Image Source : FILE Bird Flu Scare: Himachal Pradesh placed on excessive alert after 2,403 birds deaths, quantity more likely to improve
Himachal Pradesh has been placed on excessive alert for avian influenza after over 2,400 birds deaths to date, in keeping with state forest minister Rakesh Pathania. Officials are monitoring the state of affairs.
“As many as 2,403 birds have died so far. We expect that this number will grow. We are on high alert and monitoring the situation very carefully,” Pathania advised ANI.
Hundreds of winter migratory birds together with bar-headed goose together with river tern, brown-headed gull, and cormorants had been discovered useless in and across the Pong Dam Sanctuary space.
Forest officers first seen the hen deaths in December finish and the vary forest officer of Nagrota-Surian in a letter on December 31 reported a complete of 141 winter migratory birds had been discovered useless in Pong Dam Lake Sanctuary in Nagrota-Surian wildlife vary. The letter additionally reported that in Jawali Beat space of the vary, 29 migratory birds had been discovered useless whereas within the Bhatoli Phakorian space, 7 Bar Headed Goose had been discovered useless
The state’s agriculture minister Virender Kanwar stated that poultry samples are being collected from totally different elements of the state and have been despatched for testing for hen flu.
“119 samples of poultry have been sent to a lab in Jalandhar for the test. We are collecting poultry samples from different parts of the state,” stated Kanwar.
The Kangra District Magistrate issued order, fully prohibiting sale/buy/export of any poultry/birds/fish of any breed/age and their associated merchandise (eggs, meat, hen and so forth) in Fatehpur, Dehra, Jawali and Indora areas of Kangra.
Apart from Himachal Pradesh, 4 different states have reported avian deaths. Kerala issued a excessive alert towards hen flu on Tuesday after declaring bird-flu as a state-specific catastrophe after outbreak of the virus was confirmed in sure elements of Kottayam and Alappuzha districts.
Kerala Minister for Forest, Animal husbandry and Dairy improvement Okay Raju had confirmed that that about 12,000 geese had died and round 40,000 birds shall be culled within the area the place hen flu has been reported.
Madhya Pradesh has additionally sounded an alert after after almost 400 crows had been discovered useless in 10 districts, together with Indore.
Between December 23 and January 3, 142 crows died in Indore, 100 in Mandsaur, 112 in Agar Malwa and 13 crows died in Khargone districts. In Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur, officers stated that round 100 crows died within the metropolis between December 23 and January 3.
Bird flu has been detected in 4 samples of useless crows despatched to the state lab, in keeping with an official on the Animal Husbandry Department, Mandsaur, the place he stated round 100 crows died between December 23 and January 3.
Rajasthan has established a state-level management room to watch the avian influenza state of affairs and the state has additionally sounded an alert. More than 50 birds had been discovered useless within the Baran district of Rajasthan on Tuesday. The state administration has issued excessive alert in Kota and Jhalawar districts too.
(With ANI inputs)
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