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Surveillance has been intensified across Tripura to detect H5N1 virus and culling of birds done at R K Nagar poultry farm here, Commissioner (Animal Resource Development) Sriram Taranikanti said today.
Mr Taranikanti said the state government sought permission from Department of Animal Husbandry of Ministry of Agriculture to shrink the culling area from three kms to one km since there was no habitation around the area except the extension of the farm.
''The Belgachhia Eastern Regional Disease Digenetic Laboratory, Kolkata, and the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal, have confirmed the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the state-owned duck farm. As many as 3,000 birds were killed and buried accordingly yesterday,'' Mr Taranikanti said.
He informed that about 800 deaths were reported during the past three days, which prompted the authority to embark on culling of birds and destruction of eggs and feed material to control further spread of the disease.
The Centre has advised the state government to declare the infected areas, ban movement of poultry products within a radius of 10 km in those areas, he said. The administration was also asked to comply with the restrictions laid down in the Contingency Plan 2005 of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, he added.
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