Bird flu: Over 3,400 birds culled in Maharashtra s Parbhani; samples taken from Delhi s Ghazipur market test negative
Last week, around 900 hens died at a poultry farm in Murumba village of Parbhani. The district administration later decided to cull birds in one-km radius of the place where the deaths took place.
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A team of veterinaries inspect ducks and other birds at Sanjay Lake amid a bird flu scare in New Delhi Monday. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
AURANGABAD: More than 3,400 poultry birds have been culled at a village in Maharashtra s Parbhani district after bird flu was confirmed as the cause of death of hundreds of hens there, a senior official said on Thursday.
All samples taken from Ghazipur chicken market test negative for bird flu: Official
NEW DELHI : All 100 samples taken from the Ghazipur poultry mandi, Asia’s largest chicken market, have tested negative for bird flu, officials said on Thursday.
The results come three days after samples taken from crows and ducks in the national capital tested positive for avian influenza. This had led to the Delhi government on Monday banning the sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside the city.
The government had also shut down the poultry market for 10 days as a precautionary measure.
“Test results of 104 samples arrived on Wednesday evening. Of these, 100 samples were collected from 35 poultry birds in the Ghazipur market. All samples have tested negative for bird flu,” senior Animal Husbandry Unit officer Rakesh Singh said.
The Delhi government has shut down the poultry market for 10 days as a precautionary measure. Culled poultry birds due to avian influenza. | Photo Credit: IANS
New Delhi: All 100 samples taken from the Ghazipur poultry mandi, Asia s largest chicken market, have tested negative for bird flu, officials said on Thursday.
The results come three days after samples taken from crows and ducks in the national capital tested positive for avian influenza. This had led to the Delhi government on Monday banning the sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside the city.
The government had also shut down the poultry market for 10 days as a precautionary measure.
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Civic authorities had on Wednesday imposed a temporary ban on sale and storage of poultry or processed chicken meat in view of the bird flu situation here.
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NEW DELHI: Bird flu has not spread among chickens in Delhi, an official said on Thursday after all the 100 samples taken from Asia s largest poultry market in Ghazipur tested negative.
The results come a day after civic authorities imposed a temporary ban on sale and storage of poultry or processed chicken meat in view of the bird flu situation here.
Earlier, samples taken from crows and ducks at parks and lakes in the national capital tested positive for the avian influenza.
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No Bird Flu detected in Delhi s poultry, all samples taken from Ghazipur market test negative
All 100 samples taken from the Ghazipur poultry mandi, Asia s largest chicken market, have tested negative for bird flu, officials said on Thursday. The results come three days after samples taken from crows and ducks in the national capital tested positive for avian influenza.
This had led to the Delhi government on Monday banning the sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside the city. The government had also shut down the poultry market for 10 days as a precautionary measure.