Bird Flu fear: Over 4 Lakh poultry birds die in Haryana in last 10 Days; States on alert
Chandigarh, Jan 06: Over four lakh poultry birds have died at 20 farms in Haryana's Panchkula district in the past 10 days, officials said on Tuesday.
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A team of experts from Jalandhar-based Regional Disease Diagnosis Laboratory has collected samples of birds at poultry farms, they said.
After a number of states across the country reported the bird flu cases with the death of lakhs of birds, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on Tuesday issued advisory and directed state wildlife departments to take serious note of avian flu cases and report mortality of wildlife to the ministry on priority.
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Panchkula's Barwala-Raipur Rani area is one of the largest poultry belts in the country with 70-80 lakh birds in more than 100 farms.
The
unusual
deaths
of
the
birds
have
occurred
in
the
last
10
days
at
20
poultry
farms
with
epicentre
near
Garhi
Kutaha
and
the
other
near
Jaloli
village
in
the
Barwala
area.
In
its
directive,
the
wildlife
division
of
the
union
environment
ministry
told
states
that
they
should
take
all
possible
measures
and
precautions
to
prevent
transmission
of
diseases,
if
any,
in
other
animals
and
human
beings.
The ministry also highlighted that a large number of migratory birds visit India during this season and thus states are advised to keep a strict vigil on wintering habitats of such birds, including wetlands, for signs of mortality or disease outbreak.
The development comes as culling of chickens and ducks began on Tuesday in parts of Kerala to contain the H5N8 strain of bird flu, while Jammu and Kashmir sounded an alert and started collecting samples from migratory species after Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh reported cases of the avian influenza.