Image Source : PTI PHOTO Kanpur zoo shut after fowl flu is confirmed
Samples of fowls discovered lifeless at Kanpur zoo have examined optimistic for fowl flu, following which the Kanpur zoo has been shut for 15 days. Four birds have been discovered lifeless within the zoo premises on January 6 and the samples have been despatched to Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal beneath excessive safety. The reviews on Saturday confirmed the presence of H-5 pressure fowl flu within the lifeless jungle fowls. Zoo Director Dr. Sunil Choudhary mentioned that the zoo has been closed for guests for 15 days. The hospital enclosure the place the contaminated birds had been positioned, has additionally been shut down.
Four fowl and two parrots had been discovered lifeless within the zoo within the 5 days, placing the forest officers on alert.
The district administration in Kanpur has began the method of disinfecting all poultry farms and groups have been set as much as examine meat outlets.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Anil Kumar Mishra mentioned that precautions for fowl flu are much like the protection protocols for Covid.
“Masks, social distancing and sanitization will also help in check the spread of this virus which is more dangerous than Covid,” he mentioned.
Chief veterinary officer, RP Mishra, mentioned {that a} fixed vigil was being maintained on all poultry farms within the district and in addition the sale shops of meat and eggs.
GSVM Medical faculty principal, Dr. R B Kamal, mentioned that the hospital workers had been placed on alert after affirmation of fowl flu in Kanpur.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh authorities has issued directions in all districts, asking district magistrates to see that poultry merchandise from different affected states don’t enter the state.
The authorities directive mentioned that the poultry and eggs shouldn’t be transported in open autos and that markets promoting poultry have to be closed as soon as per week.
“Instructions to all the district magistrates that poultry products from the infected states should not come within the boundary of Uttar Pradesh, if it is so, stop it immediately and inform the concerned,” the notification issued by the state authorities mentioned.
The advisory has been issued by Alok Sinha, agriculture manufacturing commissioner in Uttar Pradesh.
“A list should be made on poultry products as well as retail and wholesale markets, where instructions must be issued on cleanliness as per advisory provided by the government of India,” it mentioned.
The advisory additionally requested officers to make one other checklist of fowl sanctuaries and water our bodies visited by birds coming from overseas in addition to wild birds.
“Necessary biosecurity measures must be made in these places to prevent the spread of the infection,” the advisory mentioned.
It additionally mentioned a speedy response group have to be made, which should evaluate and ship reviews each day to the directorate, animal husbandry division. It additional instructed organising of management room in every district the place folks can inform in case of unnatural deaths of birds.
“To deal with bird flu, district magistrates must also ensure that adequate PPE kits and face masks are available as well as medicines. The dead bird should be sent to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Disease, Bhopal for testing,” it added.
(With IANS inputs)
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