Highlights Bird flu cases reported in 12 states for crow/migratory/wild birds. Govt plans to pay compensation to farmers whose birds are culled. NEW DELHI: Bird flu outbreaks have been confirmed in 12 states so far, out of which cases have been reported in poultry birds from nine states, while in wild birds from 12 states, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said. As on January 23, outbreaks of Avian Influenza have been confirmed in these nine states for poultry birds: Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. According to a ministry statement, bird flu cases have been reported in these 12 states for crow/migratory/wild birds: Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.