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India - Bird Flu in Poultry/Animals Feb 10th + August 3rd 2008

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Malda: the politics of the culls

Malda: the politics of the culls

I found a couple of interesting opinion pieces demonstrating the problems associated with some of these culls:

Govt to blame for this Flu outbreak?
Pranesh Sarkar & Manas R Bannerjee
KOLKATA/MALDA, March 20: While the latest Bird Flu outbreak in Malda is being blamed on illegal trading in chickens by ignorant villagers in notified areas, a state-owned poultry farm in the district, where the H5N1 virus has been detected, seems by no means less guilty.
According to reports received by the state animal resources department (ARD) and the Malda district authorities, the farm has sold chickens and eggs-for-hatching till 14 March though unnatural chicken deaths was reported there in 12 March. This revelation has unsettled the district as well as state animal resources department officials. They said that sale of chickens and eggs had been banned in the farm after Bird Flu hit Chanchol in Malda in January.
District officials said they would try to locate the people likely to have bought poultry products from the farm since January and keep an eye on them as well as on the localities where they resided.
Malda district magistrate Mr CR Das said: ?I will ask the farm authorities to gives us details of the buyers. Once we find out their addresses or other contact details, we will try to know what they'd done with the poultry products.?
Confirming that a ban had been placed on the sale of poultry products at the government's Malda farm, state animal resources department minister Mr Anisur Rahman said: ?I don't know whether the order was flouted. I will look into it.?
ARD deputy director, Malda, Mr NK **** said: ?No chicks were supplied to any of the government agencies in Malda or other districts. Only fully-grown chickens and eggs-for-hatching were sold locally. But even this had been stopped from 14 March.?
A few ARD officials said the disease had hit the poultry farm, the second largest government farm of its kind in the state, before 12 March and chicken deaths were reported from that day. As the farm didn't heed the no-sale ban, the virus might have spread to other areas, they said.
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=1&theme=&usrsess=1&id=196048
 
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Traders evade culling in Malda

Statesman News Service
MALDA, March 20: Following the ?action plan? of animal husbandry and public health departments of the Central government, the Malda administration is not in position to conduct surveillance of a fresh outbreak of avian influenza in a large partof the district within a radius of 10 km from the epicenter.
The reason: That large area is under the control of Bangladesh government. It is found that the distance between the state poultry farm in English Bazaar town of the district and Indo-Bangladesh border is nearly 5.35 km and the rest of the areas on the eastern side belong to Bangladesh.
The Malda district magistrate Mr CR Das said: ?I will point out the matter to the state government in my routine report with a map of the identified areas for surveillance after culling and mopping?.
?Is it possible to implement necessary action plans, banning movement of poultry and its products, in Bangladesh for me?? Mr Das asked.
Owing to the loss of time since the date of confirmation of avian influenza in the state poultry farm in Malda, several traders and poultry farm owners have allegedly shifted poultry outside the 3 km radius to avoid culling.
The office bearer for animal resource development of Malda zilla parishad, Mr Soumitra Roy alleged that by the time they received information several traders had already shifted thousands of chickens out of the 3 km radius to avoid culling.
He blamed the administration for failing to track them in time just after confirmation of avian flu by the Central government on 19 March.
Quoting a letter to the chief secretary, written by Mr Arvind Kaushal, joint secretary, animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries, ministry of agriculture (No. 50-172/2007-LDT (AQ) on 19 March 2008) Mr Roy said: ?In case of a positive result for H5 strain of Avian Influenza (AI) detected by tests conducted on samples collected from the areas bordering those already afflicted with H5N1 strain of AI, culling and destruction of eggs and poultry feed may commence immediately without waiting for confirmatory tests so as to control further spread of the disease without losing time. But nothing has been done here?.
He also pointed out, reading the letter of Mr Kaushal: ?The administration did not follow the government?s guideline to ban movement of poultry and its products within a 10 km radius from the epicenter?.
The district administrative officials started the culling operation tod-ay and imposed restriction up to a radius of 3 km initially. Though announcements were being made in the district since last evening, traders sold off their poultry secretly in the market at various places in the town this morning.
?A total of 15 teams led by the ARD officials culled nearly 15,000 birds including 13,000 chicks in the Malda state poultry farm today. From tomorrow this team will start the culling operation in other affected areas,? said the deputy director of Malda ARD Mr N K ****
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=10&theme=&usrsess=1&id=196099
 
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Kashmir Thrives in Bird Flu Rot

KASHMIR, INDIA - An incredible story is unfolding from the chaos of Bird Flu stricken Kashmir. Not only are poultry dealers still making profit, but they have posted a huge increase in sales.

The poultry farmers said that so large has been the demand that they were running short of stocks.

?The demand in the local poultry has increased following the outbreak of the bird flu in some states in India with people preferring consumption of the local birds,? they said.


Many poultry farmers who spoke to Greater Kashmir said that due to the bird flu (that was reported in some states in India) scare earlier this year, the poultry import to Kashmir decreased considerably.

?The subsequent gulf in the market was filled by the local poultry farms,? they said.

Following the bird flu scare, the government had in January declared a ban on the night movement of the poultry in the state.

?During all these months the portion of the market that was earlier catered to by the imported birds, has been catered to by the local supplies as a result of which the farms are running short of stocks,? Farooq Ahmad, a poultry farmer said.

There is another reason for growing demand for poultry in Kashmir.

?The mutton dealers? strike in New Delhi earlier this year caused huge scarcity of mutton in Kashmir,? local dealers said, adding that that also increased the demand for poultry. ?We made a good business over these months because the mutton was also not available in the markets,? a poultry dealer said.

He said that most of the dealers were now procuring poultry from the local farmers.

A senior official of the animal husbandry department said the nighttime ban on the poultry movement was still in place as a result of which dealers preferred to procure the poultry from the local farmers.

?Over 50 percent demand is presently being met by the local production. While rest of the demand is being met by imports,? he said.

He added: ?The local poultry was easily available in the markets because imported poultry was not available in the early morning due to the night movement ban.?

?The local supplies alone cannot meet the demand that?s the reason they are falling short of poultry,? he said.


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State fails to curb chicken transport
Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, March 23: The highly pathogenic avian influenza could reach new areas in the state after the state animal husbandry department officials received reports that poultry owners of the notified areas in Malda have transported their poultry products by taking advantage of slow culling operations during Holi.
Officials said though nearly 45,000 chickens were supposed to be culled within Saturday after fresh bird flu cases were confirmed in state-owned poultry farm in Malda. But till the deadline, only 16,000 birds could be culled due to Holi festivities. There are reports that small backyard poultry owners have sold their poultry products outside the notified area during Holi.
During the first phase of bird flu outbreak in the state, the virus had spread rapidly to new areas as the state had failed to stop transportation of poultry products. The lackadaisical attitude had created real trouble for the state as the virus had spread to 14 districts.
But the state government approach this time clearly suggests the state is yet to realise the importance of preventing movement of poultry products from the notified areas as well as completing the culling operation quickly. According to reports received by the state ARD officials, till Saturday the culling operation was mainly carried out in the organised sectors including the government poultry farm where the outbreak was reported.
But culling operation could not be undertaken in the villages falling within the three kilometre radius from the epicentre. The villagers reportedly took advantage of the situation and sold their backyard poultry products during Holi festivities.
A senior ARD official said, ?We have asked the district authorities to complete the culling operation by Sunday and mopping up operation should be followed immediately after this. We have also asked the local authorities to find out whether poultry birds have been transported from the notified area.?:tiphat: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=6&theme=&usrsess=1&id=196317
 
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Peacock deaths cause flu scare

Chandigarh, March. 24: The inexplicable sudden death of 13 adult peacocks have predictably set off another Bird Flu scare in Haryana?s Jind district. The dead birds were discovered early this morning in and around a school compound in village Khunga Kothi, situated 12 km from Jind city on the Panipat road.
The school?s watchman, who informed the local police, said he had woken up to the bizarre spectacle. "There are peacocks everywhere and they are all dead," he told them. District administration officials who later arrived to take possession of the dead peacocks were tightlipped about the incident.
State wildlife officials have admitted that the mortalities could have occurred either because of "an unidentified viral infection".
The local police has also been asked to investigate the possibility of local farmers having deliberately poisoned the peacock.

http://howrah.org/india_news/7918.html
 
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Minister distributes chickens in bird flu zone

BS Reporter / Kolkata March 25, 2008



The decision by the West Bengal animal development resources department to distribute free chickens to self help groups in Murshidabad was violating the 90-day ban on poultry rearing that was needed to prevent the fresh outbreak of bird flu in the state, according to the Malda Zilla Parishad Sabhadhipati Siddika Begum of the Congress.

Malda reported bird flu cases less than a week ago.

Anisur Rahaman, state minister for animal resources, however, denied this charge and said that the distribution was a part of the government's effort to bring the poultry sector in the state back on track.

On her part, Siddika trashed the minister's actions as a political gimmick to win votes for the CPI(M) ahead of the Panchayat elections even if it meant encouraging the fresh outbreak of bird flu.

?Murshidabad has still been not declared as a bird flu-free zone. In such a situation how can a minister distribute chickens - this is purely an effort to win votes before the elections,? she said.

In response, the minister said, ?I was taken aback by the response of the Malda sabhadhipati. The chickens were being distributed in presence of veterinary doctors. There is no bird flu scare in Murshidabad?.

The minister added, ?The poultry trade in the state cannot come to a halt. Moreover, the chickens distributed were of finest in quality, reared in government-owned poultries?. :rolleyes:

Rahaman?s enthusiasm was understandable, as he explained, ?The distribution of chickens is a part of our scheme to give 20 lakh chickens to the self help groups. The scheme had come to a temporary halt due to bird flu.?

Meanwhile, blood samples of three dead birds from Jalpaiguri had to be sent for examination at the animal disease testing laboratory in Bhopal. In Malda, where bird flu was reported in a state-run poultry, the culling operations would end in a day or two, the minister said.

On Sunday, the minister distributed chickens among self help group members during the inauguration ceremony of a veterinary polyclinic at Behrampore.

Upset by this move, Siddika, who was present at the ceremony, left the venue in protest as she felt this would increase chances of a fresh outbreak of bird flu. :tiphat:
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?tab=r&autono=317888&subLeft=1&leftnm=3
 
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>JALPAIGURI: Jalpaiguri became the third district to be declared bird flu-hit for the second time after Malda and Murshidabad, with death of 112 chicken reported from its Sadar sub-division, official sources said on Thursday.

The deaths occurred among backyard poultry in Boalmari under Jalpaiguri Sadar sub-division, Banamali Roy of Jalpaiguri Zilla Parishad said.

Samples sent to the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal had tested positive for H5N1 virus, Roy said.

The district administration has convened a meeting on Thursday to chalk out a strategy to combat the situation, Roy said.

Over a week ago, avian flu was reported from English Bazar in Malda and Raghunathganj and Jiaganj areas in Murshidabad district.

Avian flu deaths among poultry had been reported earlier from Falakata area in Jalpaiguri district.

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Bird Flu
84,000 fowls culled in Gazipur

Unb, Gazipur

The district administration yesterday started culling around 84,000 poultry birds of a farm at Bagher Bazar in Sadar upazila following detection of avian influenza.

Local livestock officials said they with the help of the law enforcers started culling the chickens of APC Poultry Farm in presence of Magistrate Saiful Islam after H5N1 virus was detected in the samples of some dead chickens of the farm on Tuesday.

The district administration has imposed a ban on buying and selling domestic and poultry birds and eggs in the area until further notice.

Meanwhile, the livestock officials have started spraying disinfectant at other poultry farms of the upazila to prevent further spread of the virus.:tiphat:
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Hospital downs shutter, ailing animals suffer
Statesman News Service
MALDA, March 27: The district veterinary hospital, which is located at animal resources development farm campus, remained closed for the past one weekdue to fresh outbreak of Bird Flu.
Several people faced problems with their ailing animals getting no medical treatment from the hospital. Many returned along with the ailing animals without treatment even today.
?We had to shut down the hospital after confirmation of Bird Flu in the campus. We will reopen it after two days after completion of disinfection. Today we have started disinfection work there?, said Mr N K ****, the deputy director, ARD in Malda.According to him, our employees who lived in the staff quarters of the campus had been shifted and they would be returning after complete disinfection of the farm. The deputy director, Mr ****, also disclosed that not only the district animal hospital but also medical services in the block level centres had been hampered seriously due to fresh outbreak of Bird Flu.
For culling operation veterinary officers and other staffs were engaged in culling and moping operation in the second phase. Earlier those staffs were engaged in the Murshidabad, Birbhum , South Dinajpur and Chanchal in Malda.
Since the block animal health centres were being affected and people did not get medical services for their animals.
?Besides many developmental programmes like artificial insemination and animal census have been hampered due to outbreak of Bird Flu in last two months?, said Mr. N K ****.
?But we have nothing to do at this moment?, he added. :tiphat:

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=10&theme=&usrsess=1&id=196881
 
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New H5N1 Outbreaks in West Bengal India

Recombinomics Commentary 10:14
March 27, 2008

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03270801/H5N1_WB_New.html

Jalpaiguri became the third district to be declared bird flu-hit for the second time after Malda and Murshidabad, with death of 112 chicken reported from its Sadar sub-division, official sources said on Thursday.

The deaths occurred among backyard poultry in Boalmari under Jalpaiguri Sadar sub-division, Banamali Roy of Jalpaiguri Zilla Parishad said.

Over a week ago, avian flu was reported from English Bazar in Malda and Raghunathganj and Jiaganj areas in Murshidabad district.

Avian flu deaths among poultry had been reported earlier from Falakata area in Jalpaiguri district.

The above comments provide additional evidence for widespread H5N1 in West Bengal. New reports of H5N1 in poultry are not unexpected. Testing in the earlier outbreaks was minimal in many areas, as was cooperation from villagers. In addition to the excessive poultry deaths, there were deaths of wild birds in proximity to H5N1 confirmed cases.

H5N1 has been widespread in neighboring Bangladesh and H5N1 has been confirmed in wild birds there.

Moreover, in some locations, such as southern Russia, early migration of birds to the north has been reported. Although India has never reported an H5N1 positive wild bird, the linkage of migration paths in India to regions in China, Russia, and Mongolia where H5N1 has been reported previously in long range migratory birds for the past several years leaves little doubt that H5N1 has migrated into India.

Thus, additional reports of H5N1 in poultry in India are expected.:tiphat:
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03270801/H5N1_WB_New.html
 
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Dead cranes cause bird-flu scare in Mannar

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 11:55 GMT]
Four cranes found dead in the premises of official bungalow of the Government Agent in Mannar Wednesday afternoon have been sent to Kandy to be examined by veterinary surgeons to determine the cause of death, Mannar hospital sources said.









On a report from Mannar Police, the Medical Officer of Health in Mannar Dr. M. Kathirgamanathan immediately contacted the Animal Husbandry Unit in Kandy and had briefed them on the situation.

On the instruction he received Dr.Kathirgamanathan with a team of medical specialists rushed to the site and collected the dead birds and packed them in a polythene bag and dispatched it to Kandy, Mannar sources said.

Meanwhile, two other birds (cranes) found on the top of the tree in the premises of GA bungalow are also reported to be sick and on the verge of death, sources said. :tiphat: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17613
 
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Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36996

AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WEST BENGAL - IST

SITUATIONAL REPORT AS ON 29-3-2008 ? NO HUMANS AFFECTED
11:4 IST
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has notified outbreak of Avian Influenza among poultry in Jalpaiguri district [Jalpaiguri Sadar Block (Village Sabeber Kamar, Sampukuri para)] on 27th March, 2008. The containment operations are being undertaken. Central Rapid Response Team from MOHFW has been deputed to the district.

Jalpaiguri

In the affected area of Jalpaiguri district active house-to-house surveillance has started in 0-3 Km area. A population of 19555 has been covered. 10 cases of fever/URI have been identified in the community. None of them had exposure to infected poultry. In the identified hospital 14 cases with fever/ URI have reported of which one case with fever and URI is admitted but has history contact with infected poultry.

? 137 animal health workers are under medical supervision and chemoprophylaxis.

Malda

? In the earlier notified area of English Bazar block of Malda district, active house-to-house surveillance within the 0-3 Km is on. In 0-3 Km area a population of 217999 have been covered. 15 cases of fever/URI have been detected with no history of handling of dead/sick birds.

? In 3-10 Km area a population of 34901 has been covered. 49 cases of fever/URI have been detected and none had exposure history.

? 209 Animal husbandry workers involved in containment operations are under medical supervision and chemoprophylaxis.

? Adequate stock of Oseltamivir, personal protective equipments are available with the State/district authorities.

? There is no suspect case of human avian influenza.

The situation is being monitored.

Facts may please be verified before putting out news reports in the media. Daily status reports are being web hoisted and could be accessed at www.mohfw.nic.in.

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Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=37021

AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WEST BENGAL

SITUATIONAL REPORT AS ON 31-3-2008 ? NO HUMANS AFFECTED
11:31 IST



Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has notified outbreak of Avian Influenza among poultry in Jalpaiguri district [Jalpaiguri Sadar Block (Village Sabeber Kamar, Sampukuri para)] on 27th March, 2008.

Jalpaiguri

? In the affected area of Jalpaiguri district active house-to-house surveillance in continuing in 0-3 Km area. A population of 29253 has been covered. 22 cases of fever/URI have been identified in the community. None of them had exposure to infected poultry.

? Surveillance has also started in 3-10 Km area and a population of 111200 has been covered. 135 cases of fever/URI have been identified in the community. None of them had exposure to infected poultry.

? Two cases with fever/ URI is admitted in the identified hospital but has no history of contact with infected poultry.

? 197 animal health workers are under medical supervision and chemoprophylaxis.

? Adequate stock of Oseltamivir, personal protective equipments are available with the State/district authorities.

Malda

? In the earlier notified area of Malda district, 218 animal husbandry workers who were involved in containment operations are under medical supervision and chemoprophylaxis. One person is kept under observation.

? Adequate stock of Oseltamivir, personal protective equipments are available with the State/district authorities.

There is no suspect case of human avian influenza.

The situation is being monitored.

Facts may please be verified before putting out news reports in the media. Daily status reports are being web hoisted and could be accessed at www.mohfw.nic.in.

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Live birds being burnt to battle bird flu in West Bengal (? - Fla1)

April 1st, 2008 - 3:24 pm

Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Officials are burning live birds in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district in a desperate bid to end a culling operation launched after avian flu resurfaced in the state, poultry farmers have said. Avian flu virus hit 13 of the 19 West Bengal districts in January. Two weeks ago, the flu resurfaced at English Bazaar in Malda district and at Raghunathganj and Jiaganj areas in Murshidabad, almost a month after the government claimed it had contained the virus. The outbreak was also confirmed in Jalpaiguri March 27.

The government set a target of culling around 40,000 birds in the district. A 40-member team began the culling operation March 29. This is to be completed by April 6.

West Bengal Animal Resource Development Minister Anisur Rehaman said: “At first the target was 48,000 birds. But that would have drastically cut down the number of poultry in the state. So we have brought down the target to 40,000.”
Rehaman added that culling was being done in a hygienic and systematic manner.

However, poultry breeders in Jalpaiguri alleged that live birds were being burnt by cullers because they were in a hurry to finish the operation.

Joydeep Nath, a poultry breeder, told IANS: “Instead of properly culling the birds, the cullers most of the time are putting live or half-culled chicks in their sacks and throwing them into the fire at the dumping yard. I have seen fluttering birds getting roasted in the fire.”

Nath also claimed that when he brought this to the notice of the cullers, they said that as long as the birds were being killed, nothing else mattered.

Another poultry farmer, Shambhu, said: “We raise the hens and ducks just like our children. They are snatching away even our healthy birds and not taking care while culling and burning them. On Sunday I saw four live hens being set on fire.”

One of the cullers, Santosh, told IANS: “This allegation is baseless. We take care to ensure that the birds are killed with minimum pain. We don’t burn them alive.”

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...-battle-bird-flu-in-west-bengal_10033293.html
 
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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...sion_over_culling_nos/articleshow/2921464.cms

Bird flu: Confusion over culling nos
3 Apr 2008, 0209 hrs IST,TNN
BEHRAMPORE: The Murshidabad district animal resources development (ARD) department officials culled 3,200 birds on Tuesday in Raghunathganj-II block and declared that the operation was over. However, according to sources, they do not know the number of birds that survived the last round of culling between March 10 and 14. The officials blame the Rapid Response Teams (RRT) for providing them with a faulty estimate.

Additional district magistrate (zila parishad) Debajyoti Bhattacharya had set a culling target of 50,000 birds after the fresh outbreak of bird flu in Murshidabad last month. But according to a report submitted by joint commissioner (LHS) Government of India, A B Negi, only 8,137 birds were culled in Raghunathganj-II block. The number stood at 19,008 birds in M-J block Murshidabad-Jiaganj and Nabagram blocks. So, the total number was nowhere close to the target set by the ADM.

When culling resumed in Raghunathganj-II block on Tuesday, the ARD officials didn't know the number of birds that were to be culled, or the number that had survived the earlier round of culling between March 10 and 14. The officials culled 3,200 birds on Tuesday and declared the culling operation over.

Sources in the ARD department blamed the RRTs for not doing their job properly. They alleged that in spite of having police protection, RRTs didn't venture into villages and do a reality check.

ARD department officials said it was impossible to cull all the birds in 10 villages of Raghunathganj-II block, in a day. But interestingly, ARD (Murshidabad) deputy director Manik Das declared the culling operation over at Raghunathganj-II block.

Das said: "No mopping-up operation took place on Wednesday." A source in ARD department said a large number of birds are still alive at Osmanpur , Saha Colony and some other bird flu-affected areas of Raghunathganj-II block.
 
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left>KALYANI(WB): With reports of bird deaths due to suspected bird flu disease in Nadia district, the authorities on Saturday decided to cull chicken in some villages in Ranaghat area of the district.

District Magistrate Onkar Singh Meena said culling will begin on Sunday as samples of dead chicken from the area tested positive for H5N1 virus.

Measures to contain the spread of bird flu to other areas had been taken, he added.

Nadia was among the 16 out of 19 districts in the state affected by bird Flu in January. Nearly 40 lakh chicken were culled till February 5 then.

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Bird flu confirmed in Tripura's Dhalai district

Bird flu confirmed in Tripura's Dhalai district

Bird flu confirmed in Tripura's Dhalai district

Dhalai, Apr 6 (ANI): Authorities in Tripura on Sunday confirmed the presence of avian influenza virus in the Kamalpur area of Dhalai district.​

Authorities in Tripura on Sunday confirmed the presence of avian influenza virus in the Kamalpur area of Dhalai district.

The Bhopal's High Security Animal Disease Laboratory has found that the samples positive.

Culling operations are likely to be started as and when the directives are issued. (ANI)

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