The samples tested positive for bird flu and culling operations commenced on May 1. (File Photo) Nandurbar district collector Mittali Sethi on Tuesday said that more samples are likely to test positive following the outbreak of H5N1 (avian influenza), commonly known as bird flu . In a span of five days, close to two lakh chickens have been culled in Navapur in Nandurbar district. Authorities have also destroyed over eight lakh eggs and 21.22 metric tonnes of poultry feed as part of containment measures. The district collector said this batch of culling will be finished by Wednesday. “We are waiting for the sample results. There is a probability of more coming positive. We will redraw boundaries as soon as the reports are in,” she said, adding steps are being taken to compensate owners as early as possible. As a precautionary measure, samples have been collected and sent from other farms within a 3-km radius of the farm where bird flu was detected.…