Bird Flu: 96 more birds found dead in Maharashtra; samples sent for analysis
Mirror Online / Updated: Feb 2, 2021, 07:34 IST
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Maharashtra has reported deaths of 96 more birds, most of them poultry birds, amid the avian influenza outbreak, the state government said on Monday. 77 of these were poultry birds.
Their samples are being sent to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal and Disease Investigation Section, Pune, for testing to ascertain the cause of the death of these birds.
According to a statement, samples of poultry birds from Mahape and Ghansoli in
Thane district, sent earlier for analysis, were found positive for avian influenza.