#Poultry

Approximately 45,000 poultry farm birds and around 6,000 backyard poultry birds fall within the newly declared epicentres that will be culled.

Authorities sent 59 samples to NIHSAD Bhopal as they seek to expand surveillance to backyard poultry and environmental contamination checks.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Bird flu spreads in Maharashtra’s Navapur, three more poultry farms test positive; culling may cross 4 lakh birds

While the disease primarily affects birds, health experts say certain strains of the virus, especially H5N1, can occasionally infect humans and cause severe illness.

Avian influenza has returned to Maharashtra's Navapur for the third time in 20 years, culling over 2 lakh birds. For many farmers, the compensation gap and lack of vaccines make recovery harder each time.

No large scale morbidity or mortality registered due to avian influenza in Gujarat so far; 53 poultry samples sent to Bhopal for testing

The housing order was put in place last October to minimise contact with wild birds carrying and spreading avian flu