Fowl flu showed in Gujarat, the Kharo dam birds had died because of avian flu, say officials

BIRD FLU has been showed in Gujarat as samples of a number of the 55 birds which have been discovered lifeless at Kharo dam in Junagadh early this month examined sure for a pressure of the avian flu, state govt officials showed on Saturday morning and added that illness surveillance used to be intensified.

Animal husbandry division and wooded area division had transform alert on January 2 when 53 birds have been discovered lifeless at the shore of Kharo dam in Bantva village of Manavadar taluka of Junagadh district. They incorporated 46 red-wattled lapwings, 3 ruffs, 3 northern shovelers, and one comb duck. Ruffs and northerly shovelers are migratory species. Two extra red-wattled lapwings had died on January Four and samples of those birds have been despatched to Nationwide Institute of Top Safety Animal Illnesses (NIHSAD) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for chicken flu trying out. “Seventeen samples from the ones birds have been despatched to NISHAD, Bhopal and the day gone by they have been discovered sure. The affirmation document reached to Delhi and my place of business the day gone by,” Dr Falguni Thakar, director of animal husbandry (AH) of Gujarat advised The Indian information.

That is the primary reported outbreak of the avian flu in Gujarat since 2017 when the illness used to be showed in some portions of Ahmedabad.

Officials of state animal husbandry division in Junagadh had despatched carcasses of he the 2 red-wattled lapwings which died on January Four to NIHSAD. “Assessments a kind of two lapwing carcasses have additionally examined sure for chicken flu,” Dr SN Vaghasiya, deputy director of AH in Junagadh stated on Saturday.

Dr Pathak stated that but even so Junagadh, mass mortality of scheduled birds, particularly of crows, had been reported from Vadodara, Valsad, Vyara in Tapi district and Motera close to Ahmedabad district. “Samples of those birds have additionally been despatched to Bhopal for trying out and effects are awaited. However the just right section is that the birds that have died to this point are crows, which might be lifeless finish for the flu as possibilities of it spreading from crows to different birds are minimum and that poultry birds appear to be unaffected to this point. However, we’re proceeding with extensive surveillance within the state. We have now requested our officials in districts to stay surveilling poultry birds, take their samples and stay them trying out,” she stated.

Dr Vaghasiya stated that no additional deaths of birds had been reported since January 4. Dushyant Vasavada, leader conservator of forests of Junagadh flora and fauna circle which covers Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Porbandar, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts additionally stated that no mass mortality used to be reported from wetlands in secure spaces.

In the meantime at the orders of the director of AH, zoos within the state close their aviaries indefinitely from Saturday onward. An reliable free up from the Rajkot Municipal Company on Friday stated that the aviary in its Rajkot Zoological Park, popularly referred to as the Pradyuman Park will stay closed to guests from Saturday onward however different sections of the park will stay open.

“We have now issued that order as a precautionary measure to stop the chicken flu leaping to people. In India, there hasn’t been stories of the chicken flu leaping to people however such circumstances had been reported from Hong Kong. Moreover, Kerala and Haryana are the one states of India to this point the place chicken flu has been detected in poultry birds additionally,” the director of AH stated.

As a precautionary measure, Shyamal Tikadar, predominant leader conservator of forests (PCCF) and leader flora and fauna warden of Gujarat had issued an order to stay chicken sanctuaries of Nal Sarovar in Ahmedabad, Khijaydiya in Jamnagar and Porbandar in Porbandar district closed however withdrew that order in a while. “We had issued the orders to stay those sanctuaries closed as a precautionary measure in view of the chicken flu outbreak. On the other hand, we now have withdrawn this order after directions from the federal government. The federal government is of the view that panic must no longer be created. Subsequently, those sanctuaries are open to guests,” stated Tikadar.