Bird flu detected at poultry farm in Punjab’s Ludhiana
By PTI| Posted by Neha | Published: 8th May 2021 7:23 pm IST
Ludhiana: Samples from a poultry farm here tested positive for bird flu, prompting the district authorities to form a committee for a culling exercise and containment operations.
The National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, on Friday confirmed bird flu in a poultry farm at Qila Raipur, about 25 km from here.
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma said the Punjab government has notified the poultry farm as an infected area.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Sarkartar Singh has been made the incharge of the committee formed to oversee the culling exercise.
The district administration in Punjab's Ludhiana has initiated a containment protocol after samples from a local poultry farm tested positive for bird flu.
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Samples from a poultry farm in Ludhiana tested positive for bird flu, prompting the district authorities to form a committee for a culling exercise and containment operations. The National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, on Friday confirmed bird flu in a poultry farm at Qila Raipur, about 25 km from here.
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma said the Punjab government has notified the poultry farm as an infected area.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Sarkartar Singh has been made the incharge of the committee formed to oversee the culling exercise.
The district authorities in Ludhiana were left scrambling when some samples from a poultry farm tetsed positive for bird flu. The authorities formed a committee for a culling and containment operations.