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High alert in 4 Karnataka districts including DK, Udupi after bird flu scare in Kerala

High alert in 4 Karnataka districts including DK, Udupi after bird flu scare in Kerala


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jan 06, 2021:    Karnataka government has put four bordering districts on high alert after cases of bird flu were reported in Kerala. The Animal Husbandry Department has issued a general alert to all district collectors and put Dakshina Kannada, Mysuru, Madikeri and Udupi on high alert.

 

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Kerala began culling of chickens and ducks on Tuesday in parts of two districts in the state to contain the H5N8 strain of bird flu. Rapid response teams began culling ducks, hens and other domestic birds in and around a one km radius of the affected areas in Alappuzha and Kottayam districts on Tuesday.

Several states were put on high alert on Tuesday in order to contain the H5N8 strain of bird flu after the strain was found in Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Himachal Pradesh. Samples were sent for testing while Kerala began culling of chickens and ducks.

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu stepped up surveillance and formed guidelines following the outbreak of the viral infection in neighbouring Kerala, where around 1,700 ducks have died due to the flu.

In Haryana, over four lakh poultry birds have died at farms in Panchkula district in the past 10 days, officials said, adding a team from Jalandhar’s Regional Disease Diagnosis Laboratory has collected samples.

In Madhya Pradesh, officials said that 155 dead crows in Indore have been found with the H5N8 strain since the pathogen was first detected in the city a week back, while in Rajasthan, after Jhalwar, birds in Kota and Baran were found with the infection.

However, no cases have been reported yet in Maharashtra, which shares borders with Madhya Pradesh.


Courtesy:India Today


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