Nepal - Bird flu hits third time in Sitapaila

[Ronan Kelly]

Bird flu hits third time in Sitapaila

Added At: 2013-01-02 3:52 PM Last Updated At: 2013-01-02 4:20 PM

RAJESH VERMA
KATHMANDU: Department of Animal Health officials on Wednesday culled over some 2640 chicken destroyed some 20kgs chicken grain and some 527 eggs in Sitapaila-1, third time in this area after the confirmation of Bird flu (H5N1).

Almost a week after the culling of huge number chicks and eggs from the same site, the animal health officials destroyed chickens , eggs and grains of poultry farms owned by Prem Bahadur Manandhar and Rajendra Budathoki of Sitapaila-1.

Narayan Giri, spokesperson at the Department of Animal Health informed that two chicken cages of the affected site have been cleaned up.
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Third bird flu case in capital
ARJUN POUDEL

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: A case of bird flu has been confirmed in a poultry farm in Sitapaila, in a third such occurrence in just over a week in the capital, on Wednesday morning.

According to Narayan Prasad Ghimire, a senior veterinarian at the Directorate of Animal Health (DoAH), bird flu virus was detected in a poultry farm jointly owned by Prem Manandhar and Rajendra Budhathoki in Sitapaila-1.

A DoAH team culled bird flu-tainted 2,640 chickens and destroyed 550 eggs at the farm this morning, Ghimire said, adding another 200 chickens had died Tuesday night due to the avian influenza.

The poultry farm lies some 500 meters from another farm owned by Surya Mohan Pokharel in Sitapaila-1, where some 2,240 chicken were destroyed in December 26 after the virus was detected in the farm.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Nepal - Bird flu hits third time in Sitapaila

Last Updated: Wed, 02.01.13 12:44
Bird flu again detected in Ktm?s poultry farm after officials said it had been contained

Three days after officials from the Livestock Services Directorate said that a bird flu outbreak in Kathmandu has been contained, three thousand chickens have been culled and large quantity of eggs destroyed at a farm in Sitapaila of the capital on Tuesday.

Livestock officials culled the chicken at the Manthoki Poultry Farm after avian flu was detected in the fowl.

Following the detection of the avian flu in the fowl, the directorate again called on the public to exercise precaution and inform officials if they encounter fowl that are sick or have died.

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Re: Nepal - Bird flu hits third time in Sitapaila

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Third bird flu outbreak in 10 days
ARJUN POUDEL

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: A rapid response teams of District Animal Health Office (DAHO), Kathmandu on Wednesday culled over 2,600 chicken after the strain of H5N1 virus was detected in a poultry farm at Sitapaila -1, Kathmandu.

Out of 2,800 fowls at the farm which is owned by Prem Manandhar and Surya Mohan Pokhrel, the teams culled 2,640 chickens as others had already died due to the infection. The team also destroyed 527 eggs and 25 kg of chicken feed stored in the farm.

The infected farm lies near 500 meters from the farm of Surya Mohan Pokhrel, where virus was detected a week ago...