Avian flu confirmed: 1,800 migratory birds discovered lifeless in Himachal
By: Express News Service | Mumbai, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram |
January 5, 2021 3:58:41 am
SAMPLES OF lifeless migratory water birds discovered on the Pong Dam Lake in Himachal Pradesh have examined constructive for avian influenza or chook flu. It has now grow to be the fifth state to report suspected instances of chook flu after Haryana, Rajasthan, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.
In neighbouring Haryana, round one lakh poultry birds are reported to have died in Barwala in the previous couple of days, whereas in Rajasthan, the demise of plenty of crows in Jhalawar has been linked to avian influenza. Samples of some geese in Kerala have additionally reportedly examined constructive for the chook flu.
Bird flu virus was detected in round 50 crows whose carcasses have been present in Indore in Madhya Pradesh final week, prompting authorities to concern an alert.
Around 1,800 migratory birds, most of them Bar-Headed Geese, have been discovered lifeless within the lake sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh since Monday final week. “The laboratory at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly had detected avian influenza in the samples of dead birds, according to information conveyed to us by the Centre Monday. We were awaiting confirmation by NIHSAD as it is the nodal body for detecting this disease,” mentioned Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Archana Sharma.
Director of animal husbandry Dr Ajmer Dogra mentioned that the division has fashioned a speedy response staff to take care of the suspected epizootic.
Bird flu is a extremely infectious and extreme respiratory illness in birds attributable to the H5N1 influenza virus, which might sometimes infect people as effectively, though human-to-human transmission is uncommon, based on the World Health Organisation.
In Rajasthan, deaths of greater than 170 new birds have been reported from some districts on Monday, taking the entire fatalities in current days to over 425. “Bird flu has been confirmed only in Jhalawar (district). Report of other deaths is yet to come,” based on the state animal husbandry division.
As some elements of Kerala too reported the influenza outbreak, authorities have ordered culling of geese, hens and different home birds inside one km radius of the affected areas in Kottayam and Alappuzha districts. Officials mentioned some 40,000 birds must be culled to test the unfold of the H5N8 virus.
In Himachal Pradesh, Kangra District Magistrate Rakesh Prajapati has prohibited slaughtering, sale, buy and export of any poultry, birds, fish of any breed and their associated merchandise, together with eggs, meat, hen, and so on, in Fatehpur, Dehra, Jawali and Indora subdivisions of the district.
Archana Sharma mentioned greater than 90 per cent of the lifeless birds have been Bar-Headed Geese, the commonest migratory species on the lake who arrive from Central Asia, Russia, Mongolia and different areas in winters after crossing the Himalayan ranges. There are at the very least eight different chook species whose members have been discovered lifeless. Last yr, multiple lakh migratory birds had camped on the lake by late January and this yr, greater than 50,000 have arrived up to now.
