Published on: Dec 26 2014 12:39AM
Bird flu scare: 300 broilers found dead
Bhanu P Lohumi
Tribune News Service
Shimla, December 25
Panic gripped the local meat market as about 300 broilers, supplied from Haryana, were found dead as the supply arrived at Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC)-run slaughter house early today.
As a precaution in view of the bird flu scare in adjoining states of Haryana and Punjab, the remaining lot of 2,700 broilers was withheld and not sold.
?It may not be a case of bird flu and the death could have been caused due to extreme cold but we have taken 17 samples for test and the report will come in three to four days,? said SMC Veterinary Public Health Officer Dr Arun Sarkaik.
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Bird flu scare: 300 broilers found dead
Bhanu P Lohumi
Tribune News Service
Shimla, December 25
Panic gripped the local meat market as about 300 broilers, supplied from Haryana, were found dead as the supply arrived at Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC)-run slaughter house early today.
As a precaution in view of the bird flu scare in adjoining states of Haryana and Punjab, the remaining lot of 2,700 broilers was withheld and not sold.
?It may not be a case of bird flu and the death could have been caused due to extreme cold but we have taken 17 samples for test and the report will come in three to four days,? said SMC Veterinary Public Health Officer Dr Arun Sarkaik.
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