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29.4-lakh birds culled so far

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday said the State governments of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa had been advised to cull poultry birds up to 5 km from their border with West Bengal to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza.

So far, 29.43 lakh poultry have been culled in the 13 districts in West Bengal.

The samples collected from Canning 2 block of the South 24 Parganas district have tested positive for bird flu on the basis of rapid tests conducted at the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal.

The mortality of birds till Friday was 1,32,625 as reported from the affected districts of Birbhum, Dakshin Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Nadia, South 24 Parganas, Burdwan, Bankura, Hooghly, Malda, Cooch Behar, Purulia, Howrah and North 24 Parganas.

A total of 349 Rapid Response Teams currently engaged in the State completed culling of 2.2 lakh birds on Friday, taking the cumulative figure to 29.43 lakh, while 2,64,247 of eggs and 69,500 kg of feed have also been destroyed in the State.

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