Bird flu scare in India: 25,000 chickens to be culled near Mumbai

Around 25,000 birds in a poultry ranch in Thane close to Mumbai will be winnowed after a bird influenza alarm.

Dr Bhausaheb Dangde, the CEO of the nearby body in Thane, let the media know that aftereffects of tests connecting with the abrupt demise of a few chickens affirmed that they passed on because of H5N1 avian flu. Tests of the dead birds have been shipped off a lab for testing.

Sachindra Pratap Singh, magistrate of Animal Husbandry, Maharashtra, said the organization is on guard.

“We got affirmation the previous evening that the birds were tainted with avian flu,” Singh told the media. All are on alarm and measures to contain the spread are set up. “In any case, there is no compelling reason to freeze,” he added.

The ranch announced the passing of almost 200 poultry birds on February 10. Government decides determine that all poultry birds and eggs inside a 1km range of the impacted region must be obliterated. During a past episode in the state, in excess of 1,000,000 birds and 6,000,000 eggs had been separated.

The state government paid Rs30 million as remuneration for the ranchers.