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No outbreak of bird flu, says Centre

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NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday denied reports of outbreak of avian flu in the country after 11 peacocks were reported dead in Ladhowal forest near Ludhiana in Punjab.

“No outbreak of the disease is reported in the country after the last incidence in Chingmeirong village in East Imphal district in Manipur on July 25, 2007. India has achieved freedom from the disease on November 7, 2007,” said the Department of Animal Husbandry here.

Clarifying that the peacock deaths were not due to avian influenza, the department said the samples were sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory at Bhopal. “The laboratory has indicated that the samples collected are negative.”

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