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The Centre on Monday asked all states to intensify surveillance in poultry farms, bird markets, zoos and lakes amid concerns that avian influenza has killed birds in 10 states and caused poultry sector sales to shrink in parts of India.
Tests by animal disease specialists have revealed avian influenza in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, the Union ministry for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy said.
The avian influenza virus has turned up among ducks in Kerala and egg-layer poultry birds in Haryana, and in wild birds in other states. In the other states, the infection has killed crows and migratory birds.