2012-02-12 8:13 PM
BHADRAPUR: Bird flu or avian influenza A (H5N1) has been confirmed in
chickens in poultry farms in three different locations of Jhapa
district.
The confirmation was made by the Central Animal Disease Research Laboratory,
Kathmandu after it tested samples of dead fowls from the three farms collected
some time ago, according to Chief of District Livestock Services Office, Jhapa,
Dr Radheshyam Mandal.
The samples had been collected from the house of Nijam Miyan and Kansar Miyan
in Pathamari-1, the house of Gopal Prasad Oli in Arjundhara-7 and from the farm
run by Devendra Kumar Shrestha in Charpane-3.
Meanwhile, the District Bird flu Control Technical Committee today decided to
declare those areas as 'crisis zone'.
The four corners of the zone would soon be identified and culling of the
fowls will begin soon, said Mandal.
Prior to this, the H5N1 virus had also been confirmed in fowls in Sunsari and
Ilam districts.
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