Bird Flu Scare: 4 crows found dead in Chhattisgarh village; samples sent for test
India | January 08, 2021 13:31 ISTSamples of three of them were sent for laboratory testing to ascertain the cause of death, they said.
Samples of three of them were sent for laboratory testing to ascertain the cause of death, they said.
Authorities have already said that so far there was no reported incident of bird death due to bird flu in the union territory.
Avian influenza or bird flu outbreak has been reported in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, while Haryana is on high alert.
The Fisheries and Animal Resource Development Department in a statement said that people can consume chicken meat, eggs and other poultry products produced in the state after properly cooking them.
Ten crows were found dead in Kalauda village of Jind district in Haryana amid state on high alert due to unusual mortality at poultry farms in Panchkula.
The crows were found dead in the premises of the famous Sun Temple in Modhera village of Mehsana. The carcasses have been sent to a Bhopal-based laboratory to check if they died due to bird flu or some other reason.
According to Swami Ramdev, if you have to protect yourself from bird flu, then it is necessary for you to strengthen your immunity. For this, he suggests consuming the homemade Ayurvedic kadha or decoction along with performing Yogasanas daily.
Allaying all such apprehensions, Giriraj Singh there is no need to panic over reports of bird flu outbreak.
With bird flu spreading, the state government is not taking any chances and the minister has conducted a series of meetings with animal husbandry officials and veterinary surgeons.
In an official statement, the ministry said in Rajasthan, bird flu is reported in crows in Baran, Kota and Jhalawar district, while Madhya Pradesh also reported the disease in crows in Mandsaur, Indore and Malwa districts.
Presence of H5N8 virus (a variant of avian influenza or bird flu) was found in the carcasses of crows in Indore, Mandsaur and Agar Malwa districts.
Hundreds of winter migratory birds including bar-headed goose along with river tern, brown-headed gull, and cormorants were found dead in and around the Pong Dam Sanctuary area.
The doctors said that the risk of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus that causes the bird flu is very rare unless one works in proximity with the infected species of birds.
States across India are on high alert after the presence of avian influenza was detected in several areas, including in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan.
Rapid response teams, set up by the administration, began culling ducks, hens and other domestic birds in and around a one km radius of the affected areas in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts.
In an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur said that eventhough the number the bird-flu cases are rising in the State but the condition is not as such that we need to kill birds but we are keeping close eye on the situation.
Bird flu is a highly infectious and severe respiratory disease in birds caused by the H5N1 influenza virus, which can occasionally infect humans as well.
Bird flu is a highly infectious and severe respiratory disease in birds caused by the H5N1 influenza virus, which can occasionally infect humans as well.
The Centre has issued an alert to states saying that samples need to be collected from areas where bird flu deaths are being reported in Rajasthan. Also, a drive has been launched to identify those with suspected flu symptoms in the state.
A survey is being conducted to trace those with cold, cough and fever in a radius of five kilometers in the plush Residency Area where the college is situated.
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