Poultry culling completes in two more areas
Culling operation in Assam has completed in three areas of two districts on Tuesday where the killer avian flu is creating panic. According to information, the number of birds culled so far reached nearly 4 lakh.
Officials here say the 18-day exercise ended in the areas covering a radius of 3 km in Kamrup Rural and Kamrup Metro districts while the operations continued elsewhere in the state with the state veterinary and animal husbandry department aiming to create bird free zones in the other affected areas very soon.
Nearly 5,40,000 affected birds have been targeted with 1.40 lakh birds remaining to be culled. Reports of unusual death of birds are coming from more areas in thge city of Guwahati, Naoboicha and Narayanpur of Lakhimpur district, Dolongpar village of Tamulpur and Chaulpara block of Sibsagar district.
This has forced the Golaghat district administration to strictly prohibit the sale of poultry as a precautionary measure.
Officials here say the 18-day exercise ended in the areas covering a radius of 3 km in Kamrup Rural and Kamrup Metro districts while the operations continued elsewhere in the state with the state veterinary and animal husbandry department aiming to create bird free zones in the other affected areas very soon.
Nearly 5,40,000 affected birds have been targeted with 1.40 lakh birds remaining to be culled. Reports of unusual death of birds are coming from more areas in thge city of Guwahati, Naoboicha and Narayanpur of Lakhimpur district, Dolongpar village of Tamulpur and Chaulpara block of Sibsagar district.
This has forced the Golaghat district administration to strictly prohibit the sale of poultry as a precautionary measure.
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