Bird flu alert sounded across State
An alert has been sounded across Karnataka after a suspected outbreak of bird flu in a private poultry farm at a village in Humnabad taluk of Bidar district.
About 1.5 lakh chicken in the private farm are to be culled as a preventive measure against the risk of avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak.
In the case of infection of virus, scientists have advised farm owners not to sell or move any of the birds/eggs and material out of the farms.
Officials of the Health and Family Welfare Department have appealed to the pubic not to consume chicken infected with H5N1. Minister for Animal Husbandry A. Manju told farmers to conduct inspections in farms and closely monitor the movement of wild and migratory birds who carry the highly pathogenic H5N1.
