Govt heightens surveillance in bird flu outbreak area
BHAKTAPUR, NOV 30 - The government on Wednesday heightened quarantine mesures
in the Bird flu (H5N1 virus) outbreak area near Lokanthali on the bank of
Manohara river in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Bhaktapur.
A surveillance team has been formed for a close observation. The team will be
responsible to report to the Veterinary Services Directorate every Thursday,
sources confirmed.
The government has directed not to allow farming chickens and ducks for 42
days.
According to District Livestock Services Chief Shiva Bahadur Kc, the
government has intensified observation at Bhaktapur-2 Municipality and 16 VDCs
of the district.
He also informed that awareness programmes have also been made in the
district to contain flu outbreak.
Over 300 chickens and ducks were slaughtered after the Veterinary
Epidemiology Centre in Tripureshwor confirmed the outbreak of the avian flu at
the poultry farm owned by Chandra Bahadur Tamang on Tuesday. It also said the
outbreak is the first one in the valley.
Tamang had filed a complaint at the office of the livestock services after 90
chickens on his farm died on November 9 and 10. A sample of the dead chicken was
then sent for tests to the Veterinary Laboratory Agency, Weybridge, United
Kingdom. The test results on Friday confirmed that the chickens died of bird
flu.
http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/11/30/top-story/govt-heightens-surveillance-in-bird-flu-outbreak-area/344702.html
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