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  Special News | 7 states report avian influenza, officials launch massive culling operations

  News | January 10, 2021 16:14 IST

  In 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 | January 10, 2021 13:38 IST

  After 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 | January 10, 2021 13:42 IST

  Contrary 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 | January 10, 2021 11:48 IST

  Zoo 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 | January 10, 2021 8:06 IST

  In 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 | January 09, 2021 19:19 IST

  Three 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 | January 09, 2021 19:27 IST

  Delhi 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 | January 09, 2021 14:01 IST

  The 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 | January 09, 2021 14:00 IST

  Karnataka'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 | January 09, 2021 12:39 IST

  Over 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 | January 09, 2021 11:49 IST

  According 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 | January 09, 2021 8:34 IST

  Teams 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 | January 08, 2021 20:20 IST

  The 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 | January 08, 2021 17:42 IST

  Over 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 | January 08, 2021 13:31 IST

  Samples 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 | January 08, 2021 10:25 IST

  Authorities 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 | January 08, 2021 10:17 IST

  Avian 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 | January 08, 2021 7:51 IST

  The 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 | January 07, 2021 22:04 IST

  Ten 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 | January 07, 2021 14:27 IST

  The 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.