Bird Flu
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Special News | 7 states report avian influenza, officials launch massive culling operations
News | Jan 10, 2021, 04:14 PM ISTIn addition to the seven states which have confirmed outbreak of the avian influenza virus, samples of dead animals and birds have also been sent from three other states-Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and the result of these samples is awaited.
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Poultry industry hit by bird flu fears, chicken prices drop by 50%
Business | Jan 10, 2021, 01:38 PM ISTAfter the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the country's poultry industry, it is now reeling under the fresh threat of the bird flu infection.
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Bird Flu: Safe to eat chicken, egg? Here's what experts say
Science | Jan 10, 2021, 01:42 PM ISTContrary to what some people think that the bird flu virus, also known as Avian influenza, is spread to humans via consumption of cooked poultry products, health experts on Sunday stressed that it usually does not infect people as the virus is heat-labile (degraded and killed when subjected to heat).
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Kanpur zoo shut after samples of dead fowls confirm bird flu
India | Jan 10, 2021, 11:48 AM ISTZoo Director Dr Sunil Choudhary said that the zoo has been closed for visitors for 15 days. The hospital enclosure where the infected birds had been placed, has also been shut down.
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Farmers' protest a conspiracy to spread bird flu: BJP MLA's shocker
News | Jan 10, 2021, 08:06 AM ISTIn a bizarre statement, Madan Dilawar, who is the BJP MLA from Ramganj Mandi constituency in Rajasthan's Kota, has held farmers' protest responsible for the spread of bird flu in the country
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Bird flu alert Delhi: Hauz Khas Park, Sanjay Lake, 2 other recreational gardens shut
India | Jan 09, 2021, 07:19 PM ISTThree recreational parks and famous Sanjay Lake in Delhi were closed by authorities on Saturday amid an avian flu scare in the city as several birds were found dead on their premises in the last couple of days, officials said.
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Import of live birds banned in Delhi, Ghazipur poultry market to be closed for 10 days: Kejriwal
India | Jan 09, 2021, 07:27 PM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced a ban on import of live birds in the national capital and closure of Ghazipur poultry market for the next 10 days in view of bird flu scare.
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Bird flu: Alert in Gurugram after 11 crows found dead
India | Jan 09, 2021, 02:01 PM ISTThe Department of Animal Husbandry, and Wildlife and health authorities are on high alert and have started to investigate the reason behind the deaths, officials said.
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Karnataka district bans poultry from bird flu-bit Kerala
India | Jan 09, 2021, 02:00 PM ISTKarnataka's Dakshina Kannada district banned entry of poultry and their products from bird flu-hit Kerala, an official said on Friday.
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Bird Flu Scare: Over 100 crows dead in Delhi's Mayur Vihar
News | Jan 09, 2021, 12:39 PM ISTOver 100 crows have died in Delhi's Mayur Vihar Phase 3 area over the past few days, giving rise to bird flu scare in the area. Officials from the animal husbandry unit of the Development Department have taken samples of the crows
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Bird Flu Scare: 35 crows found dead in Delhi, samples collected for testing
India | Jan 09, 2021, 11:49 AM ISTAccording to sources from the Delhi Chief Minister's Office, four samples each were collected from Mayur Vihar and Hastsal, and one was collected from Dwarka.
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Bird flu scare in Jammu after over 150 crows found dead
India | Jan 09, 2021, 08:34 AM ISTTeams of wildlife and animal husbandry departments visited the spot, collected samples and burnt the carcasses. The samples have been sent to the wildlife laboratory in Punjab's Jalandhar for testing.
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Bird flu scare in Delhi after around 50 birds die in Dwarka, Mayur Vihar
India | Jan 08, 2021, 08:20 PM ISTThe Centre had said that avian influenza or bird flu outbreak has been reported at 12 epicentres in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
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Bird flu: Over 1.60 lakh poultry birds to be culled in Haryana’s Panchkula
India | Jan 08, 2021, 05:42 PM ISTOver 1.60 lakh birds of five poultry farms in Haryana’s Panchkula district are set to be culled as some poultry samples there have tested positive for the avian flu, Agriculture minister J P Dalal said on Friday.
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Bird Flu Scare: 4 crows found dead in Chhattisgarh village; samples sent for test
India | Jan 08, 2021, 01:31 PM ISTSamples of three of them were sent for laboratory testing to ascertain the cause of death, they said.
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Bird flu scare: J&K govt bans entry of poultry
India | Jan 08, 2021, 10:25 AM ISTAuthorities have already said that so far there was no reported incident of bird death due to bird flu in the union territory.
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Bird flu outbreak: 4 crows found dead at school in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi
India | Jan 08, 2021, 10:17 AM ISTAvian influenza or bird flu outbreak has been reported in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, while Haryana is on high alert.
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No bird flu cases in Odisha, people can consume poultry products: govt
India | Jan 08, 2021, 07:51 AM ISTThe Fisheries and Animal Resource Development Department in a statement said that people can consume chicken meat, eggs and other poultry products produced in the state after properly cooking them.
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10 crows found dead in Haryana's Jind
India | Jan 07, 2021, 10:04 PM ISTTen crows were found dead in Kalauda village of Jind district in Haryana amid state on high alert due to unusual mortality at poultry farms in Panchkula.
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Bird flu outbreak: 4 crows found dead at Mehsana in Gujarat, sent for lab tests
India | Jan 07, 2021, 02:27 PM ISTThe crows were found dead in the premises of the famous Sun Temple in Modhera village of Mehsana. The carcasses have been sent to a Bhopal-based laboratory to check if they died due to bird flu or some other reason.