Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now recognized as a major global public health problem which has been aggravated by the irrational use of antimicrobial agents in human and animal health as well as the presence of these agents in the environment. AMR in animal pathogens makes disease treatments ineffective, increases the …
Cooch Behar, Feb. 3: Resistance from residents of two bird flu-affected villages in Cooch Behar has forced culling teams to return without killing a single bird today. Culling in Cooch Behar villages had begun on Sunday night. Around 11am today, two culling teams reached Dakshin Dangkoba and Paschim Khaterbari in …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Members of the culling team undergoing medical tests in Dinhata before they leave for the affected areas. Picture by Main Uddin Chisti Cooch Behar, Feb. 1: Culling of poultry began late this evening in the two Cooch Behar villages where bird flu has broken out. The High Risk …
Gangtok: The fear of spread of bird flu in different areas of Sikkim was allayed as the blood samples of chickens who had died recently at Maaling in North district tested negative in the Animal Disease Diagnostic laboratory in Bhopal, an animal husbandry department official said on Thursday. Animal Husbandry …
Health Ministry Rushes Team Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The Union health ministry has rushed a three-member team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases to Sikkim after it became the third state in the country to report an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu this year. West …
KOLKATA: West Bengal will soon get a Bio-Security Level III Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, which will considerably decrease the time span to examine avian flu samples and detect the disease.
Bird flu or Avian influenza is a viral zoonotic disease caused by influenza virus. It transmits from bird to human being and vice-versa, hence it is under the group of zoonotic disease. It creates havoc at present in different parts of Assam, mainly in the greater Kamrup district. It is …
OUR CORRESPONDENT A health worker sprinkles bleaching powder in Matigara block on Wednesday. (Kundan Yolmo) Siliguri, Jan. 7: Culling of poultry birds was completed last night in the Siliguri subdivision and the Rajganj block in the adjoining Jalpaiguri district where avian influenza had been detected on January 3. Sarad Dwivedi, …
Chickens being culled at Bidhannagar Market in Siliguri on Monday. (Kundan Yolmo) Siliguri, Jan. 5: More than 15,000 birds were culled in the subdivision till 9.30pm today with people eager to get rid of the H5N1 virus at the earliest. Unlike Malda, there was no resistance in parting with the …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Chickens being culled in Kamrangaguri in Jalpaiguri district on Sunday. (Kundan Yolmo) Siliguri, Jan. 4: The sale of poultry and eggs has been banned within 10km of the bird flu-affected areas of Matigara. The entire Siliguri town and Rajganj block of Jalpaiguri district will come under the ban.
OUR CORRESPONDENT Siliguri, Jan. 2: The Siliguri subdivisional administration has formed teams to search for dead chickens after 50 poultry birds were reported dead in Matigara over the past one week. However, it is yet to be confirmed if the poultry had died of bird flu, said Sarad Dwibedi, the …
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SHILLONG: The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHVD) will conduct post-operative surveillance on fowls in areas from three to ten kilometers of Meghalaya's side of Khanapara on December 29 to collect samples to see if bird flu has spread to local poultry from Assam. According to AHVD Director Dr Daurupathan …
