As the cases of bird flu continue to rise across states, surveillance at Rajaji Tiger Reserve has been increased
Bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of three birds in Bastar and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh
Centre asked the states to allow the selling of poultry products sourced from non-infected areas/states
A dead owl in the Delhi zoo has been found to have been infected with bird flu, officials said on Saturday.
As many as 905 birds including 753 poultry birds were found dead in Maharashtra in a 12-hour period
The Centre on Friday said bird flu or avian influenza outbreak has been confirmed in Chhattisgarh, taking the total number of affected states and UTs to 11 so far
All the three municipal corporations in the national capital lifted the ban on sale, storage of poultry or processed chicken meat on Thursday
This comes in the wake of the outbreak of avian influenza in various places across the country
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday issued directions to open the Ghazipur poultry market after all 100 samples collected from there tested negative for bird flu. "Samples taken from poultry markets have tested negative with respect to Bird Flu. Have directed to open the poultry market & withdraw the orders to restrict trade & import of chicken stocks," the chief minister tweeted. Earlier in the day, a senior official of the Delhi animal husbandry unit said there is no spread of bird flu among chickens in Delhi as all the 100 samples taken from Asia's largest poultry market in Ghazipur have tested negative. The results come a day after civic authorities imposed a temporary ban on sale and storage of poultry or processed chicken meat in view of the bird flu situation here. Earlier, samples taken from crows and ducks at parks and lakes in the national capital tested positive for avian influenza. This had led to banning of sale of processed and packaged chicken ...
This comes as cases of avian influenza have been confirmed in 10 states
Till Monday, bird flu outbreak was confirmed in Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat
Around 1,500 crows and wild birds have died so far in 41 districts of Madhya Pradesh since the outbreak of bird flu
The administration in Hamirpur, Chitrakoot and Banda districts in Bundelkhand are exercising extreme caution
Testing of samples of crows and ducks confirmed bird flu cases in the national capital on Monday
Centre stressed on increased surveillance around water bodies, live bird markets, zoos and poultry farms
Delhi on Monday confirmed bird flu cases after eight samples sent to a laboratory tested positive for avian influenza
Bird flu has been confirmed in seven states of the country so far, namely Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
A drive to cull over 160,000 poultry birds at five poultry farms commenced in Haryana's Panchkula district on Saturday
The Centre on Friday said bird flu has been confirmed so far in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat