Page 8 - Bird Flu

Centre sets up high-level panel to monitor bird flu situation

Birds in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala have tested positive for avian influenza AH5N8

Centre issues bird flu health alert to states

According to WHO, the virus is considered less risky of being transmitted to humans

Bird flu unlikely to impact poultry exports

India annually exports over Rs 750 crore of poultry products mainly to Gulf nations

H5N8 flue: 10 birds die in Deer Park, anti-virus drive ordered

Ten more birds died on Sunday due to bird flu in the now shut Deer Park here, prompting Delhi Animal Husbandry Minister Gopal Rai to order an anti-virus drive.

Bird flu scare: H5N8 virus no threat to humans, assures Gopal Rai

However, he said that the H5N8 poses threat to birds as it affects them directly

Six more birds die in Delhi, but examined samples reveal less risky virus

A sample of eight birds was first sent to the regional laboratory at Jalandhar and later to Bhopal

15 bird deaths in Gwalior zoo spark fear of bird flu

Following the deaths of some pelicans, the National Zoological Park in Delhi has been shut down temporarily

Bird flu scare in the air? Delhi Zoo reports fresh pelican deaths

New Delhi's National Zoological Park was shut on October 19 after nine of its water birds died of H5 Avian influenza

Delhi zoo shuts down amid bird flu scare

These cases come a nearly month after India declared itself free from the highly contagious avian influenza (H5N1) or bird flu

India declared bird flu-free, could aid poultry exports

India has been declared avian influenza (bird flu) free by the department of animal husbandry from September 5 onwards, a move expected to boost the country's poultry exports. This has also been notified to the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE).India exported 659,304 tonnes of poultry products worth Rs 768.72 crore in 2015-16, mainly to Oman, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany and the Maldives. The country last experienced an outbreak of the disease on May 9, which originated in a farm in Humnabad in Bidar district of Karnataka.The country has adopted extensive control measures, which contained the disease to Bidar.According to an official statement, the measures included stamping out the entire poultry population, including eggs, feed, litter and other infected material; restriction on movement of poultry and poultry products to and from the area of outbreak; and disinfection and cleaning up of infected premises.Surveillance was carried out throughout the country after the outbreak,

India declares itself free from bird flu

The country has declared itself free from avian influenza (H5N1) from September 5, 2016

Kuwait bans Indian poultry items' import

Despite being a small market, the ban poses a threat of spillover into other larger Middle East markets such as Oman and Saudi Arabia