New Delhi: As per the Union government has deployed a total of 5 RRTs in villages of Thalavady South, Thakazhi, Pallipad, Karuvatta District of Alappuzha, and the village of Neendoor in the district of Kottayam, Kerala and 8 RRTs at epicentre Neendoorin district of Kottayam for culling.
The PIB press release stated that a total of 17326 birds (9066 in Pallipad, 8260 in Karuvatta) have been culled and a total of 1570 kg feed have been destroyed in epicentres of the district of Alappuzha. At the epicenter in the district of Kottayam 4229 birds have been culled and a total of 8 kg feed and 42 eggs have been destroyed on 6.01.2021.
Further, some samples of crow from Kale Hanumanji Forest Nakka, Jaipur, Rajasthan found positive for H5N8 Avian influenza virus. Accordingly, advisories have been issued to the States to avoid further spread of disease to poultry. Unusual moralities have been found in 7111 domestic birds in Haryana, 150 wild birds in Madhya Pradesh, 10 crows in Gujarat, 336 migratory birds in Himachal Pradesh today.
As per a report received from Haryana, a total of 430267 birds have died in Barwala, Panchkula in the past 25 days and the samples have been sent to the designated laboratory for testing, the results are still awaited. The state has constituted 59 RRTs to control and contain the disease.