Guwahati | Friday, Dec 5 2008 IST
Panic spread in lower Assam as the dreaded bird flu has spread to Barpeta district after taking in its grip almost half of Kamrup district.
Health authorities said the disease had spread to Barpeta and confirmed that it was the worst ever avian flu attack in the region since its detection.
The authorities admitted that they had not been able to contain the virus which had been threatening to wipe out Assam's entire poultry as the temperature was all set to dip in the next 30 days.
The authorities informed that the flu spreads when the temperature is on the lower side and there was fear that it could spread to humans.
Already it had reached the outskirts of Guwahati as culling operation began at Patgaon in Rani area near Guwahati airport, considered greater outskirt of the city.
Sale of poultry haS been banned in the area. Guwahati witnessed a slump in sales even as experts debated the health hazard of even properly cooked meat.
With Id-Ul-Zohha next Tuesday, traders as well as followers of Islam are in quandary as chicken is one of the main cuisines on the table that day. EDS:Here pick up suitably from earlier series.
Hat-tip Niman
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