The Department of Animal Husbandry and the Animal Husbandry Commissionerate on Friday sounded an alert across Maharashtra after 300 poultry birds along with 9 ducks died at Shahapur in Thane district. The National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory in Bhopal after tests has confirmed the deaths were due to bird flu after the sample was found positive for HSN1 strain.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said, "The Supreme Court's decision to lift the ban on bullock cart races has won the love of the farmers who were taking care of their bullocks."
Maharashtra: Bird flu confirmed two days after 800 hens died at a poultry farm
Written byPratik MukanePratik Mukane / Updated: Jan 11, 2021, 10:19 IST
Maharashtra two days after hundreds of chickens died at a poultry farm.
Over 800
Murumba village in
Parbhani district of the state.
Following that, the samples were sent for investigation to identify the exact cause of death. Now, it has been confirmed that they died due to
bird flu. Three days ago, 800 chickens in Murumba village died due to bird flu. District administration had sent blood samples of dead chickens to National Laboratory. Reports confirm that the chickens died of bird flu, said Parbhani s District Collector Deepak Mughlikar.