Avian influenza is a contagious viral disease caused by influenza Type A viruses that affect poultry birds. Officials from the horticulture department gather geese at Sanjay Lake for medication following reports of bird flu cases in New Delhi, | Photo Credit: PTI
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PM Modi on Monday asked all state and UT governments to remain alert and ensure that local administration keeps a constant vigil near places such as water bodies, zoos and poultry farms amid the outbreak
State veterinary departments have been asked to exercise utmost caution while collecting samples of dead birds and conduct tests under expert scientific supervision
Over 4.3k birds die due to flu in 19 days across Rajasthan
In past 19 days, the death toll of birds due to suspected avian influenza virus has touched 4,390. The bird flu has been found in 16 districts. On Wednesday, 443 bird deaths were reported in the state and 62 samples out of 251 sent were found positive.
12:57 (IST) Jan 13
Avian influenza scare: 17 more birds found dead in Indore
Amidst increasing spread of H5N8 avian influenza that was first confirmed in Indore, the district on Tuesday reported unusual death of 17 birds including 10 crows. Read full story
11:15 (IST) Jan 13
Rajasthan: Avian flu in 16 districts, 626 birds die in a day
| | Updated: January 11, 2021 8:39 pm
Bird Flu Outbreak: महाराष्ट्र, दिल्ली सहित देश के 10 राज्यों में बर्ड फ्लू की पुष्टि, एवियन इन्फ्लूएंजा से बचाव से लेकर अंडे-चिकन खाते समय बरतें ये सावधानी।
Bird Flu Outbreak in India: केंद्रीय मत्स्य, पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्रालय ने सोमवार को जानकारी दी कि देश के 10 राज्यों में एवियन इन्फ्लूएंजा (Avian Influenza in 10 States) यानी बर्ड फ्लू (Bird Flu in India) की पुष्टि हो चुकी है। देश के विभिन्न हिस्सों में पक्षियों के मरन
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PUNE/MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will chair a meeting to review the bird flu situation in the state on Monday.
Maharashtra on Sunday had joined seven other states in reporting an outbreak of avian influenza or bird flu.
The presence of the H5N1 strain in Maharashtra was confirmed late on Sunday with Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases finding it in the trachea and spleen samples of dead birds sent from the state for tests even as 11 more crows were found dead in Chembur in Mumbai.
Maharashtra animal husbandry commissioner Sachindra Pratap Singh told TOI that the samples of dead poultry birds from Muramba village in Parbhani and dead crows and pond egrets in Mumbai, Ghodbunder (Thane district) and Dapoli have returned positive for H5N1.