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Bird Flu: Birds Killed In the Several States Including MP

Bird flu: birds killed in several states including Madhya Pradesh, CM Shivraj convenes meeting.

Bird flu has increased public concern in several states including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala amidst Corona epidemic in the country.

There are frequent cases of bird deaths in the states. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has called a meeting with the departments concerned.

Several states issued warnings on Tuesday to control the H5N8 strain of bird flu and sent samples of dead birds for examination.

At the same time, chickens and ducks have started killing in Kerala.

In view of the situation in the neighboring state, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have increased surveillance and issued necessary guidelines regarding this.

Bird flu Updates:

Center built control room

After the confirmation of bird flu in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.

The Animal Husbandry and Dairy Department of the Government of India has set up a control room in New Delhi to seek information from state officials on a daily basis.

Shivraj called a meeting

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan is going to have a meeting with the concerned departments regarding bird flu.

The news agency has given this information. Since the confirmation of bird flu in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a week ago, 155 crows have died.

In Rajasthan, after Jhalawar, birds have been found infected in Kota and Baran. However, no case has been registered so far in Maharashtra, which shares a border with Madhya Pradesh.

Haryana: Over four lakh chickens killed in last 10 days.

Around 1,700 ducklings died due to flu in Kerala. Over four lakh chickens have died in Panchkula district of Haryana in the last 10 days.

The state’s Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy has said whether avian influenza is the cause of death of these birds? It has not been confirmed yet.

According to an official spokesperson, samples of these have been sent to the Regional Disease DiagnosticLabratory in Jalandhar. The report is still awaited.

Himachal Pradesh 2,700 migratory birds found dead

Himachal Pradesh officials surveyed the area around Pong Dam Lake Sanctuary in Kangra district to check the spread of flu in domestic birds there.

A day before the dead migratory birds were found infected with bird flu.

According to the news agency, state animal husbandry officials said that 2,700 migratory birds have been found dead in the lake area so far and samples have been sent for testing.

Birds start killing in Kerala

The bird killing operation was started within a one-kilometer radius of the affected areas at Alappuzha and Kottayam in Kerala.

The results of the samples were confirmed at the National Institute of High Security Animal Disease in Bhopal in these two districts a day earlier.

According to officials, rapid response teams formed by the administration have started killing ducks, chickens and other domestic birds as per the guidelines.

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