Bird flu resurfaces in Bengal

Kolkata : Bird flu has resurfaced in Darjeeling district ineastern India, West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD)Minister Anisur Rehaman confirmed Friday.

The H5NI strain of the virus has been detected in Kurseong town inDarjeeling by the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal.

The minister that no cases had been detected after April 4 but the government had been regularly monitoring the districts.

"Last week, around 100 chickens died in Kurseong. We sent samples tothe Bhopal laboratory. The officials confirmed Friday morning that thesamples were positive," Rehaman told IANS.

"We have already sent a team of doctors. The culling team willsoon be sent. All chickens within a five kilometre radius will beculled," he added.

Bird flu had broken out in West Bengal in January this year.Avian flu had hit 13 of 19 districts in the state leading to aroundfour million poultry birds being culled.
-Sify.com

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