H5N8 killed painted storks in Madhya Pradesh zoo, culling of remaining ones likely
P Naveen | TNN | Updated: Oct 22, 2016, 10:49 IST
H5N8 killed painted storks in Madhya Pradesh zoo, culling of remaining ones likely
BHOPAL: High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) at Bhopal has detected the virus strain in the two samples sent by Gwalior zoo as H5N8 - a subtype of the Influenza A virus which is one of the lower pathogenic subtypes. Zoo has been shut down till further orders from state government.
After shut down of the National Zoological Park and Hauz Khas Deer Park in Delhi amid bird flu (H5 Avian influenza) scare, Madhya Pradesh government had sounded alert following a sudden death of 15 Painted Storks kept captive at Gwalior zoo.
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For more on the concurrent outbreak in Delhi see India - New Delhi zoo shut down after H5N8 bird flu deaths - October 18, 2016
P Naveen | TNN | Updated: Oct 22, 2016, 10:49 IST
H5N8 killed painted storks in Madhya Pradesh zoo, culling of remaining ones likely
BHOPAL: High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) at Bhopal has detected the virus strain in the two samples sent by Gwalior zoo as H5N8 - a subtype of the Influenza A virus which is one of the lower pathogenic subtypes. Zoo has been shut down till further orders from state government.
After shut down of the National Zoological Park and Hauz Khas Deer Park in Delhi amid bird flu (H5 Avian influenza) scare, Madhya Pradesh government had sounded alert following a sudden death of 15 Painted Storks kept captive at Gwalior zoo.
...
For more on the concurrent outbreak in Delhi see India - New Delhi zoo shut down after H5N8 bird flu deaths - October 18, 2016
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