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 …
Culling will resume in the bird flu-hit areas of Malda tomorrow, two days after the government announced the job was over. Animal resource development director Kamala Kanta Saha, who was here today to see how well the job had been done, saw chickens hopping around, instead.
At a time when Bird Flu outbreaks are being reported in the state, the state government failed to send blood samples to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal for confirmation of the disease. It may be mentioned here an above average mortality of poultry birds was reported …
State Government today reiterated its assertion that it has been conducting anti-bird flu drive in response to the instructions issued by the Union Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries after the poultry samples sent from the State tested positive of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus at …
BALASORE: Even as the district veterinary officials have culled nearly 4,000 chicks here, that were illegaly transported from West Bengal, locals are hardly scared of the possible outbreak of bird flu. As per reports, Balasore district has 332 poultry farms and around 2.5 lakh chickens in each of these farms, …
Alarmed by the outbreak of avian flu in Assam, Tripura Government on Saturday imposed a complete ban on importing poultry products from the neighbouring State. Tripura, which had to struggle in April this year following outbreak of bird flu had been declared as avian flu free in October. Though there …
The State Veterinary Department today clarified that it has been working as per the instructions issued by the Union Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department in matters of bird flu outbreak. It needs mention here that a news item published in a section of the press carried a news item, quoting …
Dec. 19: Reports of more chicken deaths from Gajole block reached the authorities in Malda town today when they were planning to wrap up the culling operation in bird flu-hit Narhatta. Gram panchayat pradhan Sahanur Biswas said 6,000 chickens had died in Gajole.
JORHAT, Dec 18: The government directive banning movement of all poultry products including chicken feed has caught poultry farmers in the State between the devil and the deep sea. In those districts where the deadly H5N1 virus has surfaced, the poultry is killed either by the flu or by subsequent …
GUWAHATI, Dec 16: With more reports of unnatural death of birds coming from various parts of the State, the avian influenza seems to have gone out control of the State Veterinary Department that could not meet the December 16 deadline for completion of culling operation set by the Union Veterinary …
The Malda district administration has been told to start culling chickens in Englishbazar block after reports confirmed the presence of the avian flu virus in dead birds, samples of which had been sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal. The Bengal animal resources development (ARD) department received …
Bird Flu has hit the state again. This time, it has come back to Malda. Samples of dead birds collected from Malda sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal yesterday have tested H5N1 positive. The Centre today apprised the state animal resources development department (ARD) of the …
In the midst of a severe outbreak of avian flu, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has revealed the realities of crowded and filthy chicken and egg factory farms along with a report linking these conditions to the outbreak of Bird Flu. Leading health experts
SHILLONG: The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AH&V;) Department has begun spraying of disinfectants, including sodium hypochloride, in the villages of Ri-Bhoi district bordering Assam, where at least 1100 birds have been culled as a precautionary measure against bird flu. The State Government would pay Rs 75 and Rs 35 for …
Over 500 chickens have died since yesterday morning in Budhia village of Malda, even as the district administration has sent blood samples of dead birds to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal for tests. Hasnara Begum, the Narhatta gram panchayat member, said the chicken deaths have created panic …
SURI: Health authorities and animal resources development (ARD) department officials in Birbhum are dreading another bird flu outbreak in the district after abnormal poultry bird deaths were reported from neighbouring Malda district. The health authorities have already instructed the medical superintendents of district hospitals to keep medicine and other equipment …
Has the state learnt any lesson from the previous bird flu outbreak that was termed worst ever in the country? Well, apparently the answer seems a big No. For the animal resources development department (ARD) officials took six days to visit the villages in Malda, where above average mortality of …
Culling of birds continued in Meghalaya for the second day today as reports on the tests of blood samples of birds from Assam-Meghalaya border villages in Ri Bhoi district were yet to reach the State capital. To prevent spread of the H5NI virus from bird flu-hit Assam, the State Veterinary …
