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BHUBANESWAR: With the Central advisory in hand, the Odisha Government on Saturday gave a go-ahead to culling of poultry birds in 3-km radius of the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) here, where the avian influenza was detected yesterday. At the same time, culling will also be taken up at the …
BHUBANESWAR: With culling beginning from Sunday, almost half of the City’s central business hub would come under the no-poultry zone for at least three months. Since Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) is the epicentre of the outbreak, a 3-km radius area stretching from Station Square to Baramunda and from Satsang …
The Animal Resources Development Department, along with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, on Sunday commenced the culling of poultry birds at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) in Bhubaneswar following the advisory from the Union Agriculture Ministry to prevent the spread of the avian influenza (H5N1) virus. On the first day, …
While government authorities on Sunday confirmed the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Khanar and Itahari in Sunsari district, similar outbreaks were reported in Phakphok in Ilam district and Faktep in Panchthar, where more than 400 chickens have died. However, fowls in the affected areas are yet to be slaughtered, …
Over 6,200 poultry birds and ducks were culled in Tripura after reports of a fresh outbreak of bird flu, officials said here on Thursday. The culling was done in Lembuchara area of western Tripura. “Mopping up operations and disinfection of poultry farms, birds and ducks enclosures and cages have begun,” …
Sri Lankan health authorities have assured that the death of a large number of fowls earlier at a chicken farm in Bingiriya in the North Western Province is not due to bird flu and there is no cause for concern. Director General of the Department of Animal Products and Health …
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health has issued a warning that there may be a threat of avian (bird) flu after a large number of fowl had died of an apparent infection at a farm in Bingiriya, Kurunegala in the North Western Province. The Ministry has alerted that one of the …
The district administrations of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam have issued a bird flu alert in the wake of avian influenza cases in Odisha. The administrations of the three coastal districts have also appealed to the public, particularly poultry farmers and non-vegetarians, to take precaution. A senior Animal Husbandry Department officer …
Bird flu has re-surfaced at Lembucherra, 45 km from here, official sources said on Thursday. More than 2,000 ducks and others birds will be culled on Friday. Following reports of poultry deaths in the area, blood samples were collected and examined and H5 strain of avian influenza virus was found, …
BERHAMPUR: Death of poultry in Raikia block has spread bird flu panic among the residents. The deaths were reported from two SHGs. Sources said a SHG in Gamandi village had procured 600 chicks with financial assistance from a bank on the advice of local veterinary office, on January 6. However, …
SHILLONG: The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded alarm bells after two reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in poultry farms in Odisha and one in a state run farm in East Garo Hills in Meghalaya. The samples from the two states which were sent to the …
SHILLONG: Authorities in Meghalaya have completed disinfection operations in a bird flu-hit area of East Garo Hills district, an official said on Sunday. “We have completed the entire process of disinfection and decontamination in 21 villages within a three-kilometer radius of a government-run farm at Williamnagar,” Animal Husbandry and Veterinary …
Alarm as breakthrough could fall into wrong hands International scientists on Friday agreed to a temporary two-month halt to controversial research on a bird flu virus that may be easily passed among humans, citing global health concerns. Two separate teams of researchers, one in The Netherlands and the other in …
BARIPADA: Mass culling of birds continued in Betanati block of Mayurbhanj district on Saturday following a Central directive to prevent the spread of avian influenza that was detected in Bahanada village. Official sources said as many as 8,800 birds had been culled and 1,189 eggs destroyed in 32 villages under …
SHILLONG: A week after bird flu was detected at a government-run farm in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district, the government today said the situation was under control. “We have completed disinfection process in the poultry farm of Williamnagar town and the whole situation is completely normalising,” District Deputy Commissioner Pravin …
SHILLONG, Authorities in Meghalaya today culled nearly 5,000 domesticated fowls in a bird flu-hit area of East Garo Hills district, an official said. The birds were culled and buried with lime and bleaching powder in 19 villages within a three-km radius of a government-run farm at Williamnagar - the epicentre …
BHUBANESWAR: The Government on Tuesday sent 10 more samples from Betanati in Mayurbhanj to the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory (HSADL), Bhopal, for testing even as the region has been declared a restricted zone awaiting Central advisory for culling. A high alert has been issued by the Fisheries and Animal …
Vietnam has recorded its first human bird flu death in nearly two years, and although the victim worked at a duck farm the H5N1 virus has yet to be found in poultry there, officials said on Thursday. HANOI, VIETNAM: Vietnam has recorded its first human bird flu death in nearly …
SHILLONG: The culling of bird-flu infected fowls within 3 km radius from the Government poultry farm in Williamnagar, East Garo Hills is expected to be completed by Wednesday. “We will complete the culling operation in the remaining four villages within 3 km radius by Wednesday. We are carrying out this …
More than 4600 fowls from 25 villages of East Garo Hills district in Meghalaya were culled to contain the spread of bird-flu, officials here said on Wednesday. “We expect to cross the 5000 mark today when culling operation is left in only two villages within 3 km from the epi-centre,” …
