Avian influenza or bird flu has been detected in the samples of 1,773 migratory birds found dead in Himachal Pradesh in the last week, PTI ...
Avian influenza or bird flu has been detected in the samples of 1,773 migratory birds found dead in Himachal Pradesh in the last week, PTI reported on Monday. Himachal Pradesh became the fourth state after Rajasthan, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh to report the infection.
Himachal Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Archana Sharma said that the infection had been confirmed by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly. She added that the administration was waiting for reports from the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal.
The birds, most of them bar-headed geese, were found dead in the Pong Dam Lake in Kangra district. Authorities have suspended tourism in the area, according to NDTV.
The administration also banned the sale and purchase of poultry in Kangra district’s Fatehpur, Dehra, Jawali and Indora subdivisions, PTI reported.
Meanwhile in Rajasthan, over 170 bird deaths were reported on Monday, taking the total in the state to over 425. A bird flu outbreak has only been confirmed in the state’s Jhalawar district and reports for other areas are awaited.
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