Bird flu: India’s chicken and egg problem
Bird flu: India’s chicken and egg problem | India Today Insight
The sudden arrival of bird flu has dealt a body blow to the poultry industry, which was already reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic
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Ghazipur wholesale poultry market, January 9 (Photo by Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
With the recent outbreak of avian influenza commonly known as ‘bird flu’ the poultry industry, already damaged by the pandemic, has been dealt a severe blow. In Haryana’s Panchkula, 166,000 birds are being culled in poultry farms after samples tested positive for bird flu. Over the past month, over 400,000 birds have been culled in Panchkula’s Rajpur Rani town. Punjab has banned the import of live birds and unprocessed meat, declaring the entire state a controlled area until January 15, while Himachal Pradesh has imposed restrictions on the sale of poultry products after the disease was detected i