Bird flu scare | Ahead of festival of feasting, Assam bans poultry import
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The Assam government on Friday temporarily banned the import of poultry ahead of the mid-January Bhogali Bihu, the festival of feasting where fowls are considered a must.
The ban is in view of bird flu cases elsewhere in India and partly due to a scare after the report of a duck plague in Tripura.
An official notification said: “In view of the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian Influenza in some of the States, which is a highly contagious avian disease having zoonotic potential of causing huge loss in terms of mortality and trade of poultry, the Governor of Assam is pleased to impose temporary ban on entry of poultry as a precautionary measure through western border of the States in the interest of preventing escalation of the disease to Ass
Assam bans poultry import
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Duck plague in Tripura adds to bird flu scare in Northeast
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Duck plague in Tripura adds to bird flu scare in Northeast
The Assam government on Friday temporarily banned the import of poultry ahead of the mid-January Bhogali Bihu, the festival of feasting where fowls are considered a must. The ban is in view of bird flu cases elsewhere in India and partly due to a scare after the report of a duck plague in Tripura.
An official notification said, “In view of the outbreak of avian Influenza in some of the States, the Governor of Assam is pleased to impose temporary ban on entry of poultry as a precautionary measure through western border of the States in the interest of preventing escalation of the disease to Assam and other north-eastern States.”