Bird flu in Maharashtra: About 25,000 birds in a poultry farm in Thane near Mumbai will be culled following a bird flu scare. Dr Bhausaheb Dangde, the CEO of the local body in Thane, told the media that results of tests relating to the sudden death of several chickens confirmed that they died due to H5N1 avian influenza. Samples of the dead birds have been sent to a laboratory for testing.
Sachindra Pratap Singh, commissioner of Animal Husbandry, Maharashtra, said the administration is on high alert. About 25,000 birds falling in a kilometre radius of an affected poultry farm in Thane will be culled in the next few days in the wake of a bird flu scare.
The move came days after about 100 chickens died suddenly at the farm in Vehloli village of Shahapur tehsil in Thane district, officials said. The chief executive officer (CEO) of the Thane Zilla Parishad, Dr Bhausaheb Dangde, results of the tests confirmed that the birds died due to H5N1 avian influenza.
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The Union ministry of fisheries and animal husbandry has been informed about the detection of bird flu cases here, Dangde added. Avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, is an infectious viral disease of birds (especially wild water fowl such as ducks and geese). Wild birds can carry the virus without showing symptoms of it and transmit it to poultry through their feathers or feces.
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