Sunday, February 12, 2012

3 Jhapa locations test positive for bird flu #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

  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.
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=3+Jhapa+locations+test+positive+for+bird+flu&NewsID=320147

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