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3 Feb 2008, 2030 hrs IST

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PTIKORAPUT: Four persons have died due to suspected anthrax in Sunabeda and Semiliguda areas of the district in the last ten days, official sources said on Sunday.

While Dhana Pangi, a resident of Pangifuda in Sunabeda died after consuming rotten meat, three others - Ratnei Khora, Jumi Khora and Rama Jani of Luhaba village in Semiliguda lost their lives after eating stale meat, chief district veterinary officer S K Takri said.

They showed post-anthrax complications, he said adding, all the animals in and around these villages were immunised as a precautionary measure.

Some others had also developed symptoms of anthrax such as abnormal swellings and boils all over their body, he said.

Dr K H Reddy, in-charge of Sunabeda primary health centre, said the situation was under control with teams of doctors and health workers visiting affected areas with medicines and vaccines for providing instant treatment to the affected and the patients admitted in hospitals. :tiphat: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ted_anthrax_in_Orissa/articleshow/2753426.cms

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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=kicker> Dehra Dun, Feb 03: A bird flu alert has been sounded in Uttarakhand following the death of some chicken here.

"We have issued an alert following death of some birds in Dehra Dun," said Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

Samples of the dead chicken have been sent to government laboratories to ascertain whether they contained any traces of the deadly virus, the minister said adding that the district authorities have been asked to keep a strict watch on the situation.

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Birdflu alert in Uttarakhand; Bihar, Orissa 'object' culling

Kolkata/New Delhi (PTI): A birdflu alert has been sounded in Uttarakhand following the death of some chicken even as authorities in Bihar and Orissa on Sunday "objected" to culling operations in their states saying there was no trace of the deadly virus.
Uttarakhand Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said an alert has been issued following death of some birds in Dehradun. Samples of the dead chicken have been sent to laboratories for tests, he said in Dehradun.
Meanwhile, culling of birds is almost complete in avian influenza-affected West Bengal, where 32 lakh chicken have been destroyed so far, state Animal Resources Development Minister Anisur Rehman said in Kolkata.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said there was no need for culling operations in the state as no case of birdflu was confirmed, particularly in districts adjoining West Bengal.
"A team from National Institute of Communicable Diseases that visited Katihar and Purnia districts, bordering West Bengal, had found no trace of birdflu and had suggested to the Bihar government not to cull birds," Modi, also in-charge of animal husbandry department, said in Patna.
The Orissa government also decided to convey to the Centre its opposition to the directive of killing all birds in the radius of five km bordering West Bengal.
"We will write to the Centre as killing of healthy birds is inhuman," state Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Service Director B P Sethy told PTI in Bhubaneswar. Meanwhile, authorities in Assam's Kokrajhar district have ordered culling of 50,000 birds as a precautionary measure to create a "free poultry zone".

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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02030804/H5N1_Uttarakhand_Alert.html

 

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H5N1 Alert in Uttarakhand India

Recombinomics Commentary 16:29
February 3, 2008

Uttarakhand Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said an alert has been issued following death of some birds in Dehradun.

The above comments on suspect H5N1 in Uttarakhand adds to the incidents of excessive birds deaths in the region (see satellite maps here and here). Although recent H5N1 confirmation has been limited to southern Pakistan, West Bengal, and Bangladesh, the number of suspect outbreaks continues to grow.

Last year there were multiple outbreaks in northwestern Pakistan, and the entire country has been placed on high alert after patients in the Karachi and Peshawar areas have been placed in isolation.

The large number of outbreaks in West Bengal and Bangladesh suggest unreported H5N1 in neighboring regions is common. H5N1 has been confirmed in crows in Bangaldesh and Pakistan. India?s failure to report H5N1 positives in dead birds found in association with H5N1 positive poultry raises serious testing and transparency issues.

India has never reported H5N1 in wild birds or patients, although H5N1 antibodies were found in serum samples collected in 2002 from poultry workers. Similarly, highly suspect cases in western India in 2006 tested negative as have all test on migratory birds.

Independent testing of samples from suspect birds, including resident and migratory birds and suspect patients would be useful.

 

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Jharkhand yet to decide on culling


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Ranchi : Jharkhand is yet to decide on launching culling operations though the central government asked it to begin the exercise to prevent a bird flu outbreak after 200 chicken were found dead last month.
"We received the central government directive Friday night. On Saturday, we sent the file to Chief Minister Madhu Koda seeking direction," Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) Secretary A.K. Sarkar said.
About 200 chickens were found dead in Angada block of Ranchi district some 15 days ago. But it is not confirmed yet if the poultry deaths were due to bird flu.
"Till now no case of bird flu has been confirmed in Jharkhand. And at this point of time we do not need to cull the birds. But the chief minister will decide on the issue," Sarkar told IANS.
He said 90 samples from the state sent for tests two months ago had tested negative, but results of tests on fresh samples are awaited.
"There are more than 600,000 chickens in the state. And it will be a huge task to cull the birds. We will abide by the order of the chief minister."

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Bird flu scare: 50,000 birds to be culled in Kokrajhar, Assam</ARTTITLE>
3 Feb 2008, 1928 hrs IST

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>KOKRAJHAR: Alarmed over bird flu incidence in neighbouring West Bengal, authorities in Assam's Kokrajhar district have ordered culling of 50,000 birds.

The veterinary and animal husbandry department has set the target to create a 'free poultry zone' as a precautionary measure in Kokrajhar, which is adjacent to north Bengal districts.

Veterinary Officer Debojit Brahma said that about 400 birds were culled today with five rapid response teams arriving here from Guwahati for better coordination.

The teams will spread out in the bordering areas of north Bengal, including in Gossaigaon sub division to asses whether there was any instance of the deadly virus.

Brahma said there were non organised poultry farms in the area where villagers practiced only backyard poultry.

The district administrations of Kokrajhar and Dhubri, bordering north Bengal, have banned sale and stocking of poultry and eggs as precautionary measure. :tiphat:

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Bird flu scare hits Assam


Guwahati, Feb. 3: Assam has began culling an estimated 85,000 poultry following a directive by the Union health ministry after the outbreak of bird flu in adjoining West Bengal in January, officials said on Sunday. "The process of culling has already started involving about 40 rapid response teams with five members in each group led by a veterinarian," Parthajyoti Gogoi, regional director (northeast) of the central health ministry based in Guwahati, said.
The culling is being carried out in about 40 villages within a five-kilometre radius of Assam?s border with West Bengal since Saturday evening. The poultry targeted in the two bordering districts of Assam?s Kokrajhar and Dhubri includes ducks and chickens.
"The entire culling process is to be completed in about seven to ten days. We estimate there could be some 85,000 poultry in the area," Mr Gogoi said. "All the veterinary personnel involved in the culling process were being administered the antiviral drug Tamiflu." The health ministry on Friday sounded an alert in the northeastern state of Assam by asking authorities to cull birds in villages bordering the avian flu hit eastern state of West Bengal as a precautionary measure.
"There are no reported cases of bird flu in Assam and the entire exercise is being done as a precautionary measure," chief minister Tarun Gogoi said.
Assam?s veterinary and animal husbandry department has sounded an alert and maintaining strict surveillance on farms in the state. (IANS)

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Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (PTI) Reluctant to cull healthy chicken, Orissa government today decided to convey to the Centre its opposition to the directive of killing all birds in the radius of five km bordering bird flu-affected West Bengal.
"The problem lies in West Bengal. It is unwise to look for a solution in Orissa," a senior official said.

The state government decided to write a letter to the Union Agriculture ministry today.

"We will certainly write to the Centre as killing of healthy birds is inhuman", Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Service director B P Sethy told PTI.

The letter, he said, would be faxed tomorrow.

The Centre had asked Orissa and other states bordering West Bengal to cull all chicken within three days from Friday.

Poultry farmers in the state were also opposed to the idea of culling birds in Orissa.

"Why should we kill our birds as there is no trace of H5N1 virus in the state", asked a poultry farmer.

Tribals in areas bordering West Bengal had been breeding exotic breeds of chicken since generations. There was no point in culling them, he said. PTI:tiphat:

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=429 align=justify border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ld>Bird flu alert in U`khand; Bihar, Orissa object culling </TD></TR><TR><TD height=15></TD></TR><TR><TD class=kicker>New Delhi, Feb 03: A bird flu alert has been sounded in Uttarakhand following the death of some chicken even as authorities in Bihar and Orissa on Sunday "objected" to culling operations in their states saying there was no trace of the deadly virus.

Uttarakhand Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said an alert has been issued following death of some birds in Dehradun. Samples of the dead chicken have been sent to laboratories for tests, he said in Dehradun.

Meanwhile, culling of birds is almost complete in avian influenza-affected West Bengal, where 32 lakh chicken have been destroyed so far, State Animal Resources Development Minister Anisur Rehman said in Kolkata.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said there was no need for culling operations in the state as no case of bird flu was confirmed, particularly in districts adjoining West Bengal.

"A team from national institute of communicable diseases that visited Katihar and Purnia districts, bordering West Bengal, had found no trace of bird flu and had suggested to the Bihar government not to cull birds," Modi, also in- charge of Animal Husbandry Department, said in Patna.

The Orissa government also decided to convey to the Centre its opposition to the directive of killing all birds in the radius of five km bordering West Bengal.

"We will write to the Centre as killing of healthy birds is inhuman," state animal husbandry and veterinary service director B P Sethy told agencies in Bhubaneswar.

Meanwhile, authorities in Assam`s Kokrajhar district have ordered culling of 50,000 birds as a precautionary measure to create a "free poultry zone". :tiphat:

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Flu scare enters U?khand
Fear of a bird flu outbreak has gripped Uttarakhand after Dehra Dun reported a dozen chicken deaths over the past two days.
The deaths occurred at a poultry shop in the capital?s Tarla Aamwala area. The owner immediately buried nine birds and kept one for tests. Although veterinary officials have denied any deaths due to bird flu, sale of chicken across Dehra Dun have dipped following reports of the deaths in local newspapers.
?We don?t have any information about deaths of chickens due to bird flu. The deaths at the poultry shop could have taken place due to extreme cold conditions in the past few days,? said chief veterinary officer Dr AS Negi.
The department has set up two control rooms in the capital and asked poultry farm owners and shops selling chicken to inform them in case of any unnatural death of chickens.
No case of bird flu has been verified in the state yet, but wildlife authorities are keeping a watch on migratory birds at the large water bodies. A large number of migratory birds visit every year and with such birds suspected to be the potential carriers of the flu spreading in West Bengal, authorities here are not taking any chances.
In Kolkata, three persons with symptoms of avian influenza have been admitted at the MR Bangur Hospital since Saturday night. They were involved in culling operations in the state. Director of health services Dr Sanchita Bakshi confirmed the cases and said their blood samples will be collected for testing by the National Institute of Communicable Disease in Beliaghata.
A senior health department official said Tarak Nath, 29, was brought to the hospital after he complained of high fever and headache. Tarak was part of the culling operation in Budge Budge. He reportedly did not continue the anti-viral Tamiflu tablets during and after the operation.

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>PATNA: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said no case of avian flu has been reported from any part of Bihar. Modi, who also holds the animal husbandry department portfolio, said that reports about bird flu cases in Purnia have been found to be baseless.

Modi said that the Government of India (GoI) has ordered for culling of chickens in poultries located in areas bordering West Bengal. "It was under this order that culling of chickens took place in seven villages under Azamnagar block in Katihar district," he said.

He said that in a fresh order issued on February 1, the Union government had ordered culling of birds in poultries located upto 5 km near the border of West Bengal in Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand and Orissa. The step was a preventive measure, he said.

He said that in view of the fresh order, the state government had ordered the culling of birds in poultries located within 5 km from the border of West Bengal in Katihar, Purnia and Kishanganj districts.

Modi said that Rapid Response Teams (RRT) in these three districts have been formed and 650 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) have been sent to the teams culling the birds. Modi said that 10,000 doses of Temi Flu medicine has also been sent to the districts concerned. He said that in Bihar, breeding of chickens was largely unorganized and done in backyards. He said that the help of panchayats in Katihar, Purnia and Kishanganj will also be sought in culling of birds.

Modi said that compensation will be paid to poultry owners whose birds have been culled. The compensation amount has been fixed at Rs 40 per bird for poultry birds, Rs 30 for broiler and Rs 10 for chicks. He said that district magistrates have been instructed to take personal initiative in the work. He said that two senior officials of the animal husbandry department have been deputed to monitor the culling process in these districts.

Meanwhile, in another development, Modi said that the state government had given permission for opening of 50 industrial training institutes (ITIs) in the private sector.

While holding a review meeting on Sunday of the labour department, he lamented that Bihar had just 46 ITIs, when states likes Gujarat and Maharashtra had over 250-500 institutes. He said that in 2007, around 350 trained Bihari youths had got employment through campus selections.


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After Flu, anthrax fear as five cows die
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SILIGURI, Feb.3: Sudden death of five cows on Friday night fuelled anthrax fear at Nishiganj under Mathabhanga-I. Deputy director of animal resources development department, Dr Tapan Kumar Roy said they collected blood samples for examination. If the samples test positive of anthrax, the cattle of the entire area will be vaccinated to stop spreading of the infectious disease, he assured. Meanwhile, the Central observer Dr Vijay Kumar who came from New Delhi to monitor and supervise the bird flu situation in this district visited Jaridharla village in Dinhata yesterday.
This village was the first in this district from where the samples were tested positive of bird flu virus. Dr Kumar inquired about the present situation of the village and preventive measures taken after completion of culling.
When asked about the recent spurt of ailment with cold and fever among the villagers in the bird flu affected areas, the DM said the patients were examined and no symptoms similar to avian flu were found.
The ongoing cold wave may be the cause of their illness, he said. At the same time he added that teams of health workers are visiting villages regularly to ensure that there are no cases of avian flu in humans has been reported. :tiphat: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=10&theme=&usrsess=1&id=188805

 

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Bengal?s neighbours bristle as Centre orders culling
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NEW DELHI/KOLKATA, Feb. 3: The Centre?s decision to create poultry de-populated zones in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa up to five-km from their borders with West Bengal to create an immunity belt has not gone down well with the governments of these state. If Orissa was unwilling, Jharkhand was reluctant. ?All the state governments have been notified and advised to take further action,? a Central government spokesperson said.
Reluctant to cull healthy chicken, the Orissa government had written to the Centre conveying its opposition to the directive. ?The problem lies with West Bengal. It is unwise to look for a solution in Orissa,? a senior official was quoted saying today. Poultry farmers in the state were also opposed to the idea of culling birds. ?Why should we kill our birds as there is no trace of virus in the state?? a poultry farmer was quoted as saying. Tribals in areas bordering West Bengal have been breeding exotic breeds of chicken since generations. There was no point in culling them, he said.
The state government claimed that it had been successful in keeping the Bird Flu virus away from Orissa by taking precautionary steps in the appropriate time. ?Our officials and doctors will be demoralised if birds are culled despite being healthy,? he said. Jharkhand has nine districts contiguous with West Bengal. Jharkhand officials have confirmed receipt of the Centre?s letter directing start of culling operations but said that the culling would begin only after getting the state government?s approval. The officials said that the H5N1 virus hadn?t been found anywhere in Jharkhand.
The official response from Assam was more positive. Culling of chickens in five districts of Assam bordering West Bengal and Bangladesh began yesterday. Officials in Guwahati said that culling operation had been conducted within a five-kilometre radius of Dhubri and Kokrajhar along West Bengal and Hailakandi, Karimganj and Cachar districts along Bangladesh. They said no outbreak had been reported in the state and emphasised that culling was being done as a precautionary measure. A Bird Flu alert has been sounded in Uttarakhand following the death of some chicken there.
Culling again
Culling was started afresh in three blocks of South and North 24-Parganas today after the presence of H5N1 virus was confirmed in Jibontala village in South 24-Parganas in Canning-II block yesterday. In Jibontala, the culling team had to face some resistance from villagers until the SDO intervened. Officials said that birds would be culled in 56 villages of three blocks ~ Bhangar-II, Canning-II of South 24-Parganas and Minakha in North 24-Parganas. So far, 29 lakh birds have been culled. With the fresh outbreak, the number could touch 30 lakh, officials said.:tiphat:

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The fast-spreading avian influenza has also been detected in crows in the port city of Chittagong, posing a fresh threat to its booming poultry industry.

When contacted Saturday, officials at Chittagong Livestock Department confirmed the presence of bird flu among crows in Chittagong as they received laboratory reports from Dhaka and Feni Friday night.

According to sources, several hundred crows were found dead in a pond in the city?s Agrabad area during the last week.

District livestock officials collected samples of some the dead crows Thursday and sent those to Dhaka and Feni for laboratory tests.

As the test reports reached the authorities here Friday night, the district administration immediately held an emergency meeting and took several decisions to protect poultry farms from the deadly virus which has taken an epidemic turn in nearly 33 districts.

As per decisions of the meeting, notices have been issued to all upazila and pourasava administrations asking them to remain alert to tackle any emergency situation.

The disaster management committee of the Chittagong City Corporation also sat in a meeting this evening with its chief executive Khairul Alam in the chair. The meeting decided to immediately spray disinfectant at every poultry farm of the city.

District livestock officer Abdul Mannan told UNB that they did not receive any report of death of poultry bird in the district till this afternoon.

He urged the people not to get panicked but remain alert to check the outbreak of bird flu.

Around 22,000 chickens culled at Savar

Around 22,000 chickens of eight poultry farms were culled in Savar Saturday after detection of Avian Influenza.

Livestock officials conducted the culling operation with the help of joint forces.

Sources said as some chickens of Rahman poultry farm of Kuturia at Ashulia died on Wednesday the farm owner sent the sample of dead chickens to Livestock Research center in the uapzila.

As the disease was detected, 1550 chickens of the farm were culled on Friday night.

Livestock authority culled today around 22,000 chickens of eight other farms located within one kilometer of Rahman Poultry.

Those included 7,800 chickens of Dipa poultry, 2500 of S A poultry, 3135 of Munnu and Muku poultry, 2030 of Haji poultry, 2200 of Tasmina poultry, 1100 of Salam poultry, 1400 of Jubair poultry and 1150 of Happy poultry.

Bird flu still spreading in Bangladesh

An Indian state said it had brought the country's worst ever bird flu outbreak under control on Saturday, just as neighbouring Bangladesh reported the virus was spreading.

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been detected in 13 of 19 districts in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal since the outbreak began in mid- January.

The state's Animal Resource Development Minister Anisur Rahaman told AFP that health workers expected to complete the culling of three million poultry by late Saturday.

"We have so far culled nearly 2.9 million poultry since January 14," when the outbreak -- India's third and worst -- was confirmed, Rahaman said.

He added that the "next plan is to disinfect thousands of backyard poultry yards where culling has been done."

The state government was taking all possible steps to stop the spread of bird flu to humans, he said.

Humans typically catch bird flu by coming into direct contact with infected poultry, but experts fear the H5N1 strain may mutate into a form easily transmissible between people.

"All culling workers have been asked to stay for at least 10 days in hospital to take the full course of (antiviral drug) Tamiflu and burn clothes worn during culling," Rahaman said.

At least 700 were already in hospital taking Tamiflu, recommended by the World Health Organisation as a first line of defence against the virus, Rahaman said.

No cases of humans catching bird flu have yet been reported in India or Bangladesh. But in Indonesia on Friday, a 31-year-old woman died of the virus, bringing the toll to 102 in the nation worst hit by the illness.

"If anyone has a cold or fever we are sending his blood sample for tests," Rahaman added.

Once the culling operations were completed, more people would be admitted to hospital to take Tamiflu under supervision, he said.

Neighbouring Assam state ordered a cull in villages bordering West Bengal following suspicious poultry deaths. And Haryana, next to capital New Delhi, has sent dead bird samples for testing.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens on Saturday as four more districts reported detecting bird flu.

"The disease is spreading," livestock department chief Sunil Chandra Ghosh said, insisting authorities had the situation under control.

The H5N1 strain has now spread to 34 out of Bangladesh's 64 districts, forcing police and livestock officials to slaughter 35,000 chickens in the past three days alone, officials said.

The government in Dhaka ordered major hospitals to set up isolation units to treat bird flu suspects.

"We've taken blood samples of 837 people and none have been found positive. We've also confined several people in their homes, while more than a thousand are under our watch," government spokesman Mahmudur Rahman said.

Health officials investigating bird flu cases called the situation "alarming" and getting worse every day.

"There's a huge lack of awareness in the countryside. People are throwing away dead chickens to open fields, canals and ponds. Crows which have eaten the cadavers are dying by the hundreds," a health officer told AFP.

The disease was first detected in Bangladesh last February near the capital Dhaka. It was almost dormant by late 2007, but made a forceful comeback in January this year.

Over 1,600 domestic fowls culled in Gopalganj

Over 1,600 domestic fowls were culled in the Gopalganj district town early Saturday after the detection of avian influenza.

Local Veterinary Hospital sources said two officials of the hospital examined the samples.

Of the chickens of the farm of one M Abu Hossain of Thanapara area on Friday night and detected avian influenza.

Later, the livestock officials with the help of district and police administrations conducted a drive to 208 homesteads of the area from Friday midnight to 5am Saturday.

During the drive, some 762 chickens, 524 pigeons and 316 ducks were culled buried underneath the ground.

Meanwhile, the district administration today (Saturday) decided to cull some 7,000 chickens in Shailakupa upazila headquarters in Jhenidah district after detection of avian influenza.

--UNB, AFP, Chittagong, Savar, Kolkata, Gopalganj

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Flu scare: culling begins in Assam
Express News Service

Posted online: Monday, February 04,2008




Guwahati, February 3: Assam has launched a massive culling operation of chicken in the districts bordering West Bengal and Bangladesh, in view of the outbreak of bird flu in the neighbouring state. The culling began on Sunday with the authorities demarcating a strip of 5 kms in Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts touching West Bengal and along the Indo-Bangla border in Hailakandi, Karimganj, Cachar and Dhubri districts. The culling operation was launched at the instance of the Centre, which issued directives to Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa last week to carry out culling to prevent bird flu from spreading across these states. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said there has not been a single incident of bird flu anywhere in Assam and that the culling of birds was being carried out as a preventive measure.:tiphat: http://www.indianexpress.com/story/268632.html

 

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Flu scare enters U?khand"again"

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First Published: 01:21 IST(4/2/2008)
Last Updated: 01:24 IST(4/2/2008)

Fear of a bird flu outbreak has gripped Uttarakhand after Dehra Dun reported a dozen chicken deaths over the past two days.




The deaths occurred at a poultry shop in the capital?s Tarla Aamwala area. The owner immediately buried nine birds and kept one for tests. Although veterinary officials have denied any deaths due to bird flu, sale of chicken across Dehra Dun have dipped following reports of the deaths in local newspapers.
?We don?t have any information about deaths of chickens due to bird flu. The deaths at the poultry shop could have taken place due to extreme cold conditions in the past few days,? said chief veterinary officer Dr AS Negi.
The department has set up two control rooms in the capital and asked poultry farm owners and shops selling chicken to inform them in case of any unnatural death of chickens.
No case of bird flu has been verified in the state yet, but wildlife authorities are keeping a watch on migratory birds at the large water bodies. A large number of migratory birds visit every year and with such birds suspected to be the potential carriers of the flu spreading in West Bengal, authorities here are not taking any chances.
In Kolkata, three persons with symptoms of avian influenza have been admitted at the MR Bangur Hospital since Saturday night. They were involved in culling operations in the state. Director of health services Dr Sanchita Bakshi confirmed the cases and said their blood samples will be collected for testing by the National Institute of Communicable Disease in Beliaghata.
A senior health department official said Tarak Nath, 29, was brought to the hospital after he complained of high fever and headache. Tarak was part of the culling operation in Budge Budge. He reportedly did not continue the anti-viral Tamiflu tablets during and after the operation.:tiphat: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Story...ia_Special&&Headline=Flu+scare+enters+U’khand

 

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'Worst over' in bird flu outbreak, says Centre

New Delhi (PTI): The Centre on Monday said the "worst was over" in the Bird flu outbreak in West Bengal even as culling operations began in two districts of Assam in an effort to stop the spread of the virus to neighbouring states.
Culling began in Dhubri and Kokrajhar districts of Assam. While 2,200 birds were culled in Dhubri, in Kokrajhar a total of 448 poultry were killed. Five Rapid Reaction Teams (RRTs) are operating in each district.
The decision to begin culling operations in neighbouring states was taken after a high-level meeting between the Union Agriculture and Health Ministries to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
Sources in the Animal Husbandry department said while Bihar and Jharkhand were yet to communicate their decision on culling, Orissa was showing some hesitation in beginning the culling operations, considering the financial implications.
Asked why culling operations in West Bengal had not been completed yet, Union Animal Husbandry Secretary Pradeep Kumar told reporters the figures for the number of poultry to be culled had been decided based on the 2003 census, thus there was a slight discrepancy in the culling target.
Kumar said going by the fact that only 14 birds were reported to have died yesterday in the state, "we can safely say that the worst was over for the outbreak".
"There are positive signs that the situation is under control and the worst is over," he said.
"Murshidabad and Cooch Behar are the two districts where culling remains to be done," he said.

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Henry - I moved your 2 cullers observed for BF article to the India/Bengal Human BF? thread here.

 

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Two million birds to be culled in Bengal?s neighbouring states

Express news service
Posted online: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 0038 hrs IST
NEW DELHI:
As culling operations in West Bengal continues, the Government on Monday estimated that another two million poultry birds will have to be culled within five km area on state border in Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar and Assam to create a preventive ring around the bird-flu infected region. According to Animal Husbandry secretary Pradeep Kumar, culling has already started in Assam. He claimed that the worst was over and now the emphasis would be on taking preventive measures.
Regarding reports about smuggling of birds into Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and cases of mortality among poultry birds in other states, the Government on Monday made it clear that samples from all the places have tested negative for bird-flu. ?All samples of poultry birds collected from Lakhimpur Kheri and Sitapur districts of Uttar Pradesh, which were part of the consignment transported from West Bengal, have tested negative.
Similarly, samples of birds received from Haryana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu,
Bihar and Tripura have also tested negative,? Kumar said. In an effort to contain the disease in the state, the West Bengal Government has so far culled 34 lakh poultry in the affected districts.

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