the state s Social Welfare and Social Education and Animal Resource Development Minister, the death of the chickens was due to bacteria and duck plaque. There has been panic among common people after reports of deaths of chicken and hens were reported in Udaipur and Bishalgarh. But from the lab test it has been found that these deaths were due to bacteria and duck plaque, Chakma told ANI.
NE states sound alert for bird flu, no case reported yet
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Guwahati/Agartala/Kohima, Jan 8 : The northeast is on alert following the outbreak of bird flu (H5N8) in some Indian states though there is no report of the disease affecting chickens or any other birds in any of the eight states of the region, officials said on Friday.
Officials in Guwahati, Kohima, Agartala and Shillong said that though no bird flu cases have been found, an alert has been sounded as a precautionary measure. Most state governments including Assam have temporarily banned the import of poultry and poultry products from affected states and regions.
Bird flu scare | Ahead of festival of feasting, Assam bans poultry import
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Duck plague in Tripura adds to bird flu scare in the northeast
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Duck plague in Tripura adds to bird flu scare in the northeast
The Assam government on Friday temporarily banned the import of poultry ahead of the mid-January Bhogali Bihu, the festival of feasting where fowls are considered a must.
The ban is in view of bird flu cases elsewhere in India and partly due to a scare after the report of a duck plague in Tripura.
An official notification said: “In view of the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian Influenza in some of the States, which is a highly contagious avian disease having zoonotic potential of causing huge loss in terms of mortality and trade of poultry, the Governor of Assam is pleased to impose temporary ban on entry of poultry as a precautionary measure through western border of the States in the interest of preventing escalation of the disease to Ass