Feb 5, 2012, 15:48 GMT
Kathmandu - Authorities in Nepal were preparing Sunday to cull hundreds of poultry after the government confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in the eastern region of the country.
A laboratory test on a sample from a dead chicken had confirmed avian influenza in the districts of Sunsari and Ilam, the director of the National Animal Health Directorate, Ram Krishna Khatiwada, said.
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ITAHARI, Feb 5:
The government authorities on
Sunday confirmed outbreak of bird flu in Khanar and Itahari of Sunsari, where
6,500 chickens had died at PK Poultry Farm of Bajraha, Itahari-6 and Pathibhara
Poultry Farm of Khanar earlier this week.
After chickens started dying, a team led by Ganesh Raj Panta, Senior Vetenary Doctor at Animal Health Directorate, Kathmandu, had monitored the poultry farms. After confirming bird flu, an official of the district animal heath office, Sunsari, has been called in to contain the possible spread of the virus. There are five thousand chickens in Pathibhara and 10 thousand in PK Poultry Farm http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=41682 Bird flu confirmed in Ilam also
Added At: 2012-02-05 3:33 PM
ILAM: Bird flu has been confirmed in Phakphok VDC-2 of Ilam district. An
emergency meeting of the district-level bird flu disease control committee held
on Sunday confirmed the avian influenza virus in Phakphok...Three kilometers from the house of farmers Dil Bahadur Khadka and Bhuwanti
Chemjong of Phakphok-2 has been declared 'prohibited area'.
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