Bird Flu: Maharashtra Culls 40,000 Poultry Birds in Navapur
In 2006, nearly 10 lakh birds were culled or died in Navapur after the region became the epicentre of the bird flu outbreak in the state.
Representative image of a poultry farm. Credit: Reuters
New Delhi: The Maharashtra government on Sunday culled 40,000 poultry birds in Navapur in Nandurbar district, which is located 340 km north of Mumbai, to control the outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza in the region, news reports said.
According to the
Indian Express, eight samples from nearly 5,000 dead poultry birds from the Navapur poultry units were sent for testing. All the samples which were sent to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases for avian influenza test returned positive.
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.
Bird Flu in Maharashtra: 4,315 poultry birds died on Tuesday
Cumulatively 8,285 birds died & 35,249 culled since Jan 8 till Monday
Mumbai: Maharashtra has reported deaths of 4,351 poultry birds of which 3,700 at Sawargad taluka in Yavatmal alone due to avian influenza on Tuesday. Further, the state had reported deaths of 1,459 birds comprising 1,290 poultry birds, 76 birds like Herons, sparrows and parrots and 93 crows on January 18. The samples have been sent for testing to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal and Disease Investigation Section, Pune.
According to the department of animal husbandry secretary Anoop Kumar, so far 8,285 birds comprising 7,312 poultry birds, 571 crows and 392 other birds died since January 8 till Monday. Further, in all 35,249 birds were culled in various parts of Maharashtra till Monday.
Bird flu: Red Fort closed for public till January 26 after sample of dead crow tests positive
Around 15 dead crows were found dead in the premises of the monument on January 10. Jan 19, 2021 · 08:58 pm People arrive to visit the Red Fort on a smoggy morning in the old quarters of Delhi on November 10. | Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
A sample of a dead crow found in Red Fort in Old Delhi has tested positive for bird flu and orders were sent out to restrict the entry of visitors into the monument from Tuesday till January 26, reported PTI, citing authorities. Around 15 dead crows were found dead in the premises of the monument on January 10.