four Birds Discovered Useless In Chandigarh Amid Chicken Flu Outbreak
The dept was once keeping up an additional vigil at Sukhna Lakethe, legit stated. (Representational)
Chandigarh:
Amid a fowl flu scare, 4 birds had been discovered useless at Sukhna Lake and its surrounding spaces right here, officers stated on Wednesday.
The Chandigarh Wooded area and Natural world Division stated it’s checking whether or not there are extra casualties of the birds.
Of the 4 birds discovered useless integrated a not unusual coot and a mormont, that are migratory birds, and a pigeon and an egret, an legit of the dep. stated.
He stated the dep. was once keeping up an additional vigil at Sukhna Lake and its surrounding spaces in view of the fowl flu scare.
“The samples of the birds had been despatched to RDDL (Regional Illness Diagnostic Laboratory) Jalandhar for diagnostic investigation,” stated Abdul Qayum, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Chandigarh.
It is going to take 3 days for the file to come back, he added.
The Centre on Wednesday stated Avian Influenza, or the fowl flu outbreak, has been reported at 12 epicentres in 4 states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh — and advisories had been issued to include additional unfold of the an infection in poultry geese, crows and migratory birds.
In a observation, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying stated different states had been requested to stay a vigil on any ordinary mortality among birds.
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