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Gujarat: 190 pigeons found dead over period of 2 days in Ahmedabad ANI | Updated: Feb 04, 2021 17:33 IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 4 (ANI): Amid the rise in Avian influenza cases, 190 pigeons were found dead over a period of two days in the Akruti township area of Ahmedabad.
Dr Suketu Upadhyay, Deputy Director-General of Animal Husbandry Department said, So far, we have recovered 190 carcasses of pigeons. We are still searching if any more carcasses are there in the area.
Upadhyay informed that his team is following all the government guidelines in view of Bird Flu in the state. We have disposed of pigeons carcasses. Samples have been sent to a lab in Bhopal and the result is awaited. We are following all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), he said.
Rajkot: Four crows of the ten sick ones rescued from Loj village of Mangrol taluka in Junagadh district died on Friday evening. The district administration has increased the surveillance in the area following alert with regard to bird flu.
Officials have so far confirmed bird flu in samples collected from the carcass of two lapwings out of the 53 that were found dead near Kharo reservoir in Bantva taluka of Junagadh.
According to Junagadh district administration, the dead crows are from the forest area. Talking to TOI, district collector P S Zamsingh said, “We are taking all the steps in wake of the bird flu alert. We have disinfected the area and surveying the villages from where the birds were found. Villagers have been asked to inform immediately if any symptoms are found in humans. Poultry farms are also under surveillance.” tnn
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Thousands of dead birds in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Gujarat trigger off a nation-wide alert. The WHO believes the current strain can mutate to become more contagious for humans.
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Health workers in protective suits prepare to set fire after culling ducks following the detection of H5N8 strain of bird flu among domestic birds in Alappuzha district, Kerala, January 5 (AP Photo/Prakash Elamakkara)
Even as India was getting a handle on the Covid crisis, the end of 2020 brought news of another virus. Over the past two weeks, thousands of birds in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Gujarat were found dead, marking the entry of the highly pathogenic avian influenza into India yet again. This strain of the virus mainly infects birds, but can also infect humans.