Bird flu confirmed in few more places in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh
India
Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 20:04 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 27: The Centre on Wednesday said bird flu has been confirmed in poultry birds in few more places in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh.
So far, the outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza in poultry birds has been confirmed in nine states Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
The disease in other birds such as crows, migratory and wild birds has been confirmed in 12 states.
In a statement, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said that bird flu has been confirmed in poultry samples from Nanded, Solapur, Pune, Ahmednagar, Buldhana, Akola, Nashik and Hingoli districts of Maharashtra as well as in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat and Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh.