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18,000 poultry birds die in West Bengal

KOLKATA: The deaths of more than 18,000 poultry birds in over five days in two blocks of West Bengal’s Birbhum district have triggered the fear of an outbreak of a bird flu epidemic. Samples have been sent to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal, to ascertain whether or not the deaths were caused by avian flu. The deaths were reported from the Rampurhat area of the district between January 8 and 12, Principal Secretary, Animal Resources Development department, D.K. Chakravarty said.

A team from the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries of the Union Ministry of Agriculture was in the area, he said.

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