Haryana is on high alert due to an unusual number of deaths of birds in poultry farms. Haryana Minister JP Dalal | Photo Credit: ANI
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Yesterday, ten crows were found dead in Jind district of Haryana
Chandigarh: More than four lakh poultry birds died in a month in Haryana due to H5N8 virus, avian influenza, confirmed Haryana Minister JP Dalal on Friday.
While speaking to media, the Animal Husbandry & Dairying Fisheries Minister said that samples from different poultry farms were sent to Bhopal following the unusual death of more than four lakh chickens in a month.
Out of the total samples sent, two of them tested positive for H5N8 virus, a type of avian influenza, he added.