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Highlights The National Zoological Park in Delhi witnessed the death of a brown fish owl in its captivity. It was found positive for H5N8 Avian Influenza virus under the real-time RT-PCR test done by ICAR-NIHSAD on Jan 15. New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Saturday (January 16, 2021) said that bird flu has been confirmed in a brown fish owl that was found dead in a Delhi zoo. According to them, the National Zoological Park (NZP) in Delhi witnessed the death of a brown fish owl in its captivity and the cloacal, tracheal and ocular swabs of the deceased bird was sent to the Animal Husbandry Department of Government of NCT of Delhi for serological examination. It was found positive for H5N8 Avian Influenza virus under the real-time RT-PCR test done by ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Disease (NIHSAD), Bhopal on January 15. ....
Bird flu scare: Sanitization, surveillance drills intensified in Delhi s National Zoological Park ANI | Updated: Jan 16, 2021 22:32 IST New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): In line with directives given by the Centre to prevent the spread of bird flu, the authorities at Delhi s National Zoological Park (NZP) are taking all the possible preventive and prophylactic meticulously to contain the virus. NZP at Delhi s Pragati Maidan area, houses both captive and free-ranging birds, including local migratory waterfowls and waders in its premises. The officials at NZP have intensified the sanitization and surveillance drills. The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (FAHD) has stated that in Delhi, Pigeon and brown fish owl in Najafgarh and Heron in Rohini have tested positive for avian influenza. ....