VADODARA/ SURAT: Bird flu is spreading its wings dangerously in Gujarat.
Three days after the first case was reported from Manavadar taluka in Junagadh, bird flu cases have been confirmed from two more districts of the state – Vadodara and Surat.
After 2017, when the disease was confined in pockets of Ahmedabad, this is for the second time that the outbreak of the avian flu has surfaced in the state.
Samples of five crows from Vasantpura village of Vadodara’s Savli taluka and Memon Kabrastan from Bardoli town have confirmed that they died of the flu. The samples were sent to Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD).
VADODARA/ SURAT: Bird flu is spreading its wings dangerously in Gujarat.
Three days after the first case was reported from Manavadar taluka in Junagadh, bird flu cases have been confirmed from two more districts of the state – Vadodara and Surat.
After 2017, when the disease was confined in pockets of Ahmedabad, this is for the second time that the outbreak of the avian flu has surfaced in the state.
Samples of five crows from Vasantpura village of Vadodara’s Savli taluka and Memon Kabrastan from Bardoli town have confirmed that they died of the flu. The samples were sent to Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD).
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SURAT/RAJKOT: Around 17 crows were found dead at a graveyard in Bardoli town on Friday, forcing the local authorities to swing into action.
The district animal husbandry department has collected the samples from the carcasses which will be sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal for testing for avian influenza.
Official sources said that the crows were spotted by the caretaker of Memon Kabrastan located near the Jamnaba Hospital and he alerted the local authorities. A team of the animal disease investigation of the Surat animal husbandry department rushed to the spot.
On Wednesday too, four dead crows were found in Bardoli but the bodies were highly decomposed.
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SURAT/RAJKOT: Around 17 crows were found dead at a graveyard in Bardoli town on Friday, forcing the local authorities to swing into action.
The district animal husbandry department has collected the samples from the carcasses which will be sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal for testing for avian influenza.
Official sources said that the crows were spotted by the caretaker of Memon Kabrastan located near the Jamnaba Hospital and he alerted the local authorities. A team of the animal disease investigation of the Surat animal husbandry department rushed to the spot.
On Wednesday too, four dead crows were found in Bardoli but the bodies were highly decomposed.