Image Source : PTI Bird flu scare in Jammu after over 150 crows discovered useless
Over 150 crows have been discovered useless in three districts of the Jammu area triggering a chicken flu scare and samples have been despatched for testing to a wildlife lab in Punjab, officers stated on Friday. The chicken deaths have been reported from Udhampur, Kathua and Rajouri districts since Thursday, they stated.
Teams of wildlife and animal husbandry departments visited the spot, collected samples and burnt the carcasses, they stated.
The samples have been despatched to the wildlife laboratory in Punjab’s Jalandhar for testing, they stated.
The Centre on Friday stated chicken flu has been confirmed thus far in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, and requested these six states to include the illness as per the motion plan.
As a precautionary measure, the administration has imposed a ban on the import of dwell birds and unprocessed poultry meat for any goal into the Union Territory until January 14.
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